Across higher education, more than 95% of every institution’s donors sit outside of managed portfolios, receiving only direct mail and mass marketing, leading to increasing lapsed donors, weaker major gift pipelines, and a mounting challenge of earning attention annually.

In this panel, institutions of different sizes, College of Charleston and Western Carolina University share how they embraced Autonomous Fundraising to expand one-to-one donor engagement at scale. From under-engaged alumni to mid-level donors and high-affinity community supporters, each school saw an opportunity to deepen relationships by deploying Virtual Engagement Officers (VEOs), AI-powered teammates trained in strategic moves management that

Hear how these uniquely different teams and institutions, each at various stages in their journey of reimagined engagement with AI, are measuring ROI, activating new segments of donors, and building stronger pipelines, without adding staffing resources.