For generations colleges and universities have been deeply indebted to their alumni for the rich history they helped to create as well as the support they have provided to perpetuate their alma mater. Support that at times has rebuilt buildings decimated by fire, funded critical projects for university advancement, and helped to fund and foster dominance in sports, setting paths for growth that continue to this day.

Today, the levels of alumni support that has remained the bedrock of development efforts within both the major gifts and planned giving areas over the last several generations has been changing, and is facing increased challenges from the new dominance of ‘generic’ commercial donor programs. The ability to not only connect with a worldwide network of graduates, but more importantly deliver timely content, opportunities for engagement, and immediate information on the impact of grantmaking now requires more vibrant and dynamic philanthropic tools than ever before.

The DonorFirst™ platform is a full turn-key solution, delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS) of technology and bundled accounting services. The platform is both a state-of-the-art DAF solution and comprehensive charitable accounts dashboard supporting the display of multi-accounts per donor/family of variety of philanthropic instruments (endowments, supporting org, planned giving information). The DonorFirst platform promotes the organization brand and ensures clients remain as satisfied and engaged with your philanthropic services as they are with other dimensions of your relationship. It provides alumni and staff with rich communication environment supporting the engagement and collaboration between alumni donors, families, staff, and the programs they care about. Highly scalable, DonorFirst can be used to support one family or thousands, and can contain specialized program-related content and discussion communities surrounding hundreds of college and university funding opportunities.

Increasingly, both emerging donors and experienced families of wealth support their philanthropic activities through a variety of charitable giving vehicles, and it is important to provide all generations with an online environment that is capable of providing visibility into donor accounts, the family discussions and decisions history, multiple giving opportunities and one place that preserves and evolves the family philanthropic activity.