Third-party donations are crucial for the University of Cambridge to fund essential facility upgrades and support students through scholarships and bursaries. However, the university needs to protect its reputation and avoid any connections with the wrong kind of donors. That’s where the donor due diligence team comes in to conduct hundreds of reputational, ethical and financial assessments on potential donors and partners every year.

Dartmouth College’s donor prospect management team conducts thorough research on over a thousand potential donors every year to learn about their philanthropic interests, ambitions and objectives. This helps protect the college’s academic leadership, board members, and overall reputation from accepting gifts that could pose reputational risks. In this team, being “strategic” is mission-critical. Analysts are more than just their title; they are strategic analysts. They don’t simply decide who to approach, but also when and how.