Strategic Goal #3
To conduct a 5-year comprehensive campaign for capital and scholarship development

1. Prospect research conducted

• We are seeking to secure a lead gift of approximately $5 million that would make this project "doable."
• Individuals or Foundations that have this type of capacity have been identified
• Prospect research continues the use of both external consultants and internal analysis.  This has included using The Foundation Director software and the consulting services of Marts and Lundy.

2. Major Donor development and solicitation

• Some major donors have been solicited for a “lead gift” but such a gift has not yet been secured.
• The Development Office has a strategic plan for donor expansion and cultivation (see Development Office Strategic Plan, Development Office Planning Schedule 2004-2005, Development Office Planning Schedule 2005-2006)
• The institutional database has been identified as a potential hindrance in achieving this goal. Therefore, great effort has been expended at reaching a definitive answer in this regard and exploring the true capabilities of the current system as well as the possibility of moving to a stand-alone database that is oriented toward fundraising.

3. Campaign Goals and corresponding action plans developed

• Compilation of key “campaign” support data has been gathered and preliminary case-statement work has begun (see Preliminary Case Statement for an early draft).
• Ideas have been generated around a “three-“ or “four-pronged” strategy that would utilize a variety of resource pockets to reduce the needed amount to secure through fundraising.

4. Determine scope and design of capital projects

• The chairs of all departments in the Science Complex met and discussed needed modifications to the set of plans developed roughly five years ago.
• Work has continued with the architects and key external consultants to determine how the project could be “value-engineered” without giving up quality and program requirements (see Architectural information for information about cost estimates).

5. Cultivation/Solicitation/Contact Management system developed and implemented

• Will be developed once the details of the campaign are determined.

6. Departmental resource information compiled

• This action item deleted since it overlaps with other action items.

7. Communication and Marketing plan designed

• Will be developed once the details of the campaign are determined.

8. Constituent appeal structure designed and implemented

• Will be developed once the details of the campaign are determined.