College Fund Raisers Expect 4.3% Upswing in Giving for 2009-10, Survey Finds

After a year of steep drops in private giving to higher education, college fund raisers expect the amount of money raised in the fiscal year that just ended on most campuses to be 4.3 percent higher than the year before, according to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's Fundraising Index. The index, an online survey of senior fund raisers at the council's 2,000 member institutions, had a 7.5-percent response rate. The index was released on Monday, during the association's annual conference here for top fund raisers.