Mile-High Success with 360Alumni

Foundation with a clear vision for the future transforms’ engagement

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The Background
‍The Puksta Foundation, one of the Centennial states’ most influential nonprofits, has a clear, unifying mission: to promote civic engagement among students from Colorado's top 5 universities by offering scholarships to those who are ready to make an impact in the world. The foundation’s intense dedication to helping these bright, young individuals has led to over 300 nonprofit and community organizations benefiting from Puksta Scholars, and more than $4.4 million in funding awarded to their students.

Highlights
360Alumni helped The Puksta Foundation automate, consolidate and streamline their organization’s operations, and improve engagement with their constituents through a modern, unified platform, a single source of record, better service quality, and a superior, consistent user experience.

Challenges
Lack of visibility into scholars’ activity post graduation prevented connectivity for alumni engagement and professional networking opportunitiesTracking, managing, and marketing events were done manually using multiple tools.Program resources and requirements, as well as online groups for Puksta scholars, were hosted in disparate locations.

Rapid growth added complexity to the foundations’ processes.
The existing infrastructure couldn’t keep pace, and the operating budget was limited.
Lack of visibility into scholars’ activity post graduation prevented connectivity for alumni engagement and professional networking opportunities
Tracking, managing, and marketing events were done manually using multiple tools.
Program resources and requirements, as well as online groups for Puksta scholars, were hosted in disparate locations.

Solution
360Alumni

Results

Cut costs by eliminating cumbersome and redundant manual cycles
Consolidated tools onto a single system of record and engagement platform that integrated processes, infrastructure, and activities.
Enabled transparent reporting on event process and performance
Tracking, managing, and marketing events were done manually using multiple tools.
Provided visibility and tracking, with ability to expand and scale without increasing operating budget

360Alumni delivered a wonderful, centralized hub that connected the Puksta Foundation’s alumni and scholars across five university campuses. The platform provided operational efficiency, allowed us to reduce our operating budget despite growth, and prepared us structurally for the future.
- NiChel Mulstay, Director of Operations, Puksta Foundation