Strategic Actions, Goals and Accomplishments
Library External Affairs & Advancement
Key Activities and Accomplishments FY 17-18
-The Libraries continued to grow its robust fundraising base. As of June 2018, approximately $11,708,923 was raised, exceeding the goal of $410,000 set by the university, of which approximately $11,389,923 is cash and $319,000 is in-kind. The increased cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of the Libraries’ donors and prospects, as well as enhanced outreach to cultivate donors for the new library, has helped grow our donor base to a total of approximately 374, of which 64 are new. Approximately 70 of these are Conwell level donors who have given $1,000 or more.
-Completed approximately 140 meetings with current and prospective donors. We continued to steward existing donors through meetings; letters; newsletters; holiday cards; the 2018 calendar with images from the Special Collections Research Center and Blockson Collection; invitations to library programs and events; and other mailings. -For the first time in the history of the Libraries, we have received two cash gifts of $1 million or greater. A $10 million gift has been secured to name the new library Charles Library, and a $1 million pledge was secured to name the Special Collections Research Center Reading Room in the new library. In addition, one other major gift
- $150,000 - was secured for the new library. Several other major proposals for the new building are in the pipeline for possible gifts in FY ’19.
The Libraries top gifts received this fiscal year included:
-$10,000,000 pledge from the Charles Hazlehurst Moura Family Foundation for the Charles Library Fund;
-$270,000 (in-kind) from Dr. Luis T. González Del Valle of his archives;
-$1,000,000 pledge from The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation for the Albert M. Greenfield Civic History Endowment Fund;
-$150,000 from the McLean Contributionship for the Library Endowment Fund;
-$41,000 the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center for the PJAC endowment; -$30,000 from the Estate of Joseph Z. Nitecki; -$20,308.50 (in-kind) from Barbara Allen of her archives;
-$20,000 from Audrey Merves through the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation for the PJAC endowment;
-$20,000 from the Duckworth Family Fund for the Library Endowment Fund;
-$18,135 (in-kind) from Ella and Richard Kennedy of their archives.
-We continued to work with members of the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center's board in an effort to raise funds for the PJAC endowment. We have raised approximately $1,763,000 million toward the $1.8 million goal over ten years at the end of calendar year 2019. -We prepared and mailed the fall and spring library appeal letter to the Libraries' donors and prospects, which combined generated approximately $25,500.
Approximately $41,700 has been raised to support the Libraries' Annual Fund.
-Approximately $297,800 has been raised for the Special Collections Research Center. Of amount raised, $292, 865 was in-kind.
-Approximately $22,800 has been raised to support the Blockson Collection. Of the amount raised, $4,800 was in-kind.
-Approximately $19,600 has been raised to support the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards.
-In addition, we developed a range of publications highlighting various funds and programs, including the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards.
-We continued to fund raise for the new library building by:
- identifying and cultivating major donors and prospects to provide naming gifts for the new building;
- updating new library website to reflect naming gifts received;
- planning alumni events in key cities to garner support for the new building;
- applying for grant funding to support this important project for Temple;
- sending announcements about the new library to Libraries’ donors and prospects; and
- planning new strategies to raise naming dollars including lower levels of $10,000 and above.
-Publication and dissemination of Libraries’ first-ever print and digital annual report in the Fall of 2017
-4 new proposals of $50,000 or more were in development, pending, or funded. These include:
Luis González Del Valle (in-kind gift ask amount $50,000 and funded at $270,000 in December of 2017);
The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation (ask amount $1 million and funded at $1 million, December 2017);
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (declined $500,000 ask); and the Mclean Contributionship ($200,000 ask, funded at $150,000 in December of 2017.)