This report presents findings from the 2016 Ross-CASE Survey of Philanthropic Giving to Universities in UK. The project was conducted by CASE Europe and funded by HEFCE and the Ross-Group. This year's survey comes at a time of great change for the UK charity sector. The historical trend data of previous surveys will be invaluable in helping understand some of the impact of these changes. In the meantime, the 2014-15 survey findings show generally positive moves on the key variables. The two measures of philanthropic income show healthy increases. There may be an emerging trend of larger gifts coming from a relatively flat number of donors, perhaps reflecting a concentration on major gift programmes. Income (whether measured by new funds secured or cash income received) came fairly equally from individuals and organisations. By far the greatest proportion of income from the latter came from trusts and foundations. The fact that organisation donors made up only 2% of total donors demonstrates the considerable importance of trusts and foundations to the higher education sector. Whilst corporations contribute significant funds to universities in other ways (commissioning research, developing sponsorship and other partnerships) the level of philanthropy as defined by this survey is relatively modest (around 6% of new funds secured/cash income received). Income from alumni still makes up the lion's share of individual gifts, demonstrating the value of a relationship which universities now aim to inculcate from student days. There remains significant variance across the sector, but trend data show some evidence of widespread growth. An increasing number of institutions are securing £10M or more in new philanthropic funds and more universities are breaking the £1M barrier as well (on both measures of philanthropic income). It would seem that universities are increasingly recognised as a destination for philanthropic investment which returns a valuable dividend to society due to their importance as educators of next generation leadership and the birthplace of solutions to world problems. Appendices include: (1) CASE; (2) About the survey; (3) Reporting conventions; (4) Acknowledgements; (5) Participating institutions; and (6) Glossary.