Parent Fund Committee
Goal
As members of the CU Parents Association and Parent Fund committee, we ask you to assist the CU Foundation in raising funds from parents of CU students and past parents to support the Division of Student Affairs and other projects that impact the undergraduate community. Committee members are encouraged as well, to provide strategic advice to benefit the parent fund.
Committee members, as a show of commitment to the University of Colorado at Boulder, are asked to lead by example for other CUPA members and CU parents. We ask you to make CU Boulder one of your top philanthropic priorities by making a gift commensurate with that commitment and your own resources.
Development Strategies
- Help achieve the annual fundraising goals of the CU Parent Fund b identifying potential donors through personal contacts and attendance at CUPA/Foundation events.
- When appropriate, assist in the cultivation and solicitation of potential and current sources of support.
- Educate parents about the Parent Fund and the importance of charitable giving to the University of Colorado.
- Help establish a Tradition of Giving among parents of current students.
Strategic Advice Strategies
- Provide input on annual strategies and long-range goals for the Parent Fund.
- Provide feedback to the CU Foundation on Parent Fund literature, direct mail, brochures, invitations, etc.
Ambassador Strategies
- Understand the case for supporting CU Boulder as parents and conveying that message to other parents on a peer-to-peer level.
- Support stewardship activities through parent-to-parent contact, including thank you calls and events.
- Represent CUPA and Parent Fund Committee in solicitation literature, including, for example, direct mail, brochures and newsletter articles.
