Last week’s philanthropic news included the announcement of a $30 million gift from an alumnus to Harvard University for unrestricted purposes, but with the donor’s stated hope that some of it will be used to benefit scholarships, particularly for middle class students. The alumnus, also a two-time Harvard parent, said that a prime motivation for [...]
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Big Gifts: Relationships Matter
Last week’s news in philanthropy was punctuated by a series of announcements about extraordinary gifts, from Bertie Smith’s $15 million to Mary Baldwin College to launch a new graduate program in the health sciences, to Martin Margulies’ $20 million pledge to Lotus House, a shelter for women and children in Miami, to Leon Black’s $48 [...]
GG+A Client Conference and 50th Anniversary
Grenzebach Glier & Associates held its 9th Client Conference on the second weekend of December. The Conference brought together vice presidents and other officials from hospitals and medical centers, foundations and other non-profits, and American as well as Canadian colleges and universities.
At the end of the year
For those of us who work in philanthropy, the end of the calendar year can be especially frenetic. We might be preparing a proposal for someone who just decided to consider a generous gift for this tax year or processing a rush of responses to annual fund mailings.
One more thing
You pick up the phone and hear those magic words: “The trustees would like you to become our next president.”
Over subsequent days, you negotiate the details of your contract. Salary, benefits, term-check. Evaluation, sabbatical, and faculty appointment-check. Job for spouse or partner-check. Car, club memberships, and president’s house renovations-check.
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