Supporting Collegiate Members
- Scholarship (endowed minimum) – $25,000 providing up to $1,250 per year
- Scholarship (outright, minimum of three-year commitment) – $1,000 per year
- Fellowship (endowed minimum) – $50,000 providing up to $2,500 per year
- Opportunity Fund (endowed) – a $25,000 supporting $50 subsidy for 25 new members each year
- Russell E. Dougherty National Leader of the Year Awards (endowment) – $60,000 to complete funding of awards
- Key Fund – $50,000 (outright for scholarships, gifts of membership, programming)
Developing the Campus Leaders of Today
- NLC speaker support (outright) – $5,000 to $25,000
- Collegiate member NLC travel funds (outright) – $5,000 to $10,000
- NLC speaker support (endowment) – $25,000 (providing up to $1,250 per year); $50,000 (providing up to $2,500 per year); $100,000 (providing up to $5,000 per year)
- Collegiate member NLC travel funds (endowment) – $10,000 (providing one $500 travel grant per year)
- Circle grants (outright) – $5,000 (for ten one-time $500 grants)
- Circle grants (endowed) – $10,000 (for one $500 grant in perpetuity)
- Venture Funds (outright) – $2,500 (to establish one new circle); $25,000 (to establish ten new circles)
- Venture Funds (endowment) – $250,000 (to establish five new circles per year)
New Programs
- Leadership Matters Curriculum (outright) – $150,000
- Leader-in-Residence Program (outright) – $125,000 for five years; $25,000 for one year; or $5,000 for a one-year placement at a single institution
- Diverse Emerging Leaders Initiative Grants (endowment) – $10,000 (providing a $500 grant per year)
- Congressional Collaborative Leadership Forum (outright) – $125,000 for five years; $25,000 for one year
- Annual Collaboration Symposium (outright) – $125,000 for five years; $25,000 for one year
- Collaboration Prizes (outright) – $75,000 for five years; $15,000 for one year
National Headquarters
- North Wing (outright or endowment) – $75,000
- Digital archives technology (outright) – $25,000
- Office (3-4 available for naming; outright) – $25,000
- Kitchen (outright) – $10,000
- Patio and garden (outright) – $125,000
- Deck and entrance area (outright) – $50,000
If you have an interest in funding one or more of these initiatives, please contact President and Chief Executive Officer Tara S. Singer at tara@odk.org or (540) 458-5340.
