| Capital and Endowment Campaign Management
 decided in 2002 to consolidate its
southeastern presence in a new campus in Center City Charlotte. The
new university offers degrees in Culinary Arts, Hospitality, and
Business. Jim Hance, the retired Vice Chairman of Bank of America,
is chairing the capital campaign to raise private dollars to fund a
portion of Johnson & Wales’ $112 million long-term investment.
Johnson & Wales recognized that, as a new Charlotte citizen, it
would benefit from Vandever Batten’s expertise in knowing the local
donor community. We joined the Johnson & Wales team in 2003 to
develop a campaign plan and to advise university officials as they
began to build local relationships. Based on our feasibility study
involving 50 local and national participants, recommendations were
approved to conduct a $15 million campaign to raise capital, program
and scholarship dollars.
After managing all aspects of the capital campaign planning and
implementation, Vandever Batten is now playing a campaign advisory
role in the final stages of this successful campaign for Johnson &
Wales University.
 For
over 20 years, John Crawford’s vision of sending students from
Charlotte’s public housing projects to college has been realized
through the
. The
organization serves as a ray of hope for young people with the
desire, but not the funds, to attend college. Now to fund the CHASF
in perpetuity, the Hope Scholarship Campaign aims to raise $4
million to supplement the current $1 million endowment. With these
increased financial resources, up to 100 students from Charlotte’s
public housing projects will be able to attend college each year.
Vandever Batten is managing the endowment campaign and has hired
temporary campaign staff on behalf of CHASF to make the fundraising
process more manageable for the client.
 , a unique partnership between the
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and the Public Library of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, was created by a bond referendum passed
overwhelmingly by 70 percent in November 1998. Ken Lewis, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America, led the campaign
that raised over $13 million for endowment to support ImaginOn
programs. This facility, the first of its kind in the country,
covers a full city block in the heart of Charlotte’s Center City to
serve the children and families of the region.
VB managed all aspects of the capital campaign and its
implementation.
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