Corporate & Foundation Relations (C&FR) serves as the College’s office for prospect clearance and repository of data for corporate and private foundation entities, and works closely with the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) to ensure University-wide coordination of philanthropic activities.
Faculty and staff seeking corporate and foundation funding must contact Jennifer.Calienes [at] emerson.edu (C&FR) for clearance prior to any external approaches. Clearance through C&FR assures that college priorities and strategic relations with corporations and foundations are maintained. It also assures that two offices are not approaching the same entity for funding, since many corporations and foundations restrict the number of proposals allowed per institution per year. The tracking and coordination of approaches leads to more satisfied relations with funders and sustained giving for the College.
Corporate & Foundations Relations Functions
C&FR provides a range of services for faculty and staff, and works closely with the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) to ensure consistency with Emerson College policies and guidelines.
Services for College Faculty and Staff
- Meets with campus administrators and faculty to discuss funding needs and project ideas
- Facilitates and leads approaches to corporations and foundations, providing strategy and guidance around messaging in order to cultivate and grow relationships
- Writes, edits, advises on, and submits letters of inquiry or proposals to corporate and foundation prospects, including preparing and gathering all required support materials
- Coordinates corporate and foundation meetings, calls, visits, and events
- Facilitates the processing of checks from corporate and foundation partners
Additional Services
- Identifies corporate and foundation partners whose philanthropic priorities are aligned with institutional funding needs and project ideas
- Facilitates interdisciplinary and cross-institutional opportunities/proposals
- Drafts all gift recognition and acknowledgment letters
- Creates stewardship plans and facilitates all reporting
- Works with ORCS to determine whether a project would be administered as a gift or sponsored project.
- Tracks the history of all corporate and foundation partner relationships with the College, including all communications, meetings, proposals submitted, gifts acquired, and reports submitted
For more information, please contact Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, Jennifer Calienes, at Jennifer.Calienes [at] emerson.edu (Jennifer[dot]Calienes[at]emerson[dot]edu).