The national average for alumni participation has steadily declined in recent years. Young alumni are also giving to a fewer number of charities. And yet, these young alumni now make up a significant and growing share of many institutions' donor data...
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Dear Friends and Colleagues, On December 5, Chancellor Brit Kirwan and UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski were invited as a part of a group of 12 university presidents to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama and US Education Secret...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Endowment % S&P 500 % Composite Benchmark % 80/20 % 60/40 % Latest Month 2.3% 10.9% 5.5% 8.8% 6.6% FYTD 2012 -2.9% -4.5% -4.4% -2.5% ...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Institution Announced Goal 10/31/2011 Bowie 11/08 $15M $9.2M Coppin 10/07 $15M $7.3M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $17.2M Salisbury 6/06 $35M $38.3M ...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Charitable Deduction Still in Discussion Despite Super Committee's Inability to Reach Agreement On Nov. 21, the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the "super committee," announced that the committee was una...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The University of Maryland recently received two substantial gifts from private foundations to further its work in medicine. This fall, UMB's Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM) received a $7.5 million pledge from an anonymous foundation. ...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Salisbury University officially opened its new Richard A. Henson Medical Simulation Center during a festive ribbon-cutting on December 1. The ceremony was marked by the announcement of a $1 million gift for the center from the Richard A. Henson Found...
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Irwin L. "Irv" Goldstein, USM senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will leave his position on June 30, 2012. A tenured faculty member at the University of Maryland, College Park, Goldstein will work on special projects for the USM office and ...
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Fall has arrived, and with it, increased activity with the return of students to our campuses. I will begin with wonderful news: a fabulous gift recently received by the University of Maryland, College P...
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Endowment % S&P 500 % Composite Benchmark % 80/20 % 60/40 % Latest Month -1.6 -5.4 -1.6 -4.0 -2.6 CYTD 2011 5.2 -1.8 5.2 -0.2 1...
