Our founders, Mike and Kestrel, meet as freshmen at Johns Hopkins University.

The guys graduate. Mike heads to California to start his career as a software engineer, while Kestrel stays behind in Washington, DC to start graduate school at Georgetown University.

Kestrel and Mike reconnect at a mutual friend’s wedding. While reminiscing about the good old days at Hopkins, they both remark how often the school has asked them to donate– and they both admit they haven’t given a dime. That gets them thinking. . .

Mike flies from California to Kestrel’s home in Washington, DC. They lock themselves in a rented conference room for five days to design the initial framework of the Social Fundraising Platform.

Kestrel and Mike embark on a cross-country tour to hear what schools have to say about online giving.

GiveCampus Inc. is incorporated.

The guys complete their batch cycle at the startup accelerator Y Combinator.

GiveCampus.com launches, along with the first-ever Social Fundraising campaign.

GiveCampus is 37 Partners strong and supports our first Giving Tuesday.

GiveCampus HQ relocates from Mike’s basement in the NOVA suburbs to a one-room office in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington DC.

The first-ever GiveCampus Partners Conference is attended by 35 staff members from Partner schools. Fun fact: over 250 people attended our Partners Conference in 2019!

The Volunteer Management System launches.

The Washington Post runs an article about GiveCampus, piquing the interest of schools around the country. Dan reads the article and sends his resume to Kestrel and Mike.

Dan becomes the first employee of GiveCampus when he’s hired as the Director of Business Development.

The 100th GiveCampus Partner school joins our community.

Giving Forms by GiveCampus launches.

Felicity joins the team as the Director of Partner Success.

GC Connect launches.