Smaller organizations often have the support staff reporting directly to the head of the development organization or one

of his/her direct reports. Advancement Services may not have a separate organization chart, but will be part of the overall department organization.

In a medium-sized organization there may be a separate development services organization, or key services staff may still report to line fund-raisers. The services personnel may report to several different directors or managers within the overall Department.

In larger organizations, there is virtually always a separate Development Services unit with a manager over staff providing a number of support tasks. There is often typically a separate MIS/IT organization for the institution which may provide hardware, networking, additional custom programming, etc. for the Advancement Organization.