Community colleges face a common challenge: there will never be enough fundraisers to personally engage all donors with the relational fundraising that we know inspires giving. Most donors receive only 1:many segmented communications, creating a gap in personalized engagement that affects retention and meaningful connection.


Gaston College is the first community college in the world to pioneer a solution by adding trusted digital labor to its team, via Autonomous Fundraising. Earlier this year, Gaston introduced Oliver, a Virtual Engagement Officer (VEO) powered entirely by AI to its community, tasked with deepening relationships and generating gifts as natural outcomes of these engagements.