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.

This collection includes CASE Circle of Excellence Award winning programs in the alumni relations programs categories. Examples of international alumni handbooks and guides; forms; constitutions and bylaws; data protection agreements; activity, event and program forms and invitations; maps and more are also included.

The sample collection includes brochures, case statements, newsletters, links to planned giving websites and a small selection of planned giving initiatives that have won CASE Circle of Excellence Awards.

Four technical universities in the Netherlands pooled their international alumni efforts and ended up with a world-class network. Now in its 10th year, 4TU encompasses more than 30 alumni communities in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.S. as it continues to extend its global reach.

In U.S. News and World Report, Cara Giacomini shares key alumni engagement trends and how community drives alumni to give.

Scholars of philanthropy predict that in the coming decades, trillions of dollars of wealth will pass from older to younger generations. Although projections vary, a significant portion of this Great Wealth Transfer is expected to go to nonprofit organizations. This resource collection shares articles and reports on wealth transfer estimates and advice for fundraisers.

This collection includes a selection of articles on international fundraising topics and trends, links to major research reports, such as the latest World Wealth Report, and a section with links to information sources on specific countries or larger resource libraries.

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

The CASE Library maintains this collection of online samples for all CASE members. The collection represents institutions seeking to raise funds from alumni and donors outside of the home country. It includes examples of institution web pages for international giving, web pages of global advancement offices and foundations, global fundraising events, policies and procedures, and job descriptions.

For Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2021, #RSM24: Around the World in 24 Hours brought together alumni chapters worldwide on a single day.