Mission Statement
The mission of Development Research and Prospect Management is to provide professional support for our clients, school-based and centralized development officers, as well as the President's Office in the form of the following:
Purpose
- Administration of the Prospect Action Tracking process
- Management of the Prospect Clearinghouse Process
- Prospect assignment in conjunction with the Executive Director of Development
- Prospect research profiles - preparation and access
- Research on Entrepreneur's Hall of Fame nominees for presentation to selection committee
- Identification of new individual, corporate and foundation prospects
- Coordination and utilization of periodic electronic prospect screening
- Maintenance of a library of on-line and printed information necessary to perform research and provide resources for fund raising staff
Service
- Positive, supportive relationships with all fundraising staff in the university
- Prompt and professional assistance to all university fundraising staff
- Maintain confidentiality of all research information. Communicate with all staff working with prospect profiles the ethical considerations related to prospect research.
- Prospect management and tracking systems in Banner, a specialized constituent management software. This function includes all prospect and research information in the information system as well as contact and prospect assignment information, and prospect tracking.
- Individual, hands-on training for prospect management and tracking functions for fund raisers in Banner, the Development information system