Volunteer Management:

• The OIA can provide consultation for any department wishing to use volunteers from the President’s Office (Community Volunteers).

Event Coordination:

• Assistance can be provided for any department wishing to conduct a cultivation event through the President’s Office or the Office of Internal Affairs and Event Management.
• The OIA can provide general event coordination with other offices on campus for events that are set up to cultivate donors or prospects.
• In addition, we can help with any wording/text for an invitation letter or a general event activity.

Direct Mail:

• Assistance can be provided for any department wishing to contact their alums through the mail.
• The OIA can provide general pledge/gift cards as well as business reply envelopes.  We can also provide lists for mailing and/or labels for solicitations.
• In addition, we can help with any wording/text for a solicitation letter.

Telemarketing:

• The Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving team oversees a student and alumni calling program which is used for solicitation calling from September to May.
• Chicago State Calling, a new initiative, can be conducted for specific departments/programs utilizing any information provided by the college or department.  The Chicago State Calling operation will generate scripts, solicit gifts, and provide follow-up for any pledges received.

 

• Contact: Mark Durham

Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving

m-durham@csu.edu, 773/995-4528

Direct Mail:

• Assistance can be provided for any department wishing to contact their alums through the mail.
• The OIA can provide general pledge/gift cards as well as business reply envelopes.  We can also provide lists for mailing and/or labels for solicitations.
• In addition, we can help with any wording/text for a solicitation letter.

Departmental Newsletters:

• Assistance can be provided for any department wishing to contact their alums through the mail.

• The Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving team is happy to review any wording contained in departmental newsletters regarding an ask for the department, i.e., how checks should be completed, where gifts should be mailed, etc.

# Mailing lists:

• You may request mailing lists by department, fraternity, athletics, club membership, academies, advisory groups, etc.  If you would like us to assist you in tracking an organization in your department, let us know, and we will help keep track of your members and produce current mailing lists for you.  

• Contact: Jorja Porter

Annual Giving

j-porter@csu.edu, 773/821-2845

• Cultivation strategies
• Solicitation and cultivation of prospects/donors.
• Stewardship strategies
• All aspects of major and planned giving proposals, including:
• Writing proposals (download proposal request form)
• Determining the proper amount for your proposals
• Strategies for combining major outright gift proposals with planned gift proposals
• Dealing with objections to proposals
• Getting appointments
• Transfer of appreciated securities.
• Life income gifts including charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, and pooled income fund.
• Other planned giving options including bequests in a will or a trust, charitable lead trusts, and retirement plan assets.
• Charitable giving tax law.
• Promotion of planned gifts through direct mail, CampusLife Magazine, the CSUF Annual Report, estate planning immersion seminars, Presidents’ Circle Newsletters, departmental newsletters, and the Friends of CSU.

Research

• Identify major gift prospects by using electronic database screening, constituent list segmentation, data mining, and constituency screening and rating.
• Research for capacity using wealth indicators and public information sources - find links to create ties between the prospect and Chicago State.
• Coordinate alumni/ae research for campus departments - can include identifying potential candidates for academies, advisory boards, and university/departmental awards.
• Identify prospects for departmental campaigns.
• Prioritize the gift capacities of prospects as well as their philanthropic inclinations.

Prospect Management

• Strategic assignment of targeted major prospects to the development staff and academic professionals for cultivation - finding the right fundraiser to make the right ask of the right person
• Develop and manage, in collaboration with the Constituent Programs office, a proactive strategic fundraising plan that will meet the evolving needs of the academic units and their department heads to utilize their time efficiently.
• Track the prospect's cultivation and strategy process by updating and maintaining contacts and moves in The Raiser’s Edge.
• Create strategy plans to move the prospect through the pipeline in the shortest amount of time while utilizing well thought-out moves to generate a good return on investment.

 

• Contact: Yvette Clayton

Major Gifts

yclayton@csu.edu, 773/995-3999

• Cultivation strategies
• Solicitation and cultivation of prospects/donors.
• Stewardship strategies
• All aspects of major and planned giving proposals, including:
• Writing proposals (download proposal request form)
• Determining the proper amount for your proposals
• Strategies for combining major outright gift proposals with planned gift proposals
• Dealing with objections to proposals
• Getting appointments
• Transfer of appreciated securities.
• Life income gifts including charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, and pooled income fund.
• Other planned giving options including bequests in a will or a trust, charitable lead trusts, and retirement plan assets.

Research

• Identify constituent gift prospects by using electronic database screening, constituent list segmentation, data mining, and constituency screening and rating.
• Research for capacity using wealth indicators and public information sources - find links to create ties between the prospect and Chicago State.

• Coordinate alumni/ae research for constituent units - can include identifying potential candidates for academies, advisory boards, and university/departmental awards.
• Identify prospects for departmental campaigns.
• Prioritize the gift capacities of prospects as well as their philanthropic inclinations.

Prospect Management

• Strategic assignment of targeted prospects to the development staff and academic professionals for cultivation - finding the right fundraiser to make the right ask of the right person
• Develop and manage, in collaboration with the constituent unit liaison, a proactive strategic fundraising plan that will meet the evolving needs of the constituent unit and their department head to utilize their time efficiently.
• Track the prospect's cultivation and strategy process by updating and maintaining contacts and moves in The Raiser’s Edge.
• Create strategy plans to move the prospect through the pipeline in the shortest amount of time while utilizing well thought-out moves to generate a good return on investment.

 

• Contact: Tina Parker

Constituent Programs

t-parker@csu.edu, 773/995-4407

• Cultivation strategies
• Stewardship strategies
• All aspects of corporate and foundation giving proposals, including:
• Writing proposals (download proposal request form)
• Determining the proper amount for your proposals
• Strategies for combining outright gift proposals with cause-related marketing proposals
• Dealing with objections to proposals
• Getting appointments

Research

• Identify corporate/foundation gift prospects by using constituent list segmentation and data mining.
• Research for capacity and inclination using public information sources - find links to create ties between the corporate/foundation prospect and Chicago State.
• Coordinate research for campus departments to identify alumni/ae employees for academies, advisory boards, and university/departmental awards, as well as identify prospects for departmental campaigns
• Review and prioritize giving guidelines
• Prioritize the gift capacities of prospects as well as their philanthropic inclinations.

Prospect Management

• Strategic assignment of targeted major gift prospects to the fundraising volunteers, staff and academic professionals for cultivation - finding the right fundraiser to make the right ask of the right person
• Develop and manage, in collaboration with the constituent unit liaison, a proactive strategic fundraising plan that will meet the evolving needs of the constituent unit and their department head to utilize their time efficiently.
• Track the prospect's cultivation and strategy process by updating and maintaining contacts and moves in The Raiser’s Edge.
• Create strategy plans to move the prospect through the pipeline in the shortest amount of time while utilizing well thought-out moves to generate a good return on investment.

 

• Contact: Matthew Lucas

C/F Relations

mf-lucas@csu.edu, 773/995-3760

• Consultation on University strategic communications to key constituents
• Development, editing and production of University publications

• Serve as the primary contact and spokesperson with local, regional and national media managing inquiries, press relations, crisis communication, and the promotion of University achievements.

• Implementation of the University marketing plan.

• Oversight of the University’s photographic service and the maintenance of photo archives and stock images.

• Consultation to University units on web communications.

• Serve as the primary communication advisor to the president.

• Contact: Robyn Wheeler

University Relations

r-wheeler@csu.edu, 773/995-2387

• Provide information on CSUF investments.
• Process gifts and send official tax receipts to donors.
• Invest gifts and allocate monthly income to funds.
• Process disbursement requests and monitor expenditures of restricted gifts.
• Provide fund revenue and expense statements.
• Develop guidelines for scholarships and for endowed funds.

 

• Contact: Johnnie Barker

Finance & Accounting

j-barker@csu.edu, 773/995-4410