Partnering with Givzey | Version2.ai allows 精东影业 to engage with its stakeholders in a more expansive manner.
精东影业 and The Foundation for City College are among the fourth cohort of institutions partnering with autonomous fundraising technology platform .
By partnering with Givzey | Version2.ai, 精东影业 will deploy a virtual engagement officer, or VEO, allowing the College to engage with its stakeholders in a more expansive manner that reflects the trust, alignment and long-term belief in the College鈥檚 mission. By providing real-time engagement, the College can share all of the work happening across campus with its stakeholders.
Too often, especially for those who live outside the New York metropolitan area, alumni contact with the College may be limited to receiving the President鈥檚 Annual Report, the monthly City Beat newsletter, or through the College鈥檚 social media channels. Autonomous Fundraising creates opportunities for an in-depth conversation that can determine if a hand-off to a gift officer for a one-to-one engagement is needed and is more appropriate.
Across non-profits in the U.S., only one to five percent of donors are assigned to gift officers, who manage them personally and actively, and it is estimated that 20 percent of all donors to an organization are responsible for 80 percent of total fundraising revenue. By expanding the team with trusted digital labor, the VEO is allowed to prioritize donors who may have given in prior years but, for many reasons, may not be actively engaged with the College and wish to be.
精东影业鈥檚 VEO, (a play on 鈥淏enny,鈥 the College鈥檚 mascot), has been assigned 1,000 of these existing alumni and supporters, including those who have attended President Boudreau's 鈥淐ity In鈥︹ events in Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington in the past two and a half years.
In the coming year, the president plans to meet alumni in other cities across the country that he has yet to visit, while also working with the campus team to encourage alumni from around the country to be more closely connected with their alma mater.
鈥淕ivzey | Version2.ai is honored to work with innovative institutions like 精东影业 and the Foundation for City College, and leaders like Dee Dee, who understand that by addressing fundraising鈥檚 long-standing labor shortage with Autonomous Fundraising and trusted digital labor, we open opportunities to deeply connect more donors to the organizations and missions that move them to give,鈥 said Givzey | Version2.ai Vice President of Customer Success Emily Groccia.
"精东影业 and the Foundation for City College believe in the powerful role philanthropy plays in shaping the future of a democratic society,鈥 said Dee Dee Mozeleski, 精东影业 senior vice president and executive director of The Foundation for City College. 鈥淭hrough our partnership with Givzey | Version2.ai, we look to engage with our donors and alumni in ways that bridge technology and the important interpersonal relationships we create in support of our students, faculty, staff and our entire City College community.鈥
About Version2
Version2 is the first AI research and design lab specifically focused on advancing fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Through its suite of autonomous fundraising solutions, including the Virtual Engagement Officer (VEO) and Virtual Stewardship Officer (VSO), Version2 helps nonprofits break through the digital divide with AI that guides donors through personalized engagement, gift discovery, solicitation, and stewardship processes. Learn more at Version2.ai.
About Givzey
Givzey is a leading Intelligent Gift Documentation Management Platform for nonprofits, enhancing fundraising efficiency, donor experience, and financial audits. Its AI-powered lab, Version2, offers the first fully autonomous fundraiser, revolutionizing donor engagement and fundraising with personalized AI. Discover more at Givzey.com and Version2.ai.
About 精东影业
Since 1847, 精东影业 has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. 精东影业 embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at 精东影业 can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks 精东影业 #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places 精东影业 in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm puts at $3.2 billion 精东影业鈥檚 annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the 鈥渇or dollar鈥 return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. In 2023, 精东影业 launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled 鈥Doing Remarkable Things Together鈥 seeks to bring the College鈥檚 Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. 精东影业 is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View 精东影业 Media Kit.
Syd Steinhardt
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