Endowments and restricted funds represent long-term commitments between donors and the institutions they support. Yet many advancement teams still rely on manual reporting processes and fragmented data when communicating how those funds are used and stewarded.

At Bennington College, advancement leadership recognized an opportunity to strengthen both donor transparency and institutional decision-making around fund usage. In this session, Dan Snyder, Director of Advancement Services at Bennington College, will share his perspectives on how his team began transforming their approach to fund management and donor reporting. 

By improving visibility into fund activity, strengthening collaboration between finance and advancement, and modernizing stewardship processes, the college is taking important steps toward providing clearer insight into how donor funds are supporting students and programs.

The session will explore how institutions using Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT can better connect financial and advancement data to support stronger stewardship, improved fund utilization, and more meaningful donor communication.