I've always reported to the academic side--Grad Deans,
Provosts, etc.
 Having a Sponsored Programs outfit under a development office, and
 this is just opinion, sounds like there would be too many conflicts
between the motiviation for bringing funds into the university--
 gifts versus purposed money for research and service.  I'd not go
 into that situation at gunpoint.
 How many of you guys report to a Graduate Dean?  Like anything
 else in higher ed, the pendumlum seems to swinging two ways at
 once-- reducing the role of the Grad Dean and returning those
 fucntions to the Colleges, OR re-instituting and re-centralizing
 Grad study.  I feel like my reporting to a Grad Dean takes me
 another step away from the mainstream of Academic Affairs and
 faculty development, which resides at the Provost/VP for Academic
 Affairs, and therefore reduces my ability to interact with Deans
 and Dept. Chairs.  What's your opnion?
 Spanky