Alumni/Donor Giving

Alumni Surveys: Looking to the Past to Find the Best Path Forward for Your Independent School

By Daniel Chiat, Vice President, Measuring Success As schools look forward to the 2018-19 school year, it might seem premature to reach out to alumni. But checking in with recent grads is a great way to enhance a lifelong relationship. It is also a good time to check in with older […]

We’ll be at TABS in Boston (Nov. 30 to Dec. 2)

Look for Measuring Success (Table 70) at the upcoming conference for The Association of Boarding Schools in Boston. We look forward to discussing how big data can help your independent school.   

Successful Strategies for Alumni Engagement

Alumni can have a big impact on your school’s revenue via contributing to a capital campaign, volunteering their time, and generating positive word of mouth. From working with many schools, we’ve seen a variety of alumni engagement strategies. We’ll use three schools we’ve worked with, School A, B, and C […]

Optimizing Donor Giving

It is critical for fundraising organizations to focus their limited time and resources on those activities that have the greatest demonstrated impact on giving. To address this need we worked with one of the top consortium of fundraising organizations in the United States to determine which activities and perceptions had […]