# Foster Avenue

> Integrated campaign strategy and creative communications for comprehensive campaigns\. Counsel\-led approach for education, healthcare, and cultural institutions\.

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## Pages
- [What We Do](https://fosteravenue.com/what-we-do/)
- [Home](https://fosteravenue.com/)
- [Reaching Every Donor](https://fosteravenue.com/what-we-do/reaching-every-donor/)
- [Our Team](https://fosteravenue.com/team/)
- [Insights](https://fosteravenue.com/insights/)

## Posts
- [The Number Is Real\. So is the Warning Behind It\.](https://fosteravenue.com/giving-usa-2025/): By now, every firm in our business has already sent you some version of the good news: giving is up\. Americans gave $617\.20 billion to charity in 2025, the first time giving has crossed $600 billion\. That’s a 5\.7% jump over the year before, per Giving USA 2026: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2025, the report developed by Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy\. This deserves a moment of optimism: in a year of real uncertainty, Americans gave more than ever\.
- [What to Ask When Selecting a Campaign Communications Partner](https://fosteravenue.com/selecting-a-campaign-communications-partner/): Choosing a campaign communications partner is one of the most consequential decisions an advancement team makes\. 
- [Campaign Counsel and Campaign Communications Work Best Together](https://fosteravenue.com/campaign-counsel-and-campaign-communications-work-best-together/): Campaign counsel and campaign communications are both essential—and they work best when they’re integrated from the beginning, not handed off sequentially\.

- [Better Tools Won't Fix a Broken Throughline](https://fosteravenue.com/better-tools-wont-fix-a-broken-throughline/): The article, Return on Relationships: Why Higher Ed Is Still a People Business, starts with a deceptively simple question: Are all the new platforms, CRMs, and AI tools actually helping institutions build stronger relationships? Or just process them faster?
- [The Real Cost of Separating Strategy and Creative in Your Campaign](https://fosteravenue.com/strategy-and-creative-in-your-campaign/): You hired an excellent consultant and a talented creative agency\. Both are doing strong work\. So why does your campaign feel like it’s running on two tracks that never quite converge? The problem isn’t your partners\. It’s the space between them\.

## Case Studies
- [UNC Greensboro](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study/unc-greensboro/)
- [Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study/childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia/)
- [Arizona State University Foundation](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study/arizona-state-university-foundation/)
- [Oglebay Foundation](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study/oglebay-foundation/)
- [Canterbury Shaker Village](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study/canterbury-shaker-village/)

## Categories
- [Uncategorized](https://fosteravenue.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [Announcement](https://fosteravenue.com/category/announcement/)
- [Industry Perspective](https://fosteravenue.com/category/industry-perspective/)
- [Resources](https://fosteravenue.com/category/resources/)
- [Campaign](https://fosteravenue.com/category/campaign/)

## Tags
- [Year\-End](https://fosteravenue.com/tag/year-end/)
- [Campaign](https://fosteravenue.com/tag/campaign/)
- [Donor Stewardship](https://fosteravenue.com/tag/donor-stewardship/)
- [Fluency Training](https://fosteravenue.com/tag/fluency-training/)
- [announcement](https://fosteravenue.com/tag/announcement/)

## Categories
- [Education](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study-category/education/)
- [Healthcare](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study-category/healthcare/)
- [Cultural](https://fosteravenue.com/case-study-category/cultural/)

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