Case Study: Fulbrighter achieves a centralized, global community of 30,000+ with Hivebrite

The Fulbright Program Creates Global Community to Support Alumni and Grantees to Prosper

Fulbrighter, the Fulbright Program’s global alumni and grantee community, faced the challenge of connecting a rich, dispersed network that had been managed with spreadsheets and scattered social media groups—approaches that prevented meaningful connections and scale. To centralize member management and boost engagement, Fulbrighter partnered with Hivebrite and adopted Hivebrite’s community platform.

Hivebrite delivered a modular community solution—launching essential features like an interactive member directory, messaging, global newsfeed, events management and a jobs board and activating additional tools as engagement grew. The results speak to measurable impact: Fulbrighter now hosts over 30,000 members across 180 countries, reached a record 27% monthly active rate, promoted 800+ events in three years, generated nearly 8,000 feed posts/comments, and saw member belief that the program had built a global community rise from 44% to 72%, demonstrating Hivebrite’s effectiveness.

Fulbrighter

Rob Ellis

Community Manager