The CASE Library has developed this resource collection on year end fundraising to assist members with campaign planning, writing appeals, and end of year stewardship.

Soon we’ll be starting a new school year. As you enjoy the last bits of summer, and begin to plan for the fall, be sure to make time for your own professional development. CASE provides many unique opportunities for the schools community to learn and connect. Here’s what’s coming up!

After a few volatile years following the financial crisis that ended in 2009, economic experts say the state of the U.S. economy is looking up. Financial markets have again reached record highs, and economic indicators are trending positive, but the average American family is less optimistic about its financial future amid concerns over college affordability. In a combustible election year full of populist rhetoric, candidates for both federal and state offices are decrying higher education's price tag and mounting student loan debt.

The CASE Library has developed a resource collection on advancement in independent schools. The collection offers information on general trends, advancement, alumni and parent engagement, communications and marketing, and fundraising. This collection also includes a guide to all the CASE Library's sample collections that feature sections for independent schools samples. We encourage you to visit the Schools hub for additional resources and news from CASE.

It’s the time of year for reflection and resolution and it’s also year-end giving season, so your advancement teams are working double time, wrapping up Giving Tuesday campaigns and thinking through those pledges and gifts they want to secure before December 31.

Educational institutions famously undervalue the annual fund, perceiving it merely as a means to unrestricted funds, according to Lori Yersh, senior advisor to the vice president of advancement and external relations at Concordia University in Canada and an annual giving expert who has consulted at more than 120 educational and health care institutions in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

The CASE Library has compiled these resources to help members navigate issues surrounding emergency aid funds.

The CASE Library has developed this resource collection on fundraising during a crisis or time of major change. It compiles resources on fundraising during the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic as well as fundraising following economic recessions, disasters, institutional scandals, and other major events. It includes articles and books on how institutions can respond to crises and how they can become more resilient for the future.

Oregon State’s residency program helps train new grads to work in advancement

Inside Stanford University's decision to cut its telefund and take a different fundraising path.