The CASE Library has created this collection to support advancement professionals who work with volunteers. It includes information on recruiting, hiring, managing, evaluating, and stewarding volunteers. It also offers resources on volunteers working in specific functions, such as admissions, alumni relations, fundraising, and government relations.

The CASE Library has compiled this sample collection of prospect management policies and procedures. Prospect management policies outline procedures on prospect assignments and the movement of prospects through the stages of the development cycle.

The CASE Library compiled this collection of special events materials including invitations, programs, videos, planning guides, checklists, and assorted other materials. 

The CASE Library maintains this collection of online samples for all CASE members. It includes examples of homecoming and reunion planning and communications materials as well as CASE Circle of Excellence Award winning examples from the alumni relations and special event categories.

The CASE Library has prepared this collection to help advancement professionals plan for and move through a transition.

The Library maintains this collection of board materials including bylaws, board roles and responsibilities, committee structures and responsibilities, nomination and orientation material, and assorted other documents. The pages linked below are arranged by document type, then alphabetically by institution.

The CASE Library maintains this collection of board materials including bylaws, board roles and responsibilities, committee structures and responsibilities, nomination and orientation material, and assorted other documents.

Here’s a look at how four key gifts—including MacKenzie Scott’s surprise philanthropy—shaped four very different institutions. Advancement professionals share what made these gifts transformational: how they impacted students, alumni and donor experiences, and staff priorities.

The president of Augsburg University speaks about his institution’s long-running commitment to inclusion and equity, how the past year has brought more urgency, and the crucial role of advancement.

In too many organizations, advancement is lagging on diversity, equity, and inclusion when it should be leading—and leading proactively. To build inclusive cultures and achieve real success in DEI objectives, advancement teams have to move from awareness to assessment to understanding. It's action with accountability. In this book excerpt, Angelique Grant and Ronald J. Schiller share key steps for leaders to do that.