Success Stories

Columbia University

Creating a new paradigm in higher-ed fundraising through a record-breaking Giving Day

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$6.8 million

raised in a single day, setting a new world record in fundraising

New records

Set new world records in 2013 ($7.8 million) and 2014 ($11.1 million)

5,000+

Donors, a Columbia record

5 times

the highest 24-hour total raised in Columbia University history

Created a successful template adopted by countless other schools

Redefining Fundraising: Columbia’s Giving Day sparked a movement and set the world record for higher-ed fundraising.

Purdue University

Proving the model by seizing the world record—and then breaking it for 10 straight years.

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$110.8 million

raised in 2023 from 28,000 donors, our 12th straight world record for single-day fundraising

$420 million

raised over 12 years of Purdue Day of Giving campaigns

$7.5 million

increase from year one (15x client goal) and 6,000 donors

36,000+

participation in 2025, continued growth from the system we built

Enabled Purdue to freeze tuition 14 straight years

Record-Breaking Campaign: Raising $110M in one day and helping freeze tuition for 14 straight years.

Princeton University

Reinvigorating flagging donor participation at the world’s top-ranked University.

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58.4% of alumni

participation among all undergraduate alumni, 66.1% among the youngest five classes, and 91.3% from graduating seniors

10,511 donors

the highest one-month total in Princeton history

$59.3 million

the second highest Annual Giving total in Princeton history

Alumni Ambassadors

Launched month-long June campaign, directing 30+ alumni ambassadors in nostalgia-driven social media competition

Helped eliminate student debt through no-loan financial aid.

Mobilizing Alumni: A campaign that fueled participation, eliminated student debt, and broke records.