What if a university could prepare individuals not just for jobs, 而是生活中的不可预测性
What if it could equip them with the tools necessary to navigate a lifetime of change?
我们设定了募集1.25亿美元的目标 ... 从根本上提高St. Bonaventure, to modernize our campus, and to ensure an endowment befitting not only St. Bonaventure’s remarkable history but also its ardent vision: to be a premier, nationally recognized Catholic university providing a transformative educational experience that inspires meaningful and fulfilling lives.
We are building A Bolder Bonaventure, for generations to come.
这是一个没有你的未来，我们无法想象.
During the process of raising money for the comprehensive Bolder Bonaventure campaign, some commonly asked questions have been asked by our alumni and friends. 这些问题, 以及他们的反应, have been compiled here with the hope that they will answer most of your questions about fundraising and the campaign.
什么是“一个更大胆的博纳文蒂”运动?
Comprehensive in scope and the largest fundraising campaign in the university’s history, the Bolder Bonaventure campaign is an aggressive response to helping students prepare for the challenges and opportunities they will face in an increasingly complex world.
该运动的沉默阶段于2018年开始. 到2022年9月, the university was able to announce the campaign to the public, having raised nearly $80 million of its $125 million goal.
这场运动的名字是怎么来的?
A representative group of university stakeholders met in March 2018 for a “visioning session” to discuss a compelling name and case for support for the campaign. The name was born as the group considered how the campaign will further the mission and vision of the university — A Bolder Bonaventure: Ignite. 激励. 投资.
竞选的重点是什么?
There are six pillars or priorities within the Bolder Bonaventure campaign. 它们是:
- Broadening the health care learning environment within the popular Dennis R. 德佩罗卫生专业学校.
- 把圣. Bonaventure’s athletics facilities and ensuring a strongly competitive Division I experience for every student-athlete.
- Modernizing facilities and enhancing technology within the 1月doli School of Communication.
- Ensuring an intellectual journey that explores a larger context for our students’ personal, professional and civic lives through academic mission and student experience.
- Delivering a transformational Franciscan experience for every member of the community through Franciscan mission and ministries.
- Boosting Bonaventure基金, which provides financial aid and makes possible St. Bonaventure’s unique brand of Franciscan higher education.
What about needs that are not within the campaign priorities? 如何解决这些和其他需求?
Although we all recognize that the university has many needs beyond those listed within the campaign pillars, 鉴于潜在捐赠者有限, 我们目前无法为所有需求筹集资金. Other needs will be addressed through future and ongoing fundraising efforts. Our fundraising will not end once we reach the $125 million goal for A Bolder Bonaventure.
If I give a gift to a certain pillar, how can I be sure that it will go to that pillar?
All designated gifts are deposited into fund accounts for that specific designation. External auditors pay special attention to this aspect of fundraising. 这是学校年度审计的一部分, they check that donations have been allocated as per the donor’s intent and also randomly send out letters to contributors to confirm both the gift size and intended usage.
我能帮什么忙吗?
通过捐赠对该活动做出贡献 Bonaventure基金!
与校友和朋友分享活动的消息.
成为我们的一员 领导力培养协会每年至少有一美元的礼物,000, you will become a member of the prestigious Devereux Giving Society, 如果你叫St. 博纳旺蒂尔大学 in your will or other estate plans, 你将成为塞拉芬遗产协会的一员.