Almabase announces a partnership with Storyraise, a solution for schools and nonprofits to create engaging donor, and endowment reports to thank donors.
Almabase, a leading Digital-First Donor Engagement Solution, is thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership with Storyraise, a solution for schools and nonprofits to create engaging, digital impact, donor, and endowment reports to thank donors. This collaboration marks an exciting development in the nonprofit and educational sectors, aiming to revolutionize how institutions connect with and sustain their donor base through enhanced digital experiences.
In an era where digital interaction is key to maintaining and growing donor relationships, Almabase has consistently empowered educational institutions and nonprofits to offer seamless and engaging online experiences. Whether through alumni directories, job searches, mentorship programs, event registrations, or online donations during giving days, Almabase ensures that every touchpoint is optimized for engagement.
Storyraise takes this a step further by enabling organizations to effectively share the impact of donations. Through personalized digital reports, Storyraise helps institutions tell compelling stories about how donor contributions are making a real difference. This not only enhances transparency but also significantly increases the likelihood of donors returning to give again, thus deepening their connection with the cause.
In the current fundraising landscape, the ability to attract new donors is just the beginning; retaining and nurturing these relationships is what truly drives long-term success. Almabase excels in creating highly engaged alumni networks, often converting first-time donors into loyal supporters. Storyraise complements this by ensuring that these donors are continuously informed and inspired by the impact of their gifts, thereby enhancing donor stewardship and increasing their lifetime value.
"As we continue to innovate at Almabase, our partnership with Storyraise is a natural extension of our commitment to providing world-class digital engagement solutions. Together, we’re not just engaging donors; we’re building lasting relationships that will sustain and grow over time,”
said Kalyan Varma, CEO of Almabase.
“With Storyraise’s AI-driven approach, we can now offer our customers an even more powerful toolset to nurture and expand their donor communities.”
This collaboration aligns perfectly with Almabase’s innovation-first, digital-driven values, as both companies are deeply committed to enhancing the donor experience through technology. By integrating Storyraise’s AI-powered campaign tools with Almabase’s comprehensive engagement platform, institutions can now deliver a holistic donor experience that not only drives initial contributions but also fosters long-term loyalty.
“Donor engagement starts with transparency, and sharing stories of impact through exciting digital impact and donor reports can foster that environment,”
said Josh Kligman, CEO of Storyraise.
“The further you can go to customize stories of impact the better, and to do that it’s nice to have a handle on your audience segmentation. Storyraise can you connect those audiences to content they care about, through impact and donor reports.”
As Almabase and Storyraise join forces, the future of donor engagement and stewardship looks brighter than ever. This partnership not only represents a significant leap forward in fundraising innovation but also provides nonprofit organizations and educational institutions with the tools they need to thrive in an increasingly digital landscape. Together, Almabase and Storyraise are empowering institutions to build stronger, more engaged communities and achieve their fundraising goals with unprecedented efficiency and success.
Almabase is a modern digital engagement, event management, and fundraising platform that has powered over 400 educational institutions to build meaningful relationships with their community. The platform enables self-serve digital engagement for peer-to-peer networking and career outcomes, drives action with personalized communications, and keeps constituent information up to date within CRM systems. Almabase stands out in the market with its ability to help small teams deliver big results, creating a significant fundraising impact.
Storyraise is a solution for nonprofits, healthcare foundations, K-12, and higher education donor relations teams to create engaging, digital reports. The solution is drag and drop, a self-service environment, and the customer service is hands-on, including white glove data set-up for personalized reports, that pull data from donor management platforms and CRMs. Storyraise is the only solution providing organizations with reports across desktop, mobile, tablet, and PDF with the click of a button.
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Givzey, the first end-to-end Intelligent Gift Documentation Management Platform, and Version2, an AI research and design lab powered by Givzey that developed the world’s first fully autonomous fundraiser, today announced a strategic partnership with Almabase, a Digital-First Donor Engagement Solution. This collaboration marks a significant advancement in the nonprofit fundraising sector, bringing together cutting-edge technologies to both customer bases, streamlining and scaling multi-year and one-time gifts at all levels, accelerating fundraising efforts, and enhancing the donor experience.
The partnership between Givzey, its AI research and design lab Version2, and Almabase introduces a suite of innovative solutions designed to address the evolving needs of nonprofit organizations. By integrating Givzey’s intelligent gift documentation tools and Version2’s autonomous fundraising capabilities with Almabase’s robust digital engagement and event management platform, this alliance is set to revolutionize how organizations manage and grow their donor base.
“The Givzey and Version2 teams are proud to partner with Kalyan and the Almabase team to accelerate innovation in the nonprofit fundraising sector,” said Adam Martel, CEO of Givzey. “With this partnership, our teams are exploring ways to continue to help our customers provide donors with truly world-class donor experiences that expand philanthropy for organizations working to change the world.”
Givzey’s Intelligent Gift Documentation Management Platform is redefining the landscape of fundraising by offering Smart Gift Agreements, Dynamic Workflows, Automated Pledge Reminders, and Intelligent Invoicing—all centralized within the Givzey Hub. These tools not only unlock efficiencies in fundraiser enablement but also ensure compliance and elevate the donor experience to new heights.
Version2, powered by Givzey, is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in fundraising. As the world’s first fully autonomous AI fundraiser, Version2 autonomously manages donor portfolios—handling everything from discovery and qualification to solicitation, fulfillment, and stewardship. This revolutionary approach allows nonprofit organizations to scale their fundraising efforts without the need for additional human resources, making it possible to reach more donors and secure larger gifts.
Almabase has long been at the forefront of donor engagement, providing a modern platform that empowers educational institutions and nonprofits to build meaningful relationships with their communities. With over 500 institutions relying on Almabase, the platform offers self-serve digital engagement for peer-to-peer networking, career outcomes, and personalized communications, all while keeping constituent information up to date within CRM systems.
The Almabase platform excels in driving alumni engagement and boosting online donations through its Online Giving system, utilizing gamification, peer-to-peer engagement, and integrated email marketing for a compelling donor experience. It also simplifies event management with advanced tools, including easy setup, self-serve options for attendees, and efficient QR code check-ins.
Almabase is committed to ongoing innovation, continually advancing our platform to enhance efficiency and impact. Recent innovations include smart segments for precise donor targeting, advanced branding capabilities for customizable websites, guided programs for effortless digital setup, and comprehensive program reports for data-driven decision-making, to name a few.
What truly sets Almabase apart is its ability to seamlessly integrate these solutions, providing institutions with a powerful, interconnected platform that maximizes impact. The partnership with Givzey will enable Almabase customers to deepen their relationships with donors, increase bookable revenue, and expand multi-year giving strategies, all while ensuring a world-class donor experience.
In today’s challenging fundraising environment, where donor participation is on the decline, the need for innovative solutions is more critical than ever. Givzey and Almabase are united in their commitment to solving this problem by growing the donor base for nonprofit organizations. By combining their technologies, they offer a comprehensive solution that not only drives initial engagement through events and online donations but also captures long-term giving intent through intelligent gift documentation.
“The lifetime value of a regular annual donor is immense. Several studies have shown how regular contributions (even small) can add up to significant lifetime value for the organization. Almabase’s leadership in driving alumni engagement and participation, combined with Givzey’s expertise in multiyear gift documentation, ensures that nonprofits can scale their fundraising programs effectively. This partnership is poised to help organizations capture donor intent and maximize their impact through multi-year gifts, ultimately leading to increased major donations” said Kalyan Varma, CEO, Almabase.
As Givzey and Almabase join forces, the future of nonprofit fundraising looks brighter than ever. This partnership not only represents a significant leap forward in fundraising innovation but also provides nonprofit organizations with the tools they need to thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape. Together, Givzey and Almabase are empowering institutions to build stronger, more engaged communities and achieve their fundraising goals with unprecedented efficiency and success.
Almabase is a modern digital engagement, event management, and fundraising platform that has powered over 400 educational institutions to build meaningful relationships with their community. The platform enables self-serve digital engagement for peer-to-peer networking and career outcomes, drives action with personalized communications, and keeps constituent information up to date within CRM systems. Almabase stands out in the market with its ability to help small teams deliver big results, creating a significant fundraising impact.
Givzey is a rapidly growing Intelligent Gift Documentation Management Platform, built by fundraisers for nonprofit organizations. As the first end-to-end gift documentation management platform in fundraising, Givzey helps customers create efficiencies for their staff, elevate the donor experience, improve retention, ensure successful financial audits, and scale pledge and multi-year giving by 10-15 times. Version2, powered by Givzey, is the first AI research and design lab focused on advancing fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Version2’s fully autonomous AI fundraiser manages large donor portfolios and guides donors through personalized engagement, gift discovery, solicitation, and stewardship processes, enabling donors to make the biggest impact on the causes they care about. Learn more at Version2.ai.
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Blackbaud, the leading provider of software for powering social impact, and Almabase, the digital-first alumni engagement solution, have announced the expansion of their partnership to the education sectors of Canada and the United Kingdom. The partnership will provide institutions with a modern, digital-first solution to improve constituent data, drive self-serve engagement, and boost event participation.
The partnership aligns with Blackbaud’s commitment to customer-centric innovation across digital engagement, Advancement CRM, and financials.
“Partners bring integrated capabilities that extend capabilities and outcomes for Blackbaud customers. We are thrilled that Almabase’s offering, integrated with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® and leveraging Blackbaud’s best-in-class payment solution, Blackbaud Merchant Services™, is now available to even more of our customers around the world.”
- Liz Price, Sr. Director of Global Partners at Blackbaud
“After a year of success with our partnership in the US, we're excited to expand our partnership with Blackbaud to newer markets. We're shaping our product specifically for our audiences in these regions, and the end result is a modern, digital-first platform to engage with thousands of your constituents. All while being seamlessly connected to Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT.”
- Kalyan Varma, CEO, Almabase
This partnership emerges as an automated, integrated, and modern solution in a landscape cluttered with disconnected systems and manual inefficiencies. Teams can now seamlessly create complex events and fundraising campaigns, create and automate workflows, and ensure security compliance.
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The integration between Almabase and Raiser’s Edge NXT emerges as the cornerstone of this partnership. The bi-directional syncing capability between both platforms offers a connected CRM usage experience, making this integration the best in the industry. Constituent data can now seamlessly move between Almabase and Raiser’s Edge NXT, enabling institutions to:
The integration transforms data management, offering a simplified, efficient, and powerful solution for advancement teams.
Almabase’s approach to entering new regions isn’t just about selling the same product to different markets. The partnership is enabling Almabase to build data centers within the UK and Canada to ensure total compliance with local laws and policies. The product is also being customized for new markets, including region-specific enhancements like support for gift aids and payments in local currencies.
As we embark on this transformative journey, we anticipate a future where alumni engagement is not just a function but a dynamic, value-driven experience for constituents worldwide. Stay tuned to our official channels for more exciting updates.
Almabase transforms institutions' digital engagement and event management, addressing key needs like improving constituent data, driving self-serve engagement, and simplifying events. With guided digital programs and seamless integration, Almabase ensures a modern experience and outcomes, including global alumni engagement and efficient event management.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility, and individual change makers, Blackbaud’s essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility, and education management.
Almabase & Blackbaud Announce Strategic Partnership in UK & Canada to Transform Alumni Engagement
Blackbaud and Almabase have announced their expanded partnership into the UK & Canada regions. Learn how this partnership will revolutionize the industry.
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Read Blackbaud's official statement here.
Ten months into an eventful 2022, we’ve got some big news to share. Blackbaud, the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, and Almabase, the world’s most loved digital-first alumni engagement solution, are here to officially announce an expanded partnership. This will provide a modern solution for advancement teams to unlock higher alumni engagement and better fundraising.
| “Our vision at Blackbaud is to put our customers’ needs first and provide innovative solutions for the market by creating the best outcomes across digital engagement, Advancement CRM, and financials. Our partnership with Almabase is an integral part of that vision.”
Chris Krackeler, President and GM of Higher Education at Blackbaud
| “Our mission at Almabase is to make education affordable by helping every institution increase alumni participation. The education fundraising landscape is evolving rapidly, and the best institutions are proactive in engaging their alumni, using data to drive decisions, and meeting alumni where they are. Our expanded partnership with Blackbaud and strong integration with Raiser’s Edge NXT will be a game changer for any institution that wants to create a constant pipeline of donors and drive more donations.”
Kalyan Varma, Co-Founder and CEO of Almabase
Even before the expanded partnership, both brands have closely worked with each other over the last few years, trying to perfect their industry-leading integration with Raiser’s Edge NXT (more details below).
Here’s why the partnership’s timing is opportune – in the last two decades, alumni donor participation has halved, and the reason is hardly surprising. In a digital-first world, your alumni want more from the relationship with their alma mater – more tailored programs, and engagement that puts value at the front.
Almabase and Blackbaud’s Expanded Partnership, powered by a digital-first solution and a connected Advancement CRM, aims to reverse this downward trend. The partnership puts you in the driver’s seat, letting you take control of your data, craft personalized alumni experiences at scale, and unify your advancement team’s efforts.
In a nutshell, we believe that a digital-first engagement platform, coupled with a strong fundraising CRM for higher-ed, is the game-winning combination you need to drive value-led alumni engagement and fundraising.
Blackbaud has a suite of digital tools that are popularly used by advancement teams across the country. Several of Almabase’s partner institutions today use Raiser’s Edge NXT as their Advancement CRM. Both our teams have been hard at work, creating seamless integrations that enable advancement services professionals to move constituent, gift, and event data between systems, without friction. With the expanded partnership, the capabilities of these integrations are only going to grow more powerful.
Almabase’s integration with RE NXT has already received an exciting (and heavily requested) feature that we can’t wait to talk about. Almabase and RE NXT can now sync bi-directionally, meaning constituent data can move both ways (i.e., from Almabase to RE NXT, and vice versa). This is applicable to basic data fields like constituent name and DOB, and also other properties like education/employment information, and even a few custom fields.
We don’t want to bore you with the technical details of how this works (here’s a detailed article if you’re really interested), but all we’d like to say is that this a first-of-its-kind for the industry.
Almabase and Blackbaud continue to work towards a larger objective – unifying advancement teams with modern digital tools that unlock higher alumni engagement and better fundraising.
Having inked this partnership, we’re making a bold prediction – the industry is stepping into a new age of alumni relations and fundraising. One where your alumni will be at the heart of your programming. Advancement teams need to take a value-driven, engagement-first approach if they want to build stronger relationships.
Almabase & Blackbaud Announce Expanded Partnership to Redefine Digital Engagement & Fundraising for Higher Ed
Blackbaud, the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, and Almabase, the world’s most loved digital-first alumni engagement solution, officially announce an expanded partnership.
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