January 16, 2009

Fund Raisers Predict That Gifts to Education Will Decline in 2009

By Kathryn Masterson

After years of steady growth, fund raisers predict that the final tally on giving to education will be relatively flat for 2008 and that giving will decline slightly in the year ahead, according to a forecasting survey by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

In the second report from its Fundraising Index, a twice-yearly survey of senior fund raisers at colleges, universities, and private schools, CASE estimates that education fund raising for 2008 will show a

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