Case Study: Cloud County Community College raises $67K at annual scholarship auction and triples alumni email engagement with Almabase

Cloud County Community College raises $67k at their annual scholarship auction event

Cloud County Community College, a two‑campus public community college in Kansas, faced low alumni engagement and a cumbersome, costly advancement workflow: event planning depended on IT, communications required multiple paid tools (~$1,400/year), giving pages carried fees and delays, and alumni interaction was limited to a single Facebook page. To solve this, the college adopted Almabase’s all‑in‑one alumni engagement and fundraising platform, including its events, fundraising and integrated communications modules.

Using Almabase, the advancement team launched a digital alumni community, built a searchable alumni directory in under a week, ran segmented email campaigns and integrated payment gateways for ticketing. The result: Cloud County raised $67,000 at its 38th Annual Scholarship Auction, achieved 3X higher email engagement, sent 54,448 emails (with 2,861 contactable addresses), and connected 10,555 alumni worldwide — all managed through Almabase.

Cloud County Community College