Betsy M. Suppes has been elected vice president of the International Institute of Minerals Appraisers (IIMA)

(to all kinds of planned gifts) …

… looking at geothermal energy revenue / royalties that are sold back to the grid as another in-kind gift.

Increased monitoring of seismic activity could help prevent earthquakes near hydraulic fracturing sites…

This is an opportunity for Pennsylvania colleges to have kind of an unusual revenue stream

Petroleum geologist Betsy Suppes has had a veritable front-row seat as exploration and production companies have transformed the Marcellus formation into a shale gas powerhouse…

When I was a graduate student working in the Office of Annual Giving at Tulane University, I learned a lot about college development and how many Gulf Coast institutions had oil and gas interests given to them by alumni.

Fracking is a fundraiser’s best friend. Why? Because, regardless of opinion on the rights and wrongs of drilling for oil or digging for coal, there is significant, endowment-building value in mineral interests.

Appraisals: Norming the Data for Comparable Sales of Unconventional Resources