When the prospect management, research and analytics team at the University of Virginia experienced substantial growth, they recognized the importance of supporting advancement in their goal-setting process. Leveraging their diverse expertise and industry best practices, they developed a new, comprehensive process to assist development officers in this critical task.
With increased leadership turnover in higher education becoming a nationwide trend, what happens when a new leader starts—or, ideally, several months before they start? With prospect development’s deep knowledge of top prospects and advancement data and history, our teams are almost always well-positioned to play an important role in supporting these leaders as they get their feet under them.
In the final installation of this article series exploring the origins of a common industry benchmark for major gift officer portfolio size, author Juliet Carpenter shares real-world examples of organizational portfolio targets.