Like hundreds of schools across the country, Greenwich Academy also had to either postpone or cancel all of their in-person alumnae events due to the pandemic. However, the school could not afford to let down its alumnae by cancelling or postponing the much-awaited flagship event - the Annual Alumnae Reunion. Overcoming the constraints of social distancing, Greenwich Academy adapted to the trend of virtual alumnae events and successfully hosted its first day-long virtual alumnae reunion.

Like hundreds of schools dealing with the economic impact of COVID-19, Christian Brothers Academy is following its mission by striving to ensure that no student leaves the Academy due to financial concerns. Amidst the need for financial assistance and to bring its community together during these tough times, the school went fully virtual for its first-ever Giving Day, successfully raising over $77,000 in 24 hours.

Boyd-Buchanan was tasked with building a digital-first alumni community from the ground up that is packed with value for its members. Simultaneously, they wanted to inspire engaged alumni to give back to the school. To tackle these challenges, they made Almabase the one-stop shop that provided alumni with all the tools to effortlessly stay updated on school events, connect with peers, and seamlessly donate. Their first-ever giving day hosted on Almabase was a smashing hit—they surpassed their giving day goal by 201%.

French American International School sensed the economic impact the COVID-19 crisis would bring. In an effort to support itself and the families associated with it, the school successfully completed its 48 Hours of Giving campaign, crossing its goal of $200,000 by 181%, raising a whopping $362,575.

Considering how the pandemic was disrupting all in-person plans for the year, Samueli Academy went completely virtual for their 4th annual virtual networking event - 2020 College Get Down. The high school brought in 27 volunteers from their community and a special keynote speaker to talk to their newest batch of alumni during the unique 2-hour networking event.

With the younger generation of alumni often overwhelmed with their new college life, Charlotte Christian School came up with a fun way to help them de-stress. Each year, the school organizes a good old-fashioned pizza party inviting young alumni to spend time with their fellow classmates and friends. The school has been consistently hosting the free event for five years, ensuring to provide value as a way to beat stress and network with fellow alumni and teachers.

Up until 2013, Providence Day School witnessed 4% alumni giving participation. The school aimed to grow alumni giving by maximizing event attendance via targeted events for diverse alumni groups. With this initiative, the school adopted a holistic alumni-centric approach and grew alumni donor participation to 20%.

On May 10th, Calvert Hall College High School hosted its 4th Annual All Day Hall Day Giving campaign with Almabase, with the goal of surpassing 1,175 donors in honor of its 1,175 students. Leveraging Almabase’s powerful giving module and social media outreach, the school reached 85% of its goal with a total of 1,008 recorded donors. Calvert Hall was successfully able to increase its Giving Day donations by 202% in 3 years.

As the COVID-19 outbreak forced St. Francis High School to move Class of 2020’s commencement ceremony online, the school went above and beyond in ensuring that their new alumni brethren receive a warm welcome. The school’s alumni community came forward with video messages extending a hearty welcome to their new community members and brightening up Class of 2020’s virtual commencement ceremony.

With limited team members overlooking alumni relations functions and an outdated alumni database, Archbishop McCarthy Alumni Association found it challenging to keep its alumni engaged throughout the year. The institution decided to capture the attention of its alumni with annual 10-Year reunions. With this, the institution was able to successfully capture 80+ attendees for 3 years in a row.

Almabase enabled Archbishop Riordan High School to set up effective Giving Day campaigns to significantly improve their alumni participation. With an emphasis on allowing secure donations and driving more participation with social giving and peer-to-peer fundraising, the institute now hosts successful giving days continuously.

Scranton Preparatory School hosted its first large-scale Annual Giving Campaign with Almabase and successfully raised over $77,000, crossing the estimated goal of $40,000 by 194%. The institution used strategic communication and a peer-to-peer approach to target alumni, successfully increasing its Giving Day donations by 5 times within a year.

Focused on increasing alumni engagement over emails, Gann Academy leveraged Almabase’s smart segmentation feature, achieving 40% email open rates. With in-built email templates and dynamic alumni groups, Gann Academy is now able to engage its alumni with frequent outreach campaigns that are highly personalized.

With the goal of maximizing alumni engagement over emails, Samueli Academy optimized its email lists by segregating alumni into multiple dynamic groups and creating highly personalized email outreach campaigns. With Almabase, Samueli Academy sent over 25,000 emails, engaging 97% of its alumni network, over the last two years.

One of the key goals for Greenwich Academy was to engage alumnae actively. The institution successfully completed its Annual Reunion 2019 event with Almabase and was successful in bringing over 140 alumnae to attend the event and raising more than $6300 in ticket revenue.

Previously faced with the challenge of a tedious donor experience and low alumni participation with respect to its giving day campaigns, St. Ignatius College Preparatory set up an online giving platform that ensured secure donations and increased alumni participation by facilitating peer-to-peer fundraising and social giving. Within a year, the institute was able to successfully raise their giving day donations by 80%.

With 8000 alumni across 80 years, Mercy High School Burlingame found it challenging to keep track of all its alumni. While the school was gathering updates from alumni at events, that was insufficient to keep the database updated. The institution was then able to utilize Almabase’s ability to pull alumni contact information from LinkedIn and Facebook and update it seamlessly on Raiser’s Edge to create a completely automated process. Mercy High School achieved the following results just within the first quarter of 2019:

Considering how the pandemic was disrupting all in-person plans for the year, Samueli Academy went completely virtual for their 4th annual virtual networking event - 2020 College Get Down. The high school brought in 27 volunteers from their community and a special keynote speaker to talk to their newest batch of alumni during the unique 2-hour networking event.

Like hundreds of schools dealing with the economic impact of COVID-19, Christian Brothers Academy is following its mission by striving to ensure that no student leaves the Academy due to financial concerns. Amidst the need for financial assistance and to bring its community together during these tough times, the school went fully virtual for its first-ever Giving Day, successfully raising over $77,000 in 24 hours.

Like hundreds of schools across the country, Greenwich Academy also had to either postpone or cancel all of their in-person alumnae events due to the pandemic. However, the school could not afford to let down its alumnae by cancelling or postponing the much-awaited flagship event - the Annual Alumnae Reunion. Overcoming the constraints of social distancing, Greenwich Academy adapted to the trend of virtual alumnae events and successfully hosted its first day-long virtual alumnae reunion.

Like hundreds of universities across the country, William Peace University’s Office of Advancement struggled to find the right way to welcome the newest members of the Alumni Association and celebrate the Class of 2020 amid the constraints of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing new graduates would be unable to celebrate their commencement with traditional WPU events, but the office found a way to recognize the class and toast to their success. William Peace University launched a series of virtual engagement opportunities to toast to the success of the Class of 2020.

As the COVID-19 outbreak forced St. Francis High School to move Class of 2020’s commencement ceremony online, the school went above and beyond in ensuring that their new alumni brethren receive a warm welcome. The school’s alumni community came forward with video messages extending a hearty welcome to their new community members and brightening up Class of 2020’s virtual commencement ceremony.

French American International School sensed the economic impact the COVID-19 crisis would bring. In an effort to support itself and the families associated with it, the school successfully completed its 48 Hours of Giving campaign, crossing its goal of $200,000 by 181%, raising a whopping $362,575.