Financial foundations
The underlying principles of successful fund-raising
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Summer 2000
14 Articles
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Financial foundations
The underlying principles of successful fund-raising
Fund-raising is a financial fact of life for virtually every theological school. The principles may be simply stated, but it is their successful application and implementation that will mean the difference between just surviving and thriving. The specific successes reported here may suggest ways in which your own institution can benefit from a refresher course…
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Institutional imaging
Painting a picture with power
Images have a far-reaching impact—coloring impressions, conjuring memories, and shaping perceptions many years after you first encounter them. For an institution, image is crucial to conveying style and substance, reflecting a school’s mission and the way it is carried out. Is your school’s image clear, and does it say what you want it to?
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A reality unstated, seeking alternatives, happy relationship, clarification
Stan McKay, a native residential school survivor, and Jesuit Jean-Marc Laporte respond to In Trust’s Spring 2000 cover story. John Buchanan writes of ties to McCormick.
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Rehabilitation, renewal, and resources
One president's path to institutional prosperity
Faced with the possibility of its imminent demise, this school’s then-new president refused to let it lie down and die. Instead, he set about a program of visible results and visionary funding that created a synergism of renewal. His story may be helpful if your school is hoping to rely more on endowed income.
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Lay ministry on rise for Roman Catholics
The decline in vocations affects parish staffing
A survey underscores the shift to lay ministry in the Roman Catholic church. Southern Baptists propose halt in ordaining women as pastors. A president resigns prior to impropriety conviction. Grant enables new Hispanic center. Bad investments leave diocese with huge deficit. Retirements and new assignments bring in new presidents at eleven schools.
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Presidential vision-a new perspective
Anticipating where the church is hiding
After twenty-four years at the helm of a Roman Catholic theological school, Vincent Cushing reflects on the nature of the presidency in such a setting and what is required of those who step into the top slot. For presidents and their trustees, his comments provoke the kind of conversation he feels is necessary to keeping…
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Raising spiritual awareness and money overcoming public and personal perceptions
A review of <i>Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry</i>
Title: Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry Authors: Thomas H. Jeavons and Rebekah Burch Basinger Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
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An empty abundance
A review of <i>The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty</i>
Title: The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty Author: David Myers Publisher: Yale University Press
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The gift of helping
A review of <i>The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back </i>
Title: The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back Author: Bill Shore Publisher: Random House
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Paths to virtue
A review of <i>The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images 400-1200</i>
Title: The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images 400-1200 Author: Mary Carruthers Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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To profit or not to profit
A review of <i>To Profit or Not to Profit: The Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit Sector</i>
Title: To Profit or Not to Profit: The Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit Sector Author: Burton A. Weisbrod Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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