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Amplify Your Impact: GCPC 2025 Highlights
GCPC 2025 brought together advancement professionals for two days of learning, networking, and inspiration—featuring 45+ sessions, fresh fundraising strategies, and a look at the innovations shaping the future of educational advancement.
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Navigating 2025 Advancement Trends: DAFs Are Having a Moment
Donor-advised funds aren’t just for major donors anymore—they’re reshaping the entire giving pipeline. In this post, Felicity Meu unpacks the rapid growth of DAFs, what the data means for advancement, and three actionable strategies—including DAFpay by Chariot—that help institutions capture bigger gifts, engage new donors, and build stronger pipelines.
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Navigating 2025 Advancement Trends: Inbox Exhaustion Is Real
Donor inboxes are overflowing, but that doesn’t mean email is dead. This guest blog from GiveCampus Senior Director of Partner Success, Felicity Meu explores how advancement teams can overcome inbox fatigue with smarter segmentation, authentic peer-to-peer outreach, and engaging in-person events to drive lasting donor relationships.
Case Study
Bates College unlocks first-time DAF donors on GiveCampus
Bates, a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine, was one of the first GiveCampus Partners to enable DAFpay, a fast, user-friendly way for donors to give directly from their Donor Advised Fund (DAF). Soon after launch, donors quickly embraced the new option.
Blog
4 Approaches to GivingTuesday
Not sure how to tackle GivingTuesday this year? Learn four different approaches, each with different levels of bandwidth and budget requirements so you can find a strategy that best fits your team and fundraising goals.
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Navigating 2025 Advancement Trends: Dollars are up, donors are down
This guest post from Felicity Meu, the Head of Partner Success at GiveCampus, explores why donor counts are shrinking even as dollars rise in 2025. Learn data-driven strategies—like recurring giving, optimized online donation experiences, and crowdfunding—to strengthen retention and grow your donor pipeline.
Blog
Amplify Your Impact: GCPC 2025 Highlights
GCPC 2025 brought together advancement professionals for two days of learning, networking, and inspiration—featuring 45+ sessions, fresh fundraising strategies, and a look at the innovations shaping the future of educational advancement.
