Kish index of he fundraising performance blackbaud he executive forum
1. FY2009 donorCentrics™
Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance
Brian Kish, Senior Vice President
University of Arizona Foundation
2. Index Methodology
28 public and 33 private institutions
Actual donor transactions, not survey responses
Cash payment basis, not pledges
Does not include:
Soft credits
Matching gift payments
3. Participating Public Institutions
Colorado School of Mines University of Arizona
Indiana University Foundation University of California, Santa Barbara
Iowa State University University of Georgia
McMaster University University of Houston
Michigan State University University of Iowa
Ohio University University of Maryland
The Ohio State University University of Miami
Oklahoma State University University of Michigan
Oregon State University University of Oklahoma
Pennsylvania State University University of Texas at Austin
Purdue University University of Toronto
Queen's University University of Virginia
Ryerson University University of Virginia - Darden Graduate
University of Alberta School of Business Administration
University of Wisconsin, Madison
4. Participating Private Institutions
Bentley University Niagara University
Brown University Northwestern University - Kellogg
Graduate School of Management
Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School
of Business The Principia
Clark University Rhodes College
College of St. Benedict Rice University
Concordia University St. Paul Salve Regina University
St. Catherine University Smith College
The College of William and Mary Southern Methodist University
Cornell University Syracuse University
Dartmouth College
Tulane University
Gustavus Adolphus College
University of Chicago - Booth School of
Hamline University Business
Holderness School University of Notre Dame
Illinois Institute of Technology University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University
University of Richmond
Luther Seminary
Vanderbilt University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wellesley College
25. Annual Giving as a Funnel for Major Gifts
Data from 12 large public schools, gifts of $1,000-$50,000 in a
given year
Number of years of giving before first $1,000K gift, 13.2
Those that gave $1,000+ in 2009, gave about 73% of the
years that they were on file
57% of them made a first gift less than $100
However, the higher the first gift, the quicker they become one of
these donors.
• Of those that eventually gave $1,000+, a $100 first time donor did so at
about a 30% faster rate than a $1-24 dollars donor
