> Using GiveCampus, Fairfield University modernizes operations to meet donors where they are

Using GiveCampus, Fairfield University modernizes operations to meet donors where they are

Fairfield University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit institution. They switched from their software provider of 10 years to GiveCampus to better engage their growing alumni and donor communities.

Fairfield partnered with GiveCampus in June of 2023

After a decade of fundraising with tech that had grown stale, Fairfield decided to go all in on a slick new platform to modernize the giving experience for donors and streamline workflows for staff.

Solutions provided:

The Advancement team is currently using GiveCampus to:

Count donors, instead of donations

Many alums marry alums, and often make joint gifts. This year, both partners were represented in the donor count.

Process gifts in record time

Processing PayPal and Venmo gifts used to take twice as long. Now Advancement reconciles gifts in record time.

Offer constituents modern ways to give

Fairfield now accepts ApplePay, and nearly 25% of digital wallet users chose to give that way on STAGiving Day.

The University’s 10th annual STAGiving Day achieved 131% of goal

An important milestone event for Fairfield, STAGiving Day 2024 was the first campaign the team hosted on the GiveCampus platform. More than 4,500 donors raised over $3.4 million to fund important University initiatives. Half of all online donations came via digital wallets, and 50% of those gifts were made using ApplePay.

‘Wrapped Report’ delivered in under a day

A thorough and timely post-giving day debrief revealed surprising giving trends—surfacing key data and analysis that the team never had access to before.

# of initiatives funded on STAGiving Day

The Annual Giving team invited all of their campus partners to participate in STAGiving Day—and made certain that every fund had a presence on their campaign page.

Largest online gift made via credit card

The biggest spike in online giving occurred at 10 p.m. and the largest gift made via credit card was $40K—insights the team will use to inform their next appeal.

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‘Wrapped Report’ delivered in under a day

A thorough and timely post-giving day debrief revealed surprising giving trends—surfacing key data and analysis that the team never had access to before.

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# of initiatives funded on STAGiving Day

The Annual Giving team invited all of their campus partners to participate in STAGiving Day—and made certain that every fund had a presence on their campaign page.

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Largest online gift made via credit card

The biggest spike in online giving occurred at 10 p.m. and the largest gift made via credit card was $40K—insights the team will use to inform their next appeal.

That report was incredible and it helped to solidify and validate the case to leadership that we made the right choice and the right investment when we chose GiveCampus.

Megan Rajski

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving at Fairfield University

We had presidents of other institutions reaching out to ask how we made our giving day look and feel so easy.

Megan Rajski

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving at Fairfield University

I could have written queries in Raiser’s Edge for months to try to compile that report—and we had it in 24 hours from GiveCampus.

Lisa Sabia

Assistant Director of Financial Services Advancement at Fairfield University

GiveCampus is allowing us to say ‘yes’ to a lot of things … And that’s not something we’d be able to do with our former vendor, easily or at all. It’s been really nice to have a partner, someone who is a couple of steps ahead of the industry, instead of lagging behind.

Megan Rajski

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving at Fairfield University

GiveCampus has always been great at giving forms but the way that you’ve expanded the platform is incredibly impressive.

Megan Rajski

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving at Fairfield University

That I could build a giving form, and coordinate that with all the other responsibilities that I have on my plate, speaks to the ease of use of GiveCampus.

Megan Rajski

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving at Fairfield University

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Discover how Fairfield University used GiveCampus to streamline workflows and stand up a stellar giving day experience for donors—one that also caught the eye and envy of colleagues at peer schools.