Self Assessment: Parent Giving

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Self Assessment: Parent Giving

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Read each of the following statements and rate your program according to the scale below. Don’t spend too much time thinking about each statement; your first instinct is usually the best one. If you’re not certain, make your best guess or go with your gut instinct.
1. Parents understand and appreciate the importance of philanthropy to the institution.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
2. Educating parents about philanthropy and engaging them in advancement activities is a high priority.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
3. There is good collaboration between advancement, student life, and other administrative offices related to parent giving programs.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
4. Within advancement, there is good collaboration between annual giving, major gifts, and donor relations as it relates to parent giving.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
5. Data on first year parents is obtained by advancement before students begin classes and is immediately screened to identify parents with high gift capacity.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
6. Parents are engaged in a special way during the first year their children are in school.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
7. Every parent receives at least one personalized, direct solicitation each year that their children are in school.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
8. Parents with leadership gift capacity are closely managed by gift officers, cultivated through personal meetings, and solicited early in their children's school experience.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
9. Strategies, staff and resources are in place to engage parents regionally, including specific programs to engage international parents.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
10. Parents are engaged and solicited in a special way during their child’s final year.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
11. There are strategies and programs in place to encourage parents to stay involved and philanthropically supportive after their children graduate.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
12. The annual giving program maintains a calendar of parent communications, activities, and solicitations that is coordinated with other fundraising efforts.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
13. Ask amounts and fund suggestions are carefully considered and personalized as much as possible in parent appeals.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
14. All parent gifts are promptly acknowledged, regardless of gift size or designation.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
15. Parent volunteers play an important role in supporting annual giving efforts.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
16. Parent volunteer expectations are clearly described in a written job description.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
17. Parent volunteers are provided with proper training and materials to support their efforts.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
18. There are processes in place for dealing with parent volunteers who are difficult or unproductive.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
19. Parent donors, volunteers, and leaders are regularly cultivated and stewarded through in-person and virtual events.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
20. There are sufficient metrics, reports, and processes in place to track, evaluate, and share parent fundraising results on a regular basis.*
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree

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