Stewardship should get easier every year.
Awarded helps colleges and universities honor every gift, streamlining everything from the agreement a donor signs, to ensuring their funds are spent compliantly, to building and sending their personalized impact report.
Trusted by 100+ campuses · Donor Relations Group's favorite tech tool
“I'd love to help first-generation engineering students, especially from Lake County.”Jane Smith, donor
agreement signedevery dollar awardedreport built“Thank you for believing in engineers like me.”
From gift to demonstrated impact.
One connected suite that stewards donor funds end to end. Every product works on its own and gets better together: use the whole platform, or start with the piece you need.
Start with what the donor hopes to make possible
Send a personal digital proposal with video, student stories and giving options, then see when the donor reads it. Their words stay attached to the fund and guide every step that follows.
Explore Digital ProposalsRefine intent into a thoughtful, compliant agreement
AI analyzes your agreements and drafts and recommends edits; internal approvals are tracked; donors sign online.
Tracked, screened and approved in one systemExplore Gift AgreementsConnect your SIS, CRM, ERP data and eliminate your shadow databases
Collect all your fund, financial and donor intent data in one place, and choose who sees what.
All your donor intent, spending and beneficiary data in one placeSee integrationsKnow where every fund stands, all year
Live balances, spending and documentation for every scholarship, professorship and program fund, shared with finance, aid and advancement. Audit 1,000s of funds in minutes against legal, compliance and best-practice checks.
No more spreadsheet requests between officesRun instant fund audits Explore Fund ManagementMatch every restricted dollar to eligible students or expenses
SIS integrations, a student portal for applications, review and scoring workflows, stacked scholarships and swaps.
Every fund spent fully, compliantly and on time, in ~40% less timeExplore Scholarship Awarding
Produce beautiful, branded impact reports
Collect student stories through surveys and portals, automate reminders by text and email, clean up every response, and generate a personalized report for each donor.
Save up to 94% of your time on donor reportingExplore Donor ReportingDeliver reports the way each donor prefers
Track print or digital preference, send by email from Awarded with engagement analytics, batch PDFs for mail, or build a custom microsite.
Print and digital, donors' wayExplore DeliveryEach dot is an hour of reporting work (illustrative)
Partners, not just a platform.
How Clarkson saved enrollment budget and boosted fund utilization in under 12 months.Read the story +$1Mawarding pace, year over year$300Kreallocated to freshman funding+15%fund utilizationAwarded has been a game changer. They feel like partners in our work.Erin Londraville · AVP of Engagement & Operations
Awarded helped us create professional and sophisticated PDFs.
$321Kstagnant funds awarded in the first semester
Switching to Awarded was one of the best decisions the team has taken.
It's just lightyears ahead of what we were doing before.
It's priceless to be able to redefine how we do scholarships.
Everyone here is just tickled to death with you and your product. They can't stop talking good things.
Not just a tool but a partner in our mission.Lynne Wester, Founder, Donor Relations Group
Sync with your SIS & CRM.
Awarded connects with the major SIS and CRM platforms (and many others), so your student, donor and fund data stays up to date without spreadsheets.
proposals
Student information systems
Advancement & donor CRMs
Single sign-on
Events and Webinars
Catch us at a conference near you, or join a webinar from your desk.
Highlighted states are where we'll be in 2027. Select a state to see its events.
- OCT28WebinarThe Year-End Report Card: holiday messages, tax receipts and New Year thank-you lettersWebinar with Lynne Wester, Donor Relations Group · 3:00 PM ETRegister
- NOV19WebinarEscape the Gift Agreement WormholeWebinar with Lynne Wester, Donor Relations Group · 1:00 PM ETRegistration opening soon
- FEB7–9Exhibiting & presentingCASE District I & II Annual ConferenceMarriott Baltimore Waterfront · Baltimore, MDConference details
- FEB21–23CASE District III & IV Annual ConferenceNew Orleans, LA
- MAR8–10CASE District VII & VIII Annual ConferenceVancouver, BC
- APR5–7CASE District V & VI Annual ConferenceMinneapolis, MN
- APR19–21CASE Conference for College & University FoundationsPhiladelphia, PA
- MAY11–14EASFAA Annual ConferenceCape Cod, MA
- MAY12–14CASE Annual Conference for Corporate and Foundation Relations ProfessionalsChicago, IL
- JUN2–4CASE Annual Conference for Donor Relations ProfessionalsNashville, TN
- JUN20–23NASFAA National ConferenceSan Diego, CA
- JUL12–14CASE Summit for Leaders in AdvancementNashville, TN
- SEP21–24ADRP International ConferenceNew Orleans, LA
- SEP28–OCT 1AASP SummitReno, NV
- Dates to be announced
- 2027OCTNSPA Annual ConferenceNational Scholarship Providers Association
- 2027TBAADRP Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regional ConferenceADRP
- 2027TBAADRP Southeast Regional ConferenceADRP
- 2027TBAADRP Midwest Regional ConferenceADRP
- 2027TBACASE Conference for Community College AdvancementCASE
Blog & Best Practices
Setting Up Endowment Spending Policies for Long-Term Sustainability
Endowments are the pool of invested funds, typically seeded by donations from private benefactors, that support an institution's long-term sustainability.
Read Gratitude33 Best Student Gratitude Questions to Transform Your Donor Stewardship Reports
Donors are no longer satisfied with transactional thank-you notes. Here's how to ask students better questions.
Read Scholarship AwardingHow Scholarships Impact University Budgets
Learn how scholarships can impact university budgets.
ReadWhat is scholarship management software?
Scholarship management software helps universities automate matching students to donor-funded scholarships, processing award decisions, verifying compliance, and communicating with award recipients. It replaces manual spreadsheet-based workflows for financial aid offices.
What is donor stewardship reporting software?
Donor stewardship reporting software helps universities generate personalized impact reports for donors who fund scholarships and endowments, showing exactly how their gift made a difference for students.
How does Awarded integrate with Ellucian and other SIS platforms?
Awarded integrates with Ellucian Banner, Ellucian Colleague, Ellucian Ethos, PeopleSoft, Workday and Jenzabar, as well as CRM platforms including Salesforce, Raiser's Edge and Virtuous.
Can Awarded produce both print and digital donor reports?
Yes. Awarded's Donor Reporting Studio supports print delivery, digital delivery, personalized donor microsites and donor portals, all generated automatically from your existing fund and student data.