Session 4D - Demonstrating Donor Impact in 60 Seconds or Less

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Description: Take 4 staff members and add 550 six-figure donors, who have made hundreds of significant gifts that support scores of programs. However you do the math, the numbers do not add up to individual, custom reports for each donor. Using available resources, how can we create impact reports that are meaningful and feel personal, and might inspire the next gift?  In answer to this challenge, we piloted a program that earned positive reviews from donors and colleagues, including skeptics.  Both our model and our R&D process can be adapted to any institution and scaled to any size shop.

Sector: Higher Education
Expertise Level: Suitable for all levels
Shop Size: Suitable for any size shop
Subject Focus: Stewardship Reporting

Speaker Bio: Cheryl Lintner

Cheryl Lintner joined the Rutgers University Foundation in May 2010 after moving from Los Angeles, where she worked for a small non-profit teen-to-teen help hotline.  Prior to her work in the non-profit sector, Cheryl worked in the legal field, and prior to that, in academia.  Her position with Rutgers is a perfect blend of her past experience; her primary responsibilities involve review of fund agreements, stewardship reporting, and scholarship events.

Speaker Bio: Nichole Mastrianni

As the Assistant Director of Stewardship at the Rutgers University Foundation, Nichole Mastrianni oversees the acknowledging and recognition areas of Donor Relations. In addition to the campaign donor wall, Nichole and her team recently launched two cumulative recognition societies, along with other events and activities designed to steward donors to the university’s current $1 billion dollar Our Rutgers, Our Future campaign.  

Nichole has also presented on the “Lifecycle of a Gift” which helps to illustrate the journey gifts take from inception to receipting and acknowledging. She has a degree in English and Journalism from Montclair State University.