Case Study: Hamilton Community Foundation achieves streamlined scholarship management with AcademicWorks

Hamilton Community Foundation - Customer Case Study

Hamilton Community Foundation in Hamilton, Ohio had long run its scholarship program on paper, which created deadline-day bottlenecks, extra manual work for staff and volunteers, and a difficult experience for students, counselors, and reviewers. The foundation needed a better way to connect local donors with students in need, and chose AcademicWorks to modernize the scholarship application and review process.

AcademicWorks implemented an online scholarship platform that lets students apply through one website, automatically matches them to eligible scholarships, and enables reviewers to score applications online from anywhere. The result was more applications, no loss of reviewers, fewer questions from students and counselors, and improved donor communication and stewardship—while also reducing administrative work through automated reminders, notifications, and donor packets sent ahead of scholarship receptions.

Hamilton Community Foundation

Katie Braswell

Vice President