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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is 100 percent accurate. Univ fundraising has more or less given up on small donations..over 85 percent of money raised comes from gifts > 5 million at the top schools. The rest is peanuts and wot worth wasting time on. This, in turn, influences admissions attitudes..Curious, PP: Do you work in a Univ fund raising office? 
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I’m highly involved as an alum volunteer. That being said, there is no evidence at my Alma mater (which has more money than G-d) that they are slowing down on small gifts. No reason they should be as the small gifts at least cover development staff costs. The thing about greed is that it cannot be satiated [/quote]

T10 Univ Insider here:  It is now well established that  15 percent of the development staff bring in 85 of the gift money in most top schools (b/c of large gifts). So, small alum donations in response to mail/e-mail/other out reach is very small proportion of the overall pie and is increasingly seen as an annoying headache. It may cover the costs of the staff, but just about.. [/quote]

There seems to be a reluctance to stop doing it though. It is also really the only way to maintain alumni engagement. And those small donations when a student is 5 years out can become big ones when a student is 25 years out. So you want them to stay connected.

I think the problem now though is [b]everyone is giving up on the idea that moderate generosity could have any impact, at least when it comes to top 10 schools[/b]. [/quote]

That's for sure.[/quote]

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