University of Illinois Foundation
Leveraging Illinois' place as a leader in the agricultural space to develop the first comprehensive and community-based farmland donor stewardship strategies to increase gifts of farmland.

Unlike many cash gifts, farmland carries an emotional value to donors and serves as a versatile asset for the University of Illinois. The I-57s designed marketing, communications, events, and staff training strategies to solicit and steward farmland donors, the farmland itself, and the communities surrounding the farm.

I-57s Status

Scale Now embedded into normal business practice

I-57s Team

Jenny Carroll

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Kelly Bennett

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Paula Besson

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Keenan Cutsforth

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Brenda Nardi

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Chris Tuttle

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Maurice Willis

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