Inside Higher Ed article on HC and giving

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<p>There is also a goal of reaching what the Jesuit-affiliated institution calls “the Holy Grail” -- an alumni giving rate of at least 50 percent. While Holy Cross doesn’t have a mammoth endowment like the Ivies, its giving rate places the college among the most elite fund-raising institutions in the nation. Harvard University’s rate is around 40 percent, compared with Princeton University at 60 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. </p>

<p>Fund raisers saw young alumni as the key to moving the needle on alumni giving, and with an extra push toward that demographic, the giving percentage went up to 55 percent in 2008. That’s “rarefied air” in the fund-raising world, says Gary Carskaddan, director of the Holy Cross Fund, which runs annual giving programs. </p>

<p>News:</a> Holy Alliance - Inside Higher Ed</p>