????美國(guó)奧委會(huì)需要有更好的籌款方式。它吸收私人捐款的主要方式是直郵，但直到不久前通過(guò)這一方式所獲得的人均捐款額只有區(qū)區(qū)20美元。“我們獲得的私人捐款還不如科羅拉多斯普林斯的夏延山動(dòng)物園（Cheyenne Mountain Zoo）多，”美國(guó)奧委會(huì)發(fā)言人帕特里克?桑德斯基表示。

????為獲得大額捐贈(zèng)（就像支撐大多數(shù)非營(yíng)利機(jī)構(gòu)的六、七位數(shù)的支票捐贈(zèng)），2010年美國(guó)奧委會(huì)成立了理事會(huì)。所有理事都承諾在四年的時(shí)間周期里捐款30萬(wàn)美元，并且拿出必要的時(shí)間和精力來(lái)主持活動(dòng)和募集錢(qián)款。一些知名的華爾街人士，包括Third Point的丹?羅伯、BlackRock的瑞克?賴德都主動(dòng)請(qǐng)纓。“奧運(yùn)會(huì)關(guān)乎民族驕傲和世界團(tuán)結(jié)。”Spring Hill Capital的創(chuàng)始人以及美國(guó)奧委會(huì)首批理事之一的凱文?懷特表示，“自我長(zhǎng)大成人以來(lái)，還從未看到這個(gè)國(guó)家或這個(gè)世界如此兩極分化。但在奧運(yùn)會(huì)期間，全球都會(huì)把這放在一邊，這是一件非常了不起的事?！?/p>

????目前，美國(guó)奧委會(huì)正在尋找志愿者免費(fèi)幫助其管理籌集到的資金?！拔覀兿Ｍ芪疥P(guān)注運(yùn)動(dòng)員和體育的純粹性的世界一流投資人士來(lái)代表美國(guó)奧委會(huì)投資，”懷特表示。如果出現(xiàn)虧損，這些志愿者投資經(jīng)理還需要自掏腰包貼補(bǔ)損失。未來(lái)的奧運(yùn)選手們或許再也無(wú)需打第二份工了。

????譯者：早稻米

????The U.S. Olympic Committee needed a better way to raise money. Until recently, direct mail -- the USOC's primary source of private donations -- yields on average a $20 gift from those who donated. "We were raising less in private contributions than the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs," says Patrick Sandusky, a spokesman for the USOC.

????To bring in major gifts, the kind of six and seven figure checks that are the lifeblood of most non-profit organizations, the USOC created a contribution-based board of trustees in 2010. Trustees commit $300,000 over a four-year term, as well as the time and energy necessary to host events and raise money. High profile Wall Streeters including Dan Loeb of Third Point and Rick Rieder of BlackRock have volunteered. "The Olympics is about national pride and, at the same time, global unity," says Kevin White, the founder of Spring Hill Capital and one of the USOC's original trustees. "Never in my adult life, have I seen the nation or the world so polarized. But the world will put that aside during the games, and that's a remarkable feat."

????The USOC's trustees are now working to put together a team of volunteer money managers who are willing to manage a pool of funds for the USOC, free of charge. "We are tapping world class investors who care about amateur athletics and the purity of sport to invest on behalf of the USOC," says White. The managers will also dig into their own pockets to reimburse the fund for any losses. Future Olympians might not need an extra job.