Philanthropy from alumni and parents makes up a crucial proportion of the income of a university. Philanthropic donations fund scholarships, unanticipated academic opportunities, student entrepreneurship, and more. Unfortunately Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been experiencing a decrease in frequency of alumni donations and see cultivating a robust culture of philanthropy that builds on the strong school pride as a way to reverse the decline. An outline of a plan to create a strong philanthropic culture at WPI has already been created. The plan needs to be implemented to set WPI up to have a strong philanthropic culture for the future with the hope of an increased percentage of alumni giving back to WPI post-graduation.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Claypool, Akaash

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121118-185244

Advisor

• Hoy, Francis

Year

• 2018

Sponsor

• WPI Office of Lifetime Engagement

Date created

• 2018-12-11

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright