Grinnell College used GC Volunteer Management to quickly pivot their outreach strategy

When Covid-19 hit, the advancement team faced two challenges: supporting the community with emergency funding and shifting their solicitation strategy to match the moment. Managing volunteers was key.

Grinnell first partnered with GiveCampus in 2017

Grinnell boasts a loyal network of volunteers and—within 48 hours of launching the 2020 “Support Our Students” (SOS) fund—they promptly sprang into action. Volunteers used GiveCampus to rally donors.

Staff and volunteers alike love GiveCampus

Volunteers have a dashboard view of their assignments

No more poring over shared Google Docs for constituent data. Now volunteers have all the info they need in one place.

Personalized outreach is just three clicks away

With GiveCampus, volunteers can quickly send customized emails to constituents and steward donors in real time.

The advancement team tracks volunteer activity on the fly

Staff get instant visibility into which volunteers are most engaged and which assignments are receiving messages.

When the community needed them, volunteers were ready

More than 100 Grinnell volunteers began reaching out to their assignments immediately, using the GC Volunteer Management system to send personalized messages about the SOS emergency fund.

15,902

emails were sent from March 1–June 8

$100,000+

was donated shortly after launch

84%

of gifts were tied to volunteer outreach

We decided that our messaging would come across as so much more personal coming from volunteers using [GC Volunteer Management] than through our bulk email system.

Mary Zug

Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Grinnell College

Want to see GiveCampus in action?

Drop in the first Thursday of every month for a quick 30-minute walkthrough of the GiveCampus platform—including the Volunteer Management system that Grinnell uses to reach constituents at scale.