Fundraising, Part 4: Data key for independent schools � Philanthropy North Carolina

Fundraising, Part 4: Data key for independent schools � Philanthropy North Carolina: Median fundraising revenue grew to nearly $600,000 in the 2012-13 school year, up from about $500,000 in 2000, according to a survey of NAIS member schools that generated responses from 970 institutions.

That growth was consistent for the period, except for a slight blip during the recession, but even then many schools found they could turn to a small number of donors who had the capacity to dig deeper and who “understood the challenges schools were facing,” Orem says.