The John Grenzebach Awards for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Educational Advancement

The Grenzebach awards recognize the work of established researchers and encourage young scholars to continue their work in advancement. Theses, dissertations and published scholarship must be helpful to educational advancement practitioners in devising strategies and tactics for accomplishing their work in philanthropy.

The awards program is cosponsored by CASE and the Giving USA Foundation. The awards are named in honor of the late John Grenzebach, founding chair of John Grenzebach & Associates Inc., development consultants to educational institutions. He was a leader in educational philanthropy with a strong interest in promoting scholarship in the advancement field.

The co-sponsoring organizations present awards in two program areas:

• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
• Outstanding Published Scholarship

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International Recognition

Winners are announced each year in May and recognized in July. Each program carries cash awards and brings the award recipients international recognition.

Nomination deadline: Feb. 19, 2010. See eligibility guidelines and nomination instructions.

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Past John Grenzebach Award Winners Include:

2009 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Richard Trollinger
"Philanthropy and Transformation in American Higher Education," University of Kentucky, 2009.

2009 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Marybeth Gasman and Andrea Walton
Philanthropy, Volunteerism & Fundraising in Higher Education, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2008.

2008 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Kimberly Nehls
"Presidential Transitions During Capital Campaigns: Perspectives of Chief Development Officers," University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2007.

2008 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Patrick Rooney with Melissa S. Brown, Reema T. Bhakta, Heidi K. Frederick, Cynthia Hyatte and Shawn Miller
American Express Charitable Gift Survey, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, 2007.

2007 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
William Nicholson
"Leading Where it Counts: An Investigation of the Leadership Styles and Behaviors that Define College and University Presidents as Successful Fundraisers," University of South Carolina, 2006.

2007 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Peter Frumkin
Strategic Giving: The Art and Science of Philanthropy, University of Chicago Press, 2006.

2006 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Luisa C. Boverini
"When Venture Philanthropy Rocks the Ivory Tower: An Examination of High Impact Donors and Their Potential for Higher Education Development," University of Pennsylvania, 2005.

2006 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Andrea Walton
Women and Philanthropy in Education, Indiana University Press, 2005.

2005 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Rebecca Meisenbach
"Framing Fund Raising: A Poststructuralist Analysis of Higher Education Fund Raisers' Work and Identities," Purdue University, 2004.

2005 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Richard Chait, William Ryan, and Barbara Taylor
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

2004 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Anita Story Friedmann
"Building Communities of Participation through Student Advancement Programs: A First Step toward Relationship Fund Raising," College of William and Mary, 2003.

2004 Outstanding Published Scholarship (co-winner)
William H. Gates, Sr. and Chuck Collins
Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 2003.

2004 Outstanding Published Scholarship (co-winner)
David E. McNabb
Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, M. E. Sharpe, 2003.

2003 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Vincent M. Maniaci
"The Relationship of Annual Giving and Endowment Payout to the Future Tuition Dependency at a Private Master's University," University of Pennsylvania, 2003.

2003 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (co-winner)
Sharon McEntee Carrier
"The Relationship of Selected Institutional Variables to Community College Foundation Revenue," University of Florida, 2002.

2003 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (co-winner)
Douglas Eugene Wells
"Factors Related to Annual Fund Raising Contributions from Individual Donors to NCAA I-A Institutions," University of Northern Colorado, 2001.

2003 Outstanding Published Scholarship
Michael J. Worth
New Strategies for Educational Fund Raising, American Council on Education and Greenwood Publishing, 2002.

2002 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Timothy C. Caboni
"The Normative Structure of College and University Fund Raising," Vanderbilt University, 2001.

2002 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Samuel Gresham Cash
"Private, Voluntary Support of Public Research Universities in the United States: 1785-1958," University of Georgia, 2000.

2002 Outstanding Published Scholarship
James M. Greenfield, Ed.
The Nonprofit Handbook: Fund Raising, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.

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Finding Award-Winning Dissertations and Published Scholarship

Award-winning theses, dissertations and other published scholarship may be available through your campus library or interlibrary loan service. Members are encouraged to contact their campus librarians for assistance.

Books and articles may be available for purchase from the publisher. When available, CASE has provided a link to the publisher's website.

Theses and dissertations may be available for purchase through ProQuest UMI Dissertation Publishing or free of charge through ProQuest's open access service, PQDT Open.

For further information contact the research department at research@case.org.