Alumni management & engagement software

Hivebrite provides extensive customization options to ensure the platform becomes a natural extension of your institution’s brand. The visual interface can be fully customized with your colors, fonts, logos, and imagery through an intuitive design system that requires no coding knowledge. Custom domain options allow you to host the platform under your institution’s web address. Beyond aesthetics, you can customize terminology throughout the platform to match your institution’s vocabulary—for example, changing “groups” to “clubs” or “houses.” Email templates, notification messages, and system communications can all reflect your brand voice and style. These customization capabilities ensure a cohesive brand experience that strengthens institutional identity while providing a familiar environment for your alumni.

Yes, Hivebrite’s Groups feature provides an ideal structure for creating distinct sub-communities for different schools, departments, or programs within your institution. Each group can have its own administrators, custom pages, event calendars, discussion forums, and resource libraries while remaining part of the larger institutional community. Groups can be organized hierarchically to reflect your organizational structure—for example, a Business School group might contain sub-groups for MBA, undergraduate, and executive education programs. Alumni can join multiple groups based on their affiliations and interests. This structure allows for targeted engagement at the departmental level while maintaining a unified alumni experience, striking the perfect balance between specialized content and institutional cohesion.

Yes, Hivebrite’s powerful directory search functionality gives alumni the ability to find and connect with peers using multiple criteria. Alumni can search by traditional parameters such as graduation year, major, or degree program, as well as professional criteria including industry, company, job title, and skills. Location-based searches allow alumni to find peers in specific cities, states, or countries—perfect for networking when relocating or traveling. All search parameters can be combined to create highly specific queries, such as “marketing professionals who graduated between 2010-2015 currently working in Boston.” Institutions can customize which search fields are available and visible based on privacy preferences and strategic goals, ensuring the right balance between connectivity and data protection.

Yes, Hivebrite supports giving campaigns through our dedicated Donations and Fundraising module. Institutions can create and manage multiple campaigns simultaneously, from annual funds to specific initiatives like scholarship drives or capital campaigns. The platform supports campaign pages with compelling visuals, progress thermometers, donor recognition, and impact stories. Peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities allow alumni to create personal fundraising pages to support your institution’s causes, extending your reach through their networks. Time-sensitive campaigns like Giving Days benefit from real-time donation tracking, countdown timers, and matching gift displays. The platform also supports recurring giving programs, tribute gifts, and class giving challenges to drive participation and cultivate a culture of philanthropy among your alumni community.

Hivebrite offers extensive integration capabilities with higher education systems through both native connectors and our comprehensive API. We maintain direct integrations with popular advancement CRMs including Blackbaud (Raiser’s Edge NXT), Salesforce, and Ellucian, allowing for bidirectional data synchronization. For student information systems, we support data imports from Banner, Workday Student, and PeopleSoft. Our open API provides custom integration options for institutions with unique tech stacks or proprietary systems. These integrations ensure alumni data remains consistent across platforms, advancement efforts are coordinated, and the user experience is seamless. Our integration specialists work closely with your IT team during implementation to establish secure data flows that meet your institution’s specific requirements.

Hivebrite’s segmentation capabilities allow institutions to create highly targeted communications based on virtually any alumni data point. You can segment by traditional demographics like graduation year, degree, or geographic location, as well as by engagement behaviors such as event attendance, donation history, or content interaction. Our dynamic segmentation tools automatically update groups as alumni data changes, ensuring your communications always reach the right audience. The platform supports nested segments for complex targeting and the ability to save segments for repeated use. These powerful segmentation tools enable personalized outreach for everything from class reunion invitations to career opportunities in specific industries, dramatically increasing relevance and response rates compared to broad communications.