Successful philanthropy does not happen by accident. It requires planning, patience, strategic thinking, seriousness of purpose, hard-nosed realism and, usually, the donors' ongoing involvement.
DA•R•ES guides donors and their advisers through the process, helping them create a strategy that will produce philanthropic success.
This may include:
- Working with donors to define their strategic giving objectives;
- Identifying institutions and the key personnel within them who share a donor's vision and have an interest in - and the capacity to - make the vision a reality;
- Engaging in customized research on high value strategic opportunities in higher education, science, the arts and other philanthropic areas.
- Identifying and cultivating relationships with other like-minded philanthropists who are interested in strategic partnerships.
