General Info

ISU Foundation, located in Ames, Iowa, is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to securing and stewarding private gifts and grants that benefit Iowa State University. The foundation works with Iowa State administrators, deans and unit leaders to determine the university's fundraising priorities and projects. These projects include professorships, faculty support, student scholarships, facility improvements, new equipment, athletic support, program enhancements and new buildings. The ISU Foundation staff and volunteer leadership works in partnership with university officials to generate private support for ISU. One of the foundation s primary revenue generating activities comes from ISU students who spend their evening and weekend hours engaging the university s friends and alumni on the phone. The ISU Foundation s student-employees work from a specially equipped room in the Durham Center on the ISU campus. Approximately 80 to 100 students work for the phone center at any one time, with approximately 28 callers working each of seven weekly shifts.