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EAB helps you cultivate more donors

As community colleges confront reductions in traditional revenue sources and decreased enrollments, advancement teams must find new and innovative ways to source additional fundingand retain top-tier talent.

Increase Alumni Giving

More effectively cultivate donors from your diverse alumni population by adopting peer-tested, multichannel engagement tactics proven to deliver ROI.

Cultivate Non-alumni and the Community

Better engage the local community and prospective donors who don’t have preexisting relationships with your school using our best practices and campaign strategies.

Recruit Top Fundraising Talent

Develop a strategy to proactively identify strong fundraising talent and successfully recruit and retain them on your campus.

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Broward College, Community College Executive Forum member

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Demand for fundraisers has exceeded pre-recession levels as higher education institutions rely on major gifts to replace other sources of revenue. This environment has created a seller’s market in which highly qualified gift officers can choose employment opportunities. Unfortunately, they often overlook community colleges. There are many places colleges can look for fundraisers—but both internal…

An increasing number of community college leaders are turning to philanthropy to counteract unprecedented budgetary pressures that stem from state funding cuts and declining enrollments. But compared to their four-year counterparts, community college development staff must cultivate donors from a more diverse and disconnected alumni population. This white paper examines how to successfully launch and…

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About the Webconference To remain successful, community colleges must be able to read the landscape, make predictions about the future, and respond quickly to market shifts. However, these involve flexing strategic muscles that are new to many higher ed leaders. In this webconference, we’ll present findings from our brand new research on strategic mindsets and…

About the Webconference In today’s challenging fiscal environment, philanthropy is one of the most important- and most promising- revenue streams. Community colleges continue to face increased pressure on operational revenue streams due to decreases in state appropriations and student enrollments. This session identifies top ways to source major gift officer talent in community college fundraising…

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