Pickrum Awarded for Her College and University Foundation Leadership
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Posted By: Kennedy Williams on February 05, 2021 The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced Vita Pickrum, vice president for institutional advancement at Delaware State University, as the recipient of the 2021 Commonfund College and University Foundation Award. College and University Foundations are nonprofit organizations that cultivate and manage private assets to support the missions of the colleges and universities with which they are affiliated. This prestigious award recognizes professionals who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement, quality, and effectiveness of their foundations and the sector. Pickrum joined Delaware State University in 2008 as associate vice president for development and has been integral to DSU Foundation operations since. She has been in her role as vice president for institutional advancement and president of the DSU Foundation since 2014. A few of her many accomplishments include increasing private funds raised by 800% since 2008, establishing strategic public and private partnerships that have yielded significant financial support, and developing the first policies and procedures manual for the DSU Foundation, all while supervising the office of development staff, university events and ceremonies, the university’s endowment investment managers, and alumni relations. “Dr. Pickrum produces results, which are the bottom line in her field,” says President of Delaware State University Tony Allen in a letter of support. “Before I arrived at the university, she had already overseen a successful $20 million fundraising campaign and created multiple ongoing avenues for acquiring new resources. “Most recently, her work with the COVID Student Emergency Relief Fund, which exceeded its fundraising goal by 60%, her hugely successful stewardship of my presidential transition team, and the work she has already done on Delaware State University’s 130th Anniversary Celebration exemplify her value to our community, her professional field, and to me.” Allen says he considers one of Pickrum’s signature achievements to be the HBCU Philanthropy Symposium that has pioneered new ground in collaborative HBCU fundraising for more than a decade. In 2020, Pickrum was elected as the Vice-Chair of the newly established CASE Committee on College and University Foundations representing more than 800 community colleges and universities. She also served on the CASE Board of Trustees in 2018 after previously serving on the Commission for Philanthropy and the National Committee for Institutionally Related Foundations. The Commonfund College and University Foundation Award is underwritten by the Commonfund Institute, the research and education arm of Commonfund, which provides investment management services to nonprofit organizations. About CASE CASE believes in advancing education to transform lives and society. As a global nonprofit membership association of educational institutions, CASE helps develop the communities of professional practice that build institutional resilience and success in challenging times. The communities include staff engaged in alumni relations, advancement services, communications, fundraising, government relations, marketing, and student recruitment. CASE is volunteer-led and uses the intellectual capital of senior practitioners to build capacity and capability across the world. CASE has offices in Washington, D.C., London, Singapore, and Mexico City. Member institutions include more than 3,600 colleges and universities, primary and secondary independent and international schools, and nonprofit organizations in 82 countries. CASE serves more than 90,000 practitioners. For more information about CASE, please visit www.case.org. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Kennedy Williams
From Loganville, GA Spelman College class of 2020 Member Since July 2016 |
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