B
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34%
34% -- share of institutions tracking contacts metric for Higher education fundraising institutions (2026)
34% of higher education institutions track contacts to manage fundraising performance.
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34%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
56
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
CCS Fundraising
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Tier A
https://www.ccsfundraising.com/insights/philanthropy-pulse-higher-education/ ↗
Source Article
Higher Education Fundraising in Practice: Findings from the 2026 Pulse Survey
Higher education institutions focused on advancing donor relationships and engaging alumni in 2025. Fundraising efforts centered on frontline activity, annual and major gift performance, and structured execution across programs.
Of 618 organizations participating in the 2026 Philanthropy Pulse surve…
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CCS Fundraising
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Methodology
CCS Fundraising 2026 Philanthropy Pulse survey, higher education sector subset, fielded late 2025
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IndustryEducation
RegionUS
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Higher education fundraising institutions: 34% share of institutions tracking contacts metric. Source: CCS Fundraising (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/he-track-contacts-metric-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/he-track-contacts-metric-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>34%</strong> -- share of institutions tracking contacts metric for Higher education fundraising institutions<br><small>Source: CCS Fundraising (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/he-track-contacts-metric-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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