Product ShowCASE: Giving Day Solutions-GiveCampus + Fairfield Case Study

GiveCampus + Fairfield Case Study

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Fairfield University, a Jesuit institution in Connecticut with over 5,000 students, sought to upgrade its outdated fundraising software in late 2022 to better support advancing alumni engagement and fundraising efforts. The university’s Advancement team, led by Megan Rajski (AVP of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving) and Lisa Sabia (Assistant Director of Financial Services Advancement), issued an RFP to find a modern, scalable, and user-friendly platform that could streamline donor engagement and gift processing.<br /><br />Despite initial skepticism due to a previous demo years before, Fairfield selected GiveCampus in June 2023 after the vendor demonstrated significant product improvements and met key requirements. GiveCampus offered an intuitive interface, efficient giving forms, and seamless reconciliation of digital payments including ApplePay, PayPal, and Venmo, which the previous platform did not support well.<br /><br />Fairfield’s Advancement team experienced a smooth onboarding, appreciating the ease of building giving forms and strong customer support. Notably, the university’s 10th Annual STAGiving Day in 2024 was hosted on GiveCampus, involving about 65 fund campaign pages. With GiveCampus, campaign creation was easier and faster, without needing coding skills.<br /><br />The event exceeded expectations, achieving 131% of its fundraising goal with over 4,500 donors raising $3.4 million for scholarships, research, athletics, and inclusion initiatives. The platform provided rapid, detailed post-event reporting unavailable before, revealing valuable donor insights and new metrics such as peak gifting times and digital wallet usage.<br /><br />GiveCampus also enabled Fairfield to better track donors individually, account for joint gifts, and significantly reduce gift-processing time. Their successful giving day attracted attention from peer institutions impressed by the streamlined donor experience.<br /><br />Overall, Fairfield University praised GiveCampus for delivering innovative, future-ready fundraising technology that empowers their advancement team and enables new initiatives like crowdfunding—capabilities not feasible with their former vendor.

Keywords

Fairfield University

Jesuit institution

fundraising software upgrade

alumni engagement

GiveCampus platform

digital payments integration

STAGiving Day 2024

fundraising campaign management

donor insights analytics

crowdfunding capabilities