Each year, the 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 Tools.
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 2025 AAMC Development Survey is now open.
The deadline for completing the survey is March 16, 2026. If you have any questions about the survey or would like to learn more about participating, 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.
- 2023 Development Survey Webinar
- 2022 Development Survey Webinar
- 2020 Development Survey Webinar
- 2019 Development Survey Webinar
Data and Custom Benchmarking Reports
Custom reports are available only to participating institutions for any given year of data collection. To request a custom report, please fill out the AAMC Data Request Form at https://www.aamc.org/request-aamc-data.