Booster Programs - How does MSU compare to other schools

[CatfaninGA]

Ok, for a boring Saturday afternoon, and since some big changes were just made at Clemson University, I thought this could start up and interesting discussion.

Below you will find Clemson University's reasoning for increasing seasonal donations by 40% starting this year, I am currently at the $1000 level, but under a Life Membership, so I will not have to pay another dime for the rest of my life, have 10 season tickets and 3 parking passes.

Yes I know Clemson is a much bigger school than MSU, but it should be interesting if some folks who donate to other school chime in as well.




Clemson University's IPTAY Board announced this evening after a meeting in Columbia, SC, that IPTAY will increase donor giving levels for the first time since 1989. The new levels will be effective for the 2005 IPTAY Annual Scholarship Fund Drive, which runs from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. The donor benefits derived from the new contribution levels begin with the 2005 football season.

In stating its case concerning the need to increase levels, the Board cited the tremendous escalation of athletic scholarships at Clemson University. It also recognized the cost of doing business, the continued need to use IPTAY reserves to cover annual expenses, including the scholarship costs, and the effects of heightened competition levels in all sports in the expanded Atlantic Coast Conference.

In 2000-01, the IPTAY Scholarship Funds scholarship costs totaled $ 3,660,000. For the upcoming academic year (2004-05), IPTAY's annual scholarship costs are estimated at $ 6,450,000, an increase of 76 percent and $2,790,000 in five years.







For the past 70 years, IPTAY has been the lifeblood of Clemson Athletics, transforming the athletic fund-raising organization from a regional presence to a national program. It has served as a model for success for other universities especially since the `70's and `80's, when it became the first athletic organization in the country to top various million dollar marks in annual donations.




The Four Priorities of the IPTAY Scholarship Fund remain:

The payment of the annual cost of athletic scholarships;
The payment or reimbursement of the operating expenses of IPTAY;
The establishment and maintenance of an adequate reserve fund deemed appropriate by the IPTAY Board of Directors;
Any expenditures other than those established under the previous three priorities, shall be limited to either direct or indirect aids to the athletic program of Clemson University and must be approved by the IPTAY Board of Directors.
A brief overview of the May 6th presentation to the IPTAY County Chairmen can be viewed below.

2005 IPTAY Donor Levels Presentation


2005 IPTAY Giving Levels Increases
Donor Current Level 2005 Level
Gold $100 $140
Orange $250 $350
Champion $500 $700
Tiger Scholarship $1,000 $1,400
IPTAY Scholarship $2,000 $2,800
Fike Scholarship $5,000 $7,000
Heisman Scholarship new level $10,000

[Bleedinbluengold]

This is the easiest way to respond:

http://www.msubobcats.com/images/boosterbrochure.pdf