1. Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR) at Syracuse University LeKita Scott Dawkins, Director, Foundation Relations Melissa Whipps, Associate Director, Foundation Relations

2. CFR: What We Do: Learn about and advance priority projects Build close working relationships with corporations and foundations Facilitate linkages between the university and corps and founds Provide information to corps and founds Support active stewardship for funded projects

3. CONTACT CFR! Does SU have an existing relationship with the corporation or foundation? Do we have pending or planned proposals? Do we have an active project with the organization? Do we have helpful information about what the organization does or does not fund? We can HELP you with your approach to the corporation or foundation.

4. Contact Us… We Are Here to Help! Sara Wason, Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations 443-2576, sdwason@syr.edusdwason@syr.edu LeKita Scott Dawkins, Director, Foundation Relations 443-1606, ldawkins@syr.eduldawkins@syr.edu Melissa Whipps, Associate Director, Foundation Relations 443-3810, mjwhipps@syr.edumjwhipps@syr.edu Alan Lincoln, Executive Director, Corporate Relations 443-3810, adlincol@syr.eduadlincol@syr.edu Vijay Srinivas, Executive Director, Corporate Relations 443-3810, srinivas@syr.edusrinivas@syr.edu http://syr.edu/partnerships/foundations/index-2.html

5. CFR Proposal Development & Submission LeKita Scott Dawkins, Director, Foundation Relations Melissa Whipps, Associate Director, Foundation Relations

6. Defining Your Project / Program Principal Investigator, Project Team Project Title Project Description Keywords Associated with Your Project Project Goal(s) Anticipated Project Outcome(s) Project Start/End Date Total Amount Needed and Duration Type of Funding Needed http://syr.edu/partnerships/foundations/grants/foundation-relations-info-form.docx

7. Traditional Engagement Awareness Career fairs Conferences Scholarships Advisory board member Research grants Internships/Co-ops In-kind gifts Involvement Student support Hardware grants Curriculum support Workshops/seminars Philanthropic support Guest speaking & lectures Support SU initiative sponsorship Research support Collaborative research Outreach programs Support for educational programs Sponsorship Executive relationship Partnership agreements Major research and major gifts Joint approaches to funding sources Business development Strategic Partner Levels of Corporate Engagement Holistic Engagement

8. Resources for Proposal Writing Proposal Writing Short Course - an online guide that covers the basics of preparing a foundation proposal: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse Producing Proposals That Work! www.nationalserviceresources.org/files/pptw-notesheets.pdf