GiveCampus

The fundraising platform for schools.

givecampus.com

HQ: Washington, DC, USA

Education

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

GiveCampus is a founder-led, remote-first fundraising software company focused exclusively on educational institutions. It helps colleges, universities, independent schools, and K-12 schools raise more money through a unified platform for online giving, events, outreach, volunteer management, wealth intelligence, and gift-officer workflows.

Primary product

Educational fundraising platform for schools (online giving, events, outreach, volunteer management, wealth intelligence, and gift-officer tools)

Founded

2014

Headquarters

99 M St SE #233, Washington, DC 20003, United States

Team size

100-150

Work style

Remote

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Fundraising software for educational institutions

Offices

99 M St SE #233, Washington, DC 20003

80 M St SE, Washington, DC

Business model

SaaS

quote-based modular licensing

usage-based module pricing

payment-processing / transaction fees

Funding

Stage

minority growth equity

Total raised

$140M

Latest round

Growth investment / employee tender offer · Dec 2025

Latest amount

$140M

Growth investment / employee tender offer

Dec 2025

$140M

Minority growth equity

Sep 2022 · Silversmith Capital Partners

$50M

Seed / family, friends, angels, and Y Combinator

Jan 2015 · Y Combinator

People & investors

Leadership

Kestrel Linder

Co-Founder and CEO

Michael Kong

Co-Founder and CTO

Deborah Dang

Chief Financial Officer

Jennn Schilling

Head of Product

Felicity Meu

Head of Partner Success

Ryan Riddle

Sr. Director of Partner Operations

Samantha Riley

Interim Marketing Team Leader / Director of Field Marketing

Matthew Hagopian

VP of Engineering

Investors

Claire Hughes Johnson

Family, friends, and angel investors

JMI Equity

Michael Seibel

Mike Volpe

Silversmith Capital Partners

Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven, education-focused, and support-oriented. Public materials emphasize values such as do less/better, daring mighty things, and doing things that don’t scale; hiring materials also stress kindness, ownership, impact, and a remote-first but in-person-connected culture.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Public evidence says GiveCampus offers competitive compensation packages. Third-party salary data and job postings show software engineering pay in roughly the mid-six-figure total-comp range (for example, Levels.fyi reports about $154K-$215K total compensation for U.S. software engineers), while the company also emphasizes strong benefits and professional development.

Benefits

Platinum medical plans

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

26+ PTO days

Company-wide week off around July 4

Unlimited sick leave

Paid family leave

Spring Health mental health benefits

Professional development stipend

Dependent care FSA

Competitive compensation

Product & market

Pricing

Quote-based modular SaaS pricing with Essentials, Professional, and Enterprise editions; usage-based module pricing and separate payment-processing fee options.

Differentiators

—Exclusively built for educational institutions
—End-to-end fundraising suite across giving, events, outreach, volunteers, and intelligence
—Strong donor-payment options including wallets, DAFpay, and other modern methods
—High-touch partner support and implementation help
—Deep CRM and data integrations
—Founder-led and profitable with sustained product reinvestment

Technology

Salesforce

Google Workspace

Django

React

Ruby

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Heroku

Kubernetes

Terraform

Cloudflare

Okta

Greenhouse

HubSpot

Salesloft

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Datadog

New Relic

Vanta

Customers

1,500+ colleges, universities, and K-12 schools

University of Tennessee Foundation

U.S. Air Force Academy Foundation

Bates College

Fairfield University

Quinnipiac University

Competitors

Blackbaud

Classy

DonorPerfect

RNL ScaleFunder

iModules

Community Funded

Fundly

GiveWP

RallyUp

EverTrue

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$10M-$20M

Estimated monthly visits

111.8K

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

info@givecampus.com 301-939-0904

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jun 2023

GiveCampus acquired Community Funded, its first acquisition, to expand giving-day and crowdfunding capabilities for educational institutions.

Source

Latest news

GiveCampus Announces Partnership with Cash App Pay to Expand Donor Payment Options

GiveCampus · Sep 2025

GiveCampus added Cash App Pay to its donor payment stack, extending its modern payment options for educational fundraising.

GiveCampus Ranks No. 2,678 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

GiveCampus · Aug 2025

The company said it earned a fourth consecutive Inc. 5000 placement and highlighted a $100 million product-development push.

GiveCampus has partnered with Chariot, creators of DAFpay

GiveCampus · Mar 2025

GiveCampus partnered with Chariot to bring DAFpay to its platform so schools can accept donor-advised fund gifts online.

G2 Reviewers Rate GiveCampus the "Easiest to Do Business With" for the Third Consecutive Quarter

GiveCampus · Jan 2025

GiveCampus said G2 reviewers again ranked it easiest to do business with in donor management software.

GiveCampus Acquires Community Funded

GiveCampus · Jun 2023

GiveCampus completed its first acquisition by buying Community Funded to expand giving-day and crowdfunding capabilities.

Jobs and careers at GiveCampus

12 jobs at GiveCampus

Software Engineer, Online Giving

Remote

500 Eng

United States; United States- Remote

1d ago

Remote

Full-time