[waialua359]

As teams like yourselves and rest of us face these harsh realities, you mention the time effort needed to secure funds.
I would definitely recommend a full-time person on this if you have people to spare. Building relationships/partnerships with donors takes a lot of work, time and effort. In the long run, its much better than wondering year to year where the next dollar comes and from exhausting fundraising every year.
Having students as part of that effort is very powerful.