Case Study: Iowa State University Foundation speeds approvals by 13 days and cuts printing 30% with Adobe Acrobat Sign

Iowa State University Foundation organizes life-changing funding for future innovators using Adobe Sign and Microsoft solutions

Iowa State University Foundation, which raises gifts to support students, faculty, and programs at Iowa State, struggled with slow, paper-based donor agreement workflows that averaged 81 days to complete. The manual routing and approvals created administrative overhead, risked donor attrition, and delayed funds reaching students and research programs.

By implementing Adobe Sign and Adobe Document Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, and Flow integrations, the foundation digitized signatures and automated routing, status tracking, and document storage. The change cut approval time by 13 days, reduced printing by 30%, lowered costs and errors, and let staff spend less time on paperwork and more on engaging donors.

Iowa State University Foundation

Dave Thalacker

Senior Director of IT Operations and Network Security