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Alumni Fund

 

Volunteers serve as ambassadors for Caltech. Personal contact from volunteers helps strengthen the bond alumni have with each other, Caltech, and the extended Caltech family. Such individualized, person-to-person connections are the foundation of our Alumni Fund. By engaging classmates in a conversation about the value and importance of Caltech, volunteers help obtain class-mates' support for the Institute and address any hurdles that might keep alumni from contributing.

Here are the volunteer roles to fill in the Alumni Fund: The fundraising efforts for each Decade or Division is coordinated and managed by a Decade or Division Chair. Class or Option Chairs serve as the lead fundraising liaisons between Caltech and the classes and options, by working with a team of Solicitors to garner support for Caltech. Click on a volunteer role below for more detailed information.

VOLUNTEER ROLES

  • Decade/Division Chair
  • Class/Option Chair
  • Solicitor

    Decade/Division Chair

    Responsibilities:

    • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.

    • Recruit, support, encourage, and manage a team of Class/Option Chairs and Solicitors. Encourage your Chairs to make their annual gift early in the year. The strongest classes and options are those that receive solid support from their Class/Option Chair.

    • Help determine and implement strategies toward the dollar and participation goals for the decade/division, and then follow up and work with your Chairs during the Fund Year in an effort to meet these goals.

    • Regularly submit contact results and provide updates to the Alumni Fund staff and/or to the Alumni Fund Chair(s).

    • Attend Board meetings, participate in conference calls as necessary, and review Alumni Fund Updates and Progress Reports to remain up-to-date on the progress of your decade/division and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

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    Class/Option Chair
    (Title changes to Reunion Gift Chair if in a current reunion year)

    Responsibilities:

    • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.

    • Recruit, support, encourage, and manage a team of Solicitors. Solicit Alumni Fund gifts early from your Solicitors.

    • Assign classmates to the appropriate Solicitor and remind them to regularly submit contact results and provide updates to you and the Alumni Fund staff.

    • Help determine and implement strategies towards the dollar and participation goals for the class/option.

    • Read Alumni Fund updates to remain up-to-date on the progress of your class/option and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

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    Solicitor

    Responsibilities:

    • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.

    • Help Caltech secure annual, unrestricted gifts by contacting all assigned classmates.

    • Provide regular updates to the Class or Option Chair.

    • Thank each donor assigned, preferably with a handwritten note.

    • Read Alumni Fund updates to remain up-to-date on the Fund's progress of your class/option and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

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