Reports through VP Advancement
Membership:
Vice president for Advancement, chair; vice-chair; administrative assistant to vice president for Advancement; director of Planned Giving, director of Alumni, director of Student Life, Annual Giving officer, chief accountant, WSMC general manager, database manager, assistant director of Student Finance, and two school deans/department chairs appointed by the Administrative Council for alternating two-year, non-renewable terms (eligible for another term after a one-year hiatus,) one student appointed by the Student Senate for a one-year, non-renewable term.
AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY:
Authority to Act:
- To prioritize and coordinate fund-raising activities campus-wide to avoid multiple solicitation of potential donors and overlapping dates of campaigns.
- To communicate fund-raising policies to faculty, staff, and students to protect the non-profit status of the university and the charitable deduction status of gifts made to it.
- To develop and communicate procedures for the proper acceptance and receipt of contributions whether they be unsolicited or in response to fund-raising.
- To consider and act on all fund-raising projects proposals under $25,000, from all university entities whether or not university receipts for tax deductible contributions are sought.
- To offer alternatives when proposals for fund-raising are not approved as submitted.
Recommendations to be made through the vice president for Advancement:
- To consider and make recommendations on all fund-raising projects over $25,000, from all university entities whether or not university receipts for tax deductible contributions are sought.
- To develop and recommend the updating of fund-raising policies.