Report

Annual Development Survey

Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) conducts the Development Survey to measure the impact, costs, and staffing of fundraising at its member medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals. Maintained by the AAMC since 1999, these survey data are used to provide useful benchmarking resources, such as the AAMC Development Survey Report and AAMC Development Survey Reporting Tool.

The survey and its resulting report and reporting tool are designed to:

Assist medical school deans, academic health system and teaching hospital CEOs, chief development officers, and other leaders in assessing the effectiveness of their institutional fundraising
Enable members to benchmark their development programs against those of other institutions
Compile and report national trends in fundraising at medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals.

The 2024 AAMC Development Survey is now open.

The deadline for completing the survey is March 17, 2025. If you have any questions about the survey or would like to participate, please reach out to developmentsurvey@aamc.org.

The 2023 AAMC Development Survey results are available.

Thank you to those who participated. The report is available publicly on the 2023 Fundraising Data page, and the reporting tool was email to Chief Development Officers and Primary Survey Contacts at participating institutions on August 20, 2024. If you have any questions, please reach out to developmentsurvey@aamc.org.

Development Leadership Committee

The AAMC Development Leadership Committee, comprising chief development/advancement officers from AAMC member institutions, provides guidance to AAMC staff on the Annual Development Survey and other fundraising support efforts. Meet the committee.

Development Survey Webinars

Watch previous webinars that review key findings and trends of that reporting year, share how some users utilize the data, and see the reporting tool.

Data and Custom Benchmarking Reports

Custom reports are available only to participating institutions for any given year of data collection.

Data Access Requirements

Data Confidentiality Policy: The salary data collected for individual positions at an identified institution are classified by the AAMC as confidential. All other survey data are classified as restricted. All data are securely stored by the AAMC. The restricted data are released with institutional identification to participating institutions but are not made available to the public.

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