Fund Raising and Financial Development Section | The American Library Association Archives

The Fund Raising and Financial Development Section (FRFDS) is responsible for areas of fund raising and resource development for libraries, including; foundation, trust, endowment development and administration, annual giving and direct-mail fund-raising, capital campaign planning and implementation, and grantsmanship (1).  Fund Raising and Financial Development became a section circa 1983.  Previously it had the status of Fund Raising Discussion Group (2).

The Fund Raising and Financial Development Section provides a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas, a source for research and development guides, aids, and publications relating to financial resource development (3).

Sub-Groups

1 - Executive Committee

Chairperson

Vice-chairperson

Secretary

2 - By-laws

3 - Nominating

4 - Program (ad hoc)

Fund Fare (ad hoc subcommittee)

5 - Publications (ad hoc)

6 - Trends, Marketing, and Project Development (ad hoc)

Clearinghouse (ad hoc subcommittee)

Survey (ad hoc subcommittee)

7 - Fund Raising [discussion group] (ad hoc)

1.  ALA Handbook of Organization 1988/1989 and Membership Directory, (Chicago: ALA 1988), p. 91.

2.  ALA Handbook of Organization 1981-1982, (Chicago: ALA, 1981), pp. 78, 80.

3.  ALA Handbook of Organization, 1988/1989 and Membership Directory, p. 91.