Good News from the CASE Fundraising Index

We have some good news from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. The CASE Fundraising Index, a survey of fundraising leaders, estimated that giving to higher education grew by 5.4% during the past fiscal year ending June 30. This matches the trend reported by Giving USA earlier this year.

Fundraisers at community colleges reported the largest gains, coming in at a 7.2% increase.

According to the survey, fundraisers at public institutions predict growth of 6.1% in the coming year, with private institution fundraisers predicting 5.5% growth. It’s great to see this upward trend and strong confidence as we move out of the recession which has hindered many of our programs.

As I’ve described before we still have a lot of ground to make up with a decline in alumni donors. That’s still declining, and many institutions are expending new resources to attract the younger generations of donors.

Read the full press release here.

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