Keywords
fundraising, development, ratio analysis, foundation, performance, evaluation
Abstract
The focus of this research was to examine the performance of Florida public community college foundations from 2002-2004 using performance ratios. The findings from this study may assist community college foundation leaders to better understand the performance of their own organizations, compare this performance to other similar organizations, establish relative performance standards, and influence the strategic initiatives to improve an existing foundation. This study was designed to research the financial performance measurement ratios for the 28 public community college foundations in Florida. Ex post facto data that were publicly available were utilized to acquire the information needed for the statistical analyses; therefore, the population was comprised of all 28 Florida community college foundations. Data were collected from each institution's Form 990. A total of 27 ratios were calculated by year for 2002, 2003, and 2004 and were categorized into 6 areas: (a) measures of fiscal performance, (b) measures of fundraising efficiency, (c) measures of public support, (d) measures of adequacy of resources to support mission, (e) measures of use of resources to support mission, and (f) measures of investment performance and concentration. The study included benchmarking data in the form of descriptive statistics for these ratios and comprehensive analysis. In addition, three repeated measures analysis of variance models were computed to determine if the contributions and grants, fundraising expense, and program service expense ratios varied over time. There were no mean differences over time during the three-year period from 2002 to 2004.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2008
Advisor
Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Department
Educational Research, Technology, and Leadership
Degree Program
Educational Leadership
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002408
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002408
Language
English
Release Date
December 2008
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Sanders, Karen, "An Analysis Of Florida Public Community College Foundations' Performance Measures From 2002-2004" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3580.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3580