The Meeting of the Minds Conference benefits from the support of its sponsors, who offer the latest in fundraising products and services and help to keep the conference such a remarkable value for our attendees. Thank you so much to all of our sponsor partners!
Presenting Conference Sponsors:
LEAD builds Annual Giving programs. We partner with colleges, universities, and nonprofits to strengthen donor engagement and grow a pipeline of future leadership and major gifts. From hands-on program support to student fundraiser training, calling and texting tools, DXO support, and prospect analysis, LEAD helps advancement teams turn good ideas into sustainable programs. Learn more at: leadphilanthropy.com
GetThru helps colleges and universities engage alumni, donors, students, families, and other constituents through personalized peer-to-peer texting and calling. Whether you’re running an annual giving campaign, promoting an event, conducting stewardship outreach, or recruiting volunteers, GetThru’s platform makes it easy to connect with the right people through meaningful conversations that inspire action.
Encoura is an educational technology, marketing, and research organization serving thousands of higher education institutions across the nation. Since 1972, Encoura has been a leading provider of strategic consulting, data science, and engagement solutions that connect institutions to the communities they serve. In 2025 and 2026, Encoura expanded its capabilities with its acquisition of Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) and Anthology’s Lifecycle Engagement and Student Success portfolio. This combined expertise now spans enrollment, marketing, student success, alumni relations, and advancement, providing institutions with comprehensive solutions to achieve their goals throughout the student lifecycle. For more information, visit encoura.org.
GiveCampus is the world’s leading digital fundraising and volunteer management platform for nonprofit educational institutions. Trusted by more than 1,500 colleges, universities, and K–12 schools, our mission is to advance the quality, affordability, and accessibility of education. We provide software, services, and expertise that help schools raise more money from more people at a fraction of the cost of other fundraising methods. Since 2015, the GiveCampus platform has facilitated more than $6 billion in charitable giving. For more information, visit go.givecampus.com.
Conference Sponsors:
Caltech is a world-renowned research university whose extraordinary faculty and students are expanding our understanding of the universe and inventing the technologies of the future, with research interests from quantum science and engineering to bioinformatics and the nature of life itself, from human behavior and economics to energy and sustainability. Caltech Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR) supports the Institute’s mission through the power of philanthropy while fostering a vibrant and welcoming workplace culture.
Double the Donation helps colleges, universities, and other mission-driven organizations grow fundraising results by making workplace giving easier for donors to identify and act on. Our platform uncovers alumni, donor, and volunteer eligibility for corporate matching gifts, volunteer grants, and payroll giving programs, then guides supporters to their employer-specific next steps through automated outreach and seamless integrations. For advancement teams, that means a more effective way to increase participation, strengthen donor engagement, and generate additional revenue from existing supporters.
