The annuity and trust income program (deferred giving) permits donors to give more than they thought they could. Suggestions for establishing and monitoring such programs are offered in this article, which is a condensation of remarks at the National Conference on Trusteeship. (Author/LBH)

Investigated why private research universities differ in the sources and uses of their annual giving using data from 74 private universities and a subset of 29 private universities. Findings identify some factors that determine giving, but models could explain only part of the differences in funding from different sources. (SLD)

Among the 25 largest foundations, giving is expected to increase substantially between now and 1975 under the 1969 Tax Reform Act. (Editor)

Describes how donors and foundations provide a growing proportion of the salaries and benefits of presidents of state universities, raising the issue of whether the extra money keeps good talent or skews priorities. (EV)

Most of the 50 colleges and universities cited for top foundation grant levels are on the list yearly, and are the nation's wealthiest and most prestigious institutions. Generally, they have staff to pursue funding and faculty with high-profile research projects. Some observers say foundations like to be associated with those colleges. The 1994-95…

Reviews findings of a survey of participants at the 1986 Omaha Development Institute to determine the revenue generated for Catholic schools by various development activities between 1976 and 1986. Discusses amounts and sources of revenue, administrative structures for financial development, and budgetary influences. (DMM)

In a model for training physicians in management, a privately funded program has a physician-fellow working in a community-based private practice to produce compensation for work done and fund academic training. Institutions can thus use clinical income to expand management training within contexts of existing academic missions and patient care…

This paper evaluates the relationship between alumni solicitation and alumni donation within institutions of higher education. The issue of alumni giving is important for universities because the average cost of university tuition has increased dramatically over the past 20 years at an annual growth rate larger than the United States CPI (Harvard…

The argument for corporations to make donations to colleges suggests that corporate support of education has failed to keep pace with the increase in educational costs, the level of corporate profits, and the rate of inflation. For example, corporate support of education in 1969 was at a level of 0.45 percent of corporate pre-tax net income. In…

The Operating Growth Budget at Yale University is a model used to indicate what would happen to the university's various endowment funds over a substantial period of time, under verying conditions of both university policy and the business cycle. The role of the return from endowment in the operating budget can thus be calculated for yearly…

Article outlines efforts of government to stimulate all forms of artistic activity, and to make art accessible to the widest possible public. (Author/RW)

Issues that colleges and universities must address in implementing the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statements of Financial Accounting Standards 116 (concerning contributions received and made) and 117 (for nonprofit organizations) are outlined. The overall objective is to present a financial statement in a format that tells the…

Education drives the economy. Almost a decade into the 21st Century, America faces a choice: It can invest in the basic education and skills of its workforce and remain competitive in today's global economy, or it can continue to overlook glaring evidence of a national crisis and move further down the path to decline. In this report, the National…

This report describes a program, the "President's Excellence Club," used at Midwestern State University in Texas to raise "unrestricted" funds for faculty and student development and special university projects. Though non-state support designated for specific purposes makes up a substantial part of the school budget, there is…

Results of the Council for Financial Aid to Education's 1981 survey of 789 companies providing financial support to higher education are summarized. Attention is directed to: national trends in corporate pretax net income and contributions; inflation; corporate support in relation to total voluntary support and institutional expenditures; the…