--- title: GiveCampus Honor Roll Awards --- 2026 Winners # The GiveCampus Honor Roll We're honoring the teams doing the most creative, effective fundraising on GiveCampus, and showing you exactly how they did it. [Request a demo](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#request-demo) ![GiveCampus Honor Roll](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/hero-givecampus-honor-roll.png) ## This year's honorees The Honor Roll Awards were built to be a playbook: a close look at what the best advancement teams are doing to succeed, from converting first-time gifts to deepening the biggest relationships. Each one of these teams did something genuinely difficult and did it well: converting the vast majority of visitors into donors, moving a 150-year-old volunteer network to a new platform in a year, running hundreds of events without losing the personal touch, tripling the reach of a gift-officer team, and more. Different schools, different categories, one throughline: each made engagement easier and more personal. This year's winners are also a window into what great work looks like across our partner community. They represent thousands of teams that help fund education on GiveCampus every year, and behind them stand many more institutions with stories worth telling. If you have a success story you'd like to share that would be worthy of next year's awards, [we'd love to hear from you!](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/submission?hsLang=en) In the meantime, explore how this year's honorees achieved such incredible results. +85% Growth in donors acquired 84% Of giving-day visitors converted 1,000+ Volunteers activated 22,000+ Event attendees engaged 3x Bigger gift-officer portfolios ## The winners don't just share a platform. Together, they map the donor journey across it. Select a category to jump to the winners 1. ### [1 Everyday Giving → GC Giving Forms Grow the donor base with an everyday, segmented front door.](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#award-everyday-giving) › 2. ### [2 Campaign Conversion → GC Online Giving Turn one moment into a wave of gifts.](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#award-conversion-impact) › 3. ### [3 Community Activation → GC Volunteer Management Turn supporters into advocates.](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#award-community-activation) 4. ### [4 Event Engagement → GC Events Bring the community together and deepen every relationship.](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#award-event-experience) › 5. ### [5 Frontline Multiplier → GC Gift Officer Deepen the biggest relationships, at scale.](https://info.givecampus.com/awards#award-frontline-multiplier) Award Category Powered by GC Online Giving ## Everyday Giving Award Every lasting donor relationship starts with one easy gift. This category honors excellence in everyday online giving: the steady, welcoming generosity a school can build on all year. ### [![The Bryn Mawr School](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-the-bryn-mawr-school.jpg) Independent School The Bryn Mawr School Bryn Mawr builds a giving form for every audience — 66 tailored forms since 2021 — and the ones it brings to in-person moments convert as high as 70%. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/the-bryn-mawr-school?hsLang=en) ### [![University of Virginia](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-university-of-virginia.jpg) Higher Education University of Virginia UVA treats its 308 giving forms as a living, segmented system. It grew its online donor base 85% from 2021 to 2025 (from roughly 19,000 to more than 36,000 donors) while converting at nearly double the platform median. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/university-of-virginia?hsLang=en) Award Category Powered by GC Online Giving ## Campaign Conversion Award Momentum turns attention into action. This category honors the art of the campaign: rallying a community around a single moment and converting the activity into gifts. ### [![Virginia Episcopal School](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-virginia-episcopal-school.jpg) Independent School Virginia Episcopal School VES converts 84% of the visitors who reach its giving-day page — nearly double the typical rate — and its #everyonegiVES giving day has cleared $3 million for six straight years, from a school of just 200 students. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/virginia-episcopal-school?hsLang=en) ### [![Carleton College](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-carleton-college.jpg) Higher Education Carleton College Carleton built a volunteer-owned Giving Tuesday that converts 85% of visitors into donors, roughly 1.6x the platform average, and brought in 1,715 donors in a single day. It has held that rate four years running. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/carleton-college?hsLang=en) Award Category Powered by GC Volunteer Management ## Community Activation Award People take action when a peer asks. This category honors activating volunteers to carry the ask further than staff ever could. ### [![The Pingry School](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-the-pingry-school.jpg) Independent School The Pingry School Pingry ditched the spreadsheets, moving nearly 190 volunteers across five roles onto GC Volunteer Management, and drove $329K in volunteer-attributed giving, a 521% YoY increase. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/the-pingry-school?hsLang=en) ### [![Bowdoin College](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-bowdoin-college.jpg) Higher Education Bowdoin College Bowdoin moved a 157-year-old volunteer network onto GC Volunteer Management in a single year: 800+ alumni and parent volunteers plus 25 student class agents, and 6,283 emails sent at a 72% open rate. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/bowdoin-college?hsLang=en) Award Category Powered by GC Events ## Event Engagement Award Belonging comes before giving. This category honors events as engagement: the experiences that deepen connection and turn attendance into lasting support. ### [![The Hamlin School](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-the-hamlin-school.jpg) Independent School The Hamlin School Hamlin turns its events into serious fundraisers — roughly $785K a year across two flagship events, with nearly $400K given before spring ticket sales even open — by building the ask into every step from registration to the follow-up. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/the-hamlin-school?hsLang=en) ### [![University of San Diego](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-university-of-san-diego.jpg) Higher Education University of San Diego USD brought a scattered, campus-wide events operation onto one platform: 352 events and 22,000+ attendees in its first full year, a 124% jump, with every check-in feeding engagement scoring. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/university-of-san-diego?hsLang=en) Award Category Powered by GC Gift Officer ## Frontline Multiplier Award The largest gifts grow from personal relationships. This category honors one-to-one cultivation at scale, reaching more donors without losing the personal touch. ### [![University of Missouri](https://info.givecampus.com/hubfs/Honor%20Roll%20Awards/winner-university-of-missouri.jpg) Higher Education University of Missouri Mizzou used GC Gift Officer to cut contact reports from 20 clicks to one, tripling gift-officer portfolios from about 300 to 1,000 donors each, and surfaced a $3M gift along the way. Steal the Playbook](https://info.givecampus.com/awards/university-of-missouri?hsLang=en) Request a demo ## Ready to write your own Honor Roll story? Every winner on this site runs on GiveCampus. Tell us a little about your school and the solutions you're curious about, and our team will show you how these plays could work for you. First name \* Last name \* Email \* Institution \* What are you most interested in learning more about? 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