This brief summarizes data from the CASE Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey about advancement investment, specifically fundraising and advancement management functions and their combined effect on charitable giving.

Based on responses to the annual VSE survey, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) estimates that alumni contributed $12.15 billion to their alma maters in 2018. That is 26 percent of all support received in that fiscal year.

The white paper, based on interviews and a survey conducted in 2018, reflects how advancement tools, practices, and attitudes are evolving toward integrated, digitally enabled outreach and engagement for colleges and universities with their key stakeholders such as alumni, donors, parents, and others.

The Alumni Engagement Metrics Task Force was created by the CASE Commission on Alumni Relations in the fall of 2016 to address the need for an industry wide framework to measure alumni engagement.

This whitepaper examines the current state of diversity among development staff at colleges and universities. 

This white paper examines the structure of institutionally related foundations, their fundraising resources, staff composition and endowment performance. 

This updated white paper helps CASE members navigate the complex landscape of state charitable solicitation laws, including changes made to these laws over the past five years (through 2016).

The second, biennial survey of C&M trends benchmarks the investments and staffing in communications and marketing at independent schools, colleges and universities around the world.

This report highlights trends in philanthropic giving within the sector, based on analysis done on data collected from 23 institutions in Australia and 1 institution in New Zealand, provided for 2013, 2014 and 2015. 

This white paper reports on findings from the seventh survey of social media in advancement, which was conducted earlier this year by Huron and mStoner in partnership with CASE.