August 19, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
Most fund raisers don’t have to worry about a war getting in the way of a capital campaign. But for the American University of Beirut, that is one of the many challenges it has faced in its fund raising.
One reason the institution was able to avoid too much damage to the big campaign is that a dedicated group of faculty members decided to start a “mini campaign,” separate from the university’s more-ambitious capital drive, to help people hurt or displaced by the war. It raised $1-million in just a month.
To learn more about the institution grappled with a crisis, listen to this audio interview from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
