How do you financially support ISU athletics? The sample size from CF members, may provide some insights into the broader base.
How do you financially support to ISU athletics?
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Cyclone club, football tickets, and men’s bball tickets. I didn’t see that option in the poll though…
Paying student fees on four kids that went/are attending ISU
Tickets
Parking
Tickets
Parking
I ran out of the number of available options, maybe just select the one with GIC too.
We have a winner!
16/49 are non-donors. This is what needs to change the most moving forward. If we can reduce this figure from 1/3 to 1/5 it will have a significant effect on revenue in the long run.
CC /FB tickets./individual BB tickets here and there with other sports also/ 2 kids that currently attend.
Apparently no one on here has graduated recently. I got hounded for donations less than one month after graduation for the alumni association, and whatever else. I think chilling for a year on those would bring in more donations because we're likely to be working at that point. It turned me off a lot on donating personally.
Plus they don't follow instructions at all. I tell them to call me in September because that's when my bonus is paid (literally how I describe it to them) and I'm likely in a better mood. Haven't called me once in that month.
I've been considering donating some but when I'm so far away from Iowa it's hard to see real value beyond pride for my school. I'm never gonna live close enough for season tickets so what's the point of priority points
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I don't buy season tickets and live out of state so am sort of a non-entity to the athletics department. Rarely hear from them even though I've donated to them annually for decades. I hear all of the time from the University of Minnesota and never donated a dime, just bought single game tickets here and there. I think our marketing is pretty bad as far as the athletic department is concerned. I hear more from ISU Museums and haven't sent them anything in years (donated to the sculpture restorations on campus a long time ago).
That the state of Iowa elected officials don't support the state universities like they did when I was in school, along with me having Iowa 40 years plus in my rearview mirror, is having me rethink my current pledges and bequeath to ISU. If the current residents of Iowa collectively don't give a **** about their state universities, other than Hawkeye sports, why the **** should a Minnesotan care? Totally damn serious.
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Their approach to recent grads is horrific. Quick to ask for money, slow to ask if they need career placement assistance. My one son who attended another school is only one who donates but they went with reduced plans for young alums and have frequently contacted him to see if he had any Covid related job loss or furloughs and needed any assistance
Though the smallest contribution, you should also include cyclones.com subscription. And, for what it's worth, I believe every Cyclone fan should subscribe and watch, at the very least, replays. That way ISU can use those numbers for viewership credibility.
This current resident has no say on what the state legislature decides to do.
Season tickets in basketball, have subscribed to cyclones.com, I have more Cyclone licensed apparel than all my other clothes combined.
We donate to Cyclone Club, Gridiron Club and buy season football tickets. (Yes, I selected above in the poll)
We get letters 2-4 times a year from the Iowa State Foundation asking for a donation.
Gridiron Club. A few years ago we joined thinking it would be a neat way to directly support the football team, get involved with fundraising with various fun events, it would be different than Cyclone Club, our donation would be 100% tax deductible and we get extra Cyclone Club points. We receive periodic emails about the few events they hold. In 2020 (before Covid hit) we attended the members only event with the football staff - which we really enjoyed. However, we're not golfers and (thanks to Covid) the rest of the events are TBD. There's a lot of potential for the club that - IMO - they're missing out on. We don't feel like a part of the club, but we also resolved that we'll continue donating since it goes directly to the FB team and we like the tax deduction/extra Cyclone Club point perks. From my understanding, though, it's a volunteer organization. I've been a part of volunteer organizations for many years in the past and still have burnout, so I get it.
Other ideas not listed above:
If you have an Amazon account, switch to Amazon Smile and select Cyclone Gridiron Club as your donation. A percentage of all purchases you make using Amazon Smile will then be donated to the Gridiron Club. The trick is you have to make sure you're using Amazon Smile when you make the purchase and not the regular Amazon. It may not be a huge donation, but every little bit counts.
Company match is another way to increase donations. Some companies will match your donation, especially if it's a 501c3 - which Gridiron Club is.
We get letters 2-4 times a year from the Iowa State Foundation asking for a donation.
Gridiron Club. A few years ago we joined thinking it would be a neat way to directly support the football team, get involved with fundraising with various fun events, it would be different than Cyclone Club, our donation would be 100% tax deductible and we get extra Cyclone Club points. We receive periodic emails about the few events they hold. In 2020 (before Covid hit) we attended the members only event with the football staff - which we really enjoyed. However, we're not golfers and (thanks to Covid) the rest of the events are TBD. There's a lot of potential for the club that - IMO - they're missing out on. We don't feel like a part of the club, but we also resolved that we'll continue donating since it goes directly to the FB team and we like the tax deduction/extra Cyclone Club point perks. From my understanding, though, it's a volunteer organization. I've been a part of volunteer organizations for many years in the past and still have burnout, so I get it.
Other ideas not listed above:
If you have an Amazon account, switch to Amazon Smile and select Cyclone Gridiron Club as your donation. A percentage of all purchases you make using Amazon Smile will then be donated to the Gridiron Club. The trick is you have to make sure you're using Amazon Smile when you make the purchase and not the regular Amazon. It may not be a huge donation, but every little bit counts.
Company match is another way to increase donations. Some companies will match your donation, especially if it's a 501c3 - which Gridiron Club is.
Is this the obligatory "I'm a better fan that you are" thread we get every year?
Looking at the USA Today college finances rankings, Iowa makes about $30,000,000 a year more than Iowa State on Ticket Sales and Contributions in 2019. I guess I am surprised that there is this big of a difference. How does Iowa State close this gap to help stay competitive?
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