It seems to me that whichever group did the work to get the money in the
door is the group that should take credit for it.  So, if your Grants
office wrote the proposal to get the funding, your grants office should
get the credit.  If, on the other hand, your Development Office did the
work of soliciting the corporation, then they should get the credit.
Where the money is counted in your accounting system is a separate matter
that will result from type of funding and source rather than from who
solicited for it.  Finally, your Development Office could still track all
funding coming from corporations if they like, without necessarily getting
the credit for having brought the funding in the door.
Jean

Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG> writes:
>There is an ongoing disagreement at this institution between the Office
>of Academic Grants and Sponsored Research  and the Development Office,
>and I am looking for some advice on how others may have handled similar
>situations.
>
>The Development Office believes that they should receive credit for any
>funds that come from corporations, foundations and private sources. They
>would like for that funding, even if it is for research and comes with
>reporting or other requirements, to be counted as Development money.
>What follows is a typical example.
>
>The College recently received funding from a corporation that paid
>summer stipends to chemistry students for research projects, and that
>required a reporting on that research to the sponsor at the end of the
>summer. Development refers to this as "a gift that requires a report"
>and is arguing that the money ought to be processed through the College
>Foundation because it came from a corporation and would help inform
>Development's future fund raising efforts with that corporate sponsor.
>
>Further, since this Grants office is already a One Stop Shop, and is
>well-equipped to administer and monitor grants, Development would also
>would like us make this "a cooperative effort" whereby we would handle
>the work of budgeting, reporting and general administration of the
>funds, after they have been counted as Development money.
>
>To us (in Grants) it seems obvious that the function rather than the
>source of the funds determines how they are to be processed.  All
>parties agree that this argument has been put forward many times, but
>folks outside of the Grants office are simply not convinced.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Roberta Truscello
>Pre-Award Specialist
>The College of New Jersey

Jean M. Murphy
Director of Pre-Award Services
Wellesley Centers for Women
http://www.wcwonline.org
E-mail:  xxxxxx@wellesley.edu      Phone:  781-283-2508     Fax:
781-283-2504

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