CASE announced the Circle of Excellence Award winners in June. Volunteer judges from CASE’s membership selected 486 entries for bronze, silver, gold, and Grand Gold recognition. This year, teams from 600 institutions in 28 countries entered the awards program, submitting 4,223 entries in 93 categories that span all advancement disciplines. Learn more about the program, the judges, and the winners!

CASE recently announced the winners of its 2021 Platinum Awards, which recognize best programs and practices in educational advancement around the globe.  

Under GDPR and other privacy regulations, educational institutions in Europe and beyond have grappled with major questions of how to collect, store, report, and use data. Use these top CASE resources for guidance, insights, and policies from other schools.

Informed by cognitive psychology research, Independent Sector recently commissioned research to test what values-based messages resonate with various audiences. Members of the Charitable Giving Coalition has been employing value-based messages in our Capitol Hill advocacy for a universal charitable deduction. This research examined these messages and provides insight into what works with who when it comes to advocating charitable giving tax incentives.

Register today for the PHELAP Advocacy Conference, July 23-25, 2019 in Washington DC. This annual conference is hosted by PHELAP (Public Higher Education Legislative Advocacy Professionals) steering committee and will be held at CASE’s Washington, DC office.  

In response to the U.S. college admissions bribery scandal, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the College Admissions Fairness Act (S.1732). If enacted, S. 1732 would limit the charitable deduction for certain donors to colleges and universities who do not have a written policy prohibiting consideration of philanthropic donations as a factor in the admissions process.

The latest Washington Update provides a quick recap of all the legislative and regulatory issues impacting educational advancement

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, enacted in late 2017, may be starting to have an impact on overall charitable giving, a new study indicates.

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In February, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced a new bill (H.R. 1260) to establish a universal charitable deduction. Like the Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act (H.R. 651), the bill would create an above-the-line deduction for non-itemizers. Text for the bill has not yet been released publicly.