nodak651 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 Will UND actually see a fundraising bump now that Kennedy is gone? With Kennedy gone, may KEM be willing to partially finance Phase II through the Ralph, similar to the Betty donation loan? Everyone knows that UND Hockey has by far the most support from fans. Would UND be better off fundraising for things like the 2m in RAE funds, used for the scoreboard, and allowing the money to flow to other programs? Currently it's the other way around, with other programs putting in so much effort for fundraising. For instance, golf has to fundraise for their annual budget, but if the RAE money flowed through them, and the hockey program identified a fundraising need for the same amount, I think UND would have a much better chance of reaching said goal, and overall donations could increase. Example: 2million from RAE that was used for the scoreboard goes to Phase 2, and the hockey program finds donations for a new scoreboard. Could also sell naming rights to scoreboard. How far along is UND in it's fundraising efforts for the business school? They have a 20m donation from an anonymous donar, and 20m from the state so far, correct? They need about 60m? Will the business school sell naming rights? "Cargill School of Business" perhaps? Quote
forksandspoons Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, nodak651 said: Will UND actually see a fundraising bump now that Kennedy is gone? With Kennedy gone, may KEM be willing to partially finance Phase II through the Ralph, similar to the Betty donation loan? Everyone knows that UND Hockey has by far the most support from fans. Would UND be better off fundraising for things like the 2m in RAE funds, used for the scoreboard, and allowing the money to flow to other programs? Currently it's the other way around, with other programs putting in so much effort for fundraising. For instance, golf has to fundraise for their annual budget, but if the RAE money flowed through them, and the hockey program identified a fundraising need for the same amount, I think UND would have a much better chance of reaching said goal, and overall donations could increase. Example: 2million from RAE that was used for the scoreboard goes to Phase 2, and the hockey program finds donations for a new scoreboard. Could also sell naming rights to scoreboard. How far along is UND in it's fundraising efforts for the business school? They have a 20m donation from an anonymous donar, and 20m from the state so far, correct? They need about 60m? Will the business school sell naming rights? "Cargill School of Business" perhaps? The first call the interim pres needs to make is to KEM Quote
ChrisUND1 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 I assume the donations will come ROLLING in now. Right? 2 1 Quote
zonadub Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 I know this is a dumb question... Does Kris McGarry have any real connection to UND? Other than Ralph and Betty, why does she even consider making donations to UND? Did she ever attend UND? Is it just a legacy thing? again, I understand this is a dumb question, but I just wonder why so much emphasis is put on her/Englestad Foundation donations. Quote
darell1976 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, zonadub said: I know this is a dumb question... Does Kris McGarry have any real connection to UND? Other than Ralph and Betty, why does she even consider making donations to UND? Did she ever attend UND? Is it just a legacy thing? again, I understand this is a dumb question, but I just wonder why so much emphasis is put on her/Englestad Foundation donations. She has no connections here. Ralph went to UND she didn’t, she went to UNLV. Quote
nodak651 Posted May 16, 2019 Author Posted May 16, 2019 43 minutes ago, zonadub said: I know this is a dumb question... Does Kris McGarry have any real connection to UND? Other than Ralph and Betty, why does she even consider making donations to UND? Did she ever attend UND? Is it just a legacy thing? again, I understand this is a dumb question, but I just wonder why so much emphasis is put on her/Englestad Foundation donations. Probably because she plays an active role in the management of the Ralph and publicly stated that Kennedy was offensive and pretty much negotiating in bad faith, and then said that she would stop all donations until he was gone. Nobody would say a word if she wasn't constantly in the press. But now he's gone like she wanted... Quote
darell1976 Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, nodak651 said: Probably because she plays an active role in the management of the Ralph and publicly stated that Kennedy was offensive and pretty much negotiating in bad faith, and then said that she would stop all donations until he was gone. Nobody would say a word if she wasn't constantly in the press. But now he's gone like she wanted... It won’t be the last of her demands. Quote
Popular Post UNDColorado Posted May 16, 2019 Popular Post Posted May 16, 2019 My donations to the University I love have remained the same because I'm not a hack. 3 9 Quote
OgieOgilthorpe Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 4 hours ago, nodak651 said: Will UND actually see a fundraising bump now that Kennedy is gone? With Kennedy gone, may KEM be willing to partially finance Phase II through the Ralph, similar to the Betty donation loan? Everyone knows that UND Hockey has by far the most support from fans. Would UND be better off fundraising for things like the 2m in RAE funds, used for the scoreboard, and allowing the money to flow to other programs? Currently it's the other way around, with other programs putting in so much effort for fundraising. For instance, golf has to fundraise for their annual budget, but if the RAE money flowed through them, and the hockey program identified a fundraising need for the same amount, I think UND would have a much better chance of reaching said goal, and overall donations could increase. Example: 2million from RAE that was used for the scoreboard goes to Phase 2, and the hockey program finds donations for a new scoreboard. Could also sell naming rights to scoreboard. How far along is UND in it's fundraising efforts for the business school? They have a 20m donation from an anonymous donar, and 20m from the state so far, correct? They need about 60m? Will the business school sell naming rights? "Cargill School of Business" perhaps? Why would they name it the Cargill School of Business? Quote
Shawn-O Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 All over a hawk on center court and calendars that didn't align. Dumb! Quote
UNDBIZ Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 44 minutes ago, OgieOgilthorpe said: Why would they name it the Cargill School of Business? I believe in his scenario, Cargill paid UND to do so. Quote
MrEdway Posted May 16, 2019 Posted May 16, 2019 5 hours ago, darell1976 said: It won’t be the last of her demands. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 Are we talking athletic, academic or both here? Quote
nodak651 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said: Are we talking athletic, academic or both here? Both or either. Quote
dmksioux Posted August 11, 2019 Posted August 11, 2019 seems as though fundraising is doing well...sounds like we will find out this week. https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4602738-UND-Alumni-Association-expected-to-make-announcement-about-fundraising-numbers-next-week Quote
SiouxVolley Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 3 hours ago, dmksioux said: seems as though fundraising is doing well...sounds like we will find out this week. https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4602738-UND-Alumni-Association-expected-to-make-announcement-about-fundraising-numbers-next-week Read that one donor owned a bunch of Microsoft stock and expected to gift much of it, but was disappointed years ago that it hasn’t appreciated more. Well it was $30 then and near $140 now. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 11:14 AM, zonadub said: I know this is a dumb question... Does Kris McGarry have any real connection to UND? Other than Ralph and Betty, why does she even consider making donations to UND? Did she ever attend UND? Is it just a legacy thing? again, I understand this is a dumb question, but I just wonder why so much emphasis is put on her/Englestad Foundation donations. She has made it clear that she doesn't have the same connection to UND that Ralph had. She shares DNA with him and that is all. But some people think that gives her the inherent right to run UND from Vegas. I think we are better off cultivating relationships with people who care about UND and want it to succeed now and in the future. And KEM doesn't belong in that category. 1 2 Quote
forksandspoons Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 UND Alumni Association and Foundation raises $67.7 million, sets fundraising record https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4607349-UND-Alumni-Association-and-Foundation-raises-67.7-million-sets-fundraising-record 2 Quote
Popular Post jdub27 Posted August 12, 2019 Popular Post Posted August 12, 2019 Pretty impressive considering we were told donors had no interest in giving money to UND while Kennedy was the president. Must have been a lot of donations the last 15 days of June..... Good work by the Alumni Association. 6 Quote
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 Hot take: Lots of people died who were going to "donate" eventually; has nothing to do with any one person, event, or fundraising strategy. Hotter take: Record fundraising could have saved music therapy (and perhaps other programs and jobs) from the chopping block...where was all of this generous philanthropy the past couple of years? 1 Quote
Siouxperman8 Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, jdub27 said: Pretty impressive considering we were told donors had no interest in giving money to UND while Kennedy was the president. Must have been a lot of donations the last 15 days of June..... Good work by the Alumni Association. We were also told by some that donations would dry up when the Sioux name went away. Apparently that didn't happen either. 2 Quote
Popular Post BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted August 12, 2019 Popular Post Posted August 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said: We were also told by some that donations would dry up when the Sioux name went away. Apparently that didn't happen either. I know alumni that made that prediction and even about their own future charitable plans; and now they gave to the U. Time heals. The Flagship is much bigger than a nickname/logo. 5 Quote
Popular Post UNDColorado Posted August 12, 2019 Popular Post Posted August 12, 2019 Hottest take: Let's put some of that cash towards HPC phase 2. We gotta get it done. 8 Quote
homer Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 1 hour ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: Hot take: Lots of people died who were going to "donate" eventually; has nothing to do with any one person, event, or fundraising strategy. Hotter take: Record fundraising could have saved music therapy (and perhaps other programs and jobs) from the chopping block...where was all of this generous philanthropy the past couple of years? So more people died last year that we’re going to donate than any other year prior? Quote
Cratter Posted August 12, 2019 Posted August 12, 2019 Wonder what the cash maturity rate is each year for donations ie. pledges upon death from 20 years ago that finally get fulfilled. 1 Quote
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