Development Office Wins National Fundraising Award
July 06, 2020
Angelo State University is one of only 107 colleges and universities nationwide to be recognized with a 2020 Educational Fundraising Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
“Whilst today we celebrate the schools, colleges and universities in the United States that embody the best in educational fundraising, we want to acknowledge the people who make such achievements possible,” said Sue Cunningham, CASE president and CEO. “Successful fundraising happens when everyone participates, from the staff and faculty to the institution’s leadership. This inspiring philanthropic engagement is guided by dedicated and professional development staff, and supported by generous volunteers. Collectively, we are advancing education – key to addressing the many serious challenges our world faces today.”
During fiscal year 2018-19, donors and friends helped ASU raise over $17.7 million to support academic and student life programs, endowed programs and scholarships, athletics and more.
However, the CASE award winners are not selected based solely on total funds raised. Two committees of experienced fundraisers review hundreds of pages of data from the Voluntary Support of Education Survey and consider many factors, including:
- Patterns of growth in total support and in individual categories
- Evaluation of what contributed to the total support figure
- Overall breadth of fundraising
- Impact of the 12 largest gifts in total support
- Amount raised per student
- Amount raised relative to expenditures
- Alumni participation
More details on the many ways to give to ASU are available at angelo.edu/giving.