BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISING PROGRAM

1. BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISING PROGRAM SHOULD YOU OR SHOULDN’T YOU? • Some Conditions Necessary for A Successful Program • 1) Full backing of academic and development divisions for international activities with a fundraising focus. • 2) Sufficient and long term financial support (e.g. funds for at least 3 international trips a year) • 3) Willingness of administrators/faculty to undertake international travel in support of fundraising program • 4) Critical mass of alumni in foreign countries with information about their occupations and residential and business addresses • 5) High level alumni, parents and/or friends who will serve as spokespersons for your institution in each country visited • 6) Development officer with appropriate aptitude for international activities (e.g. willingness to travel; flexibility with regard to other cultures • College or university with international visibility and prestige (i.e. high rating in U.S. News and World reports • David Lundberg • Director of Strategic Alliances • lundberg@support.ucla.edu • UCLA External Affairs/Office of Research Administration • April 17, 2002