Gravyty | AI-powered engagement & fundraising for higher ed

Imagine your advancement team just wrapped a record-breaking giving day. The campaign was a success, donor engagement was up, and leadership is thrilled. Then, two weeks later, your Chief Information Officer calls with a problem. A recently departed gift officer’s account was never deprovisioned. For six months, it sat open, with access to thousands of donor profiles, giving ...

The rules changed again. The House v. NCAA settlement now allows schools to pay athletes directly — up to $20.5 million annually — and advancement offices are being asked to help fund that gap.

Total college NIL spending hit $932.5 million in 2025–26. Independent collectives are consolidating as the IRS tightens nonprofit status and direct revenue sharing takes ove...

The 2025-2026 FAFSA cycle produced something the financial aid system had not seen before: over 5 million submissions, a 150% increase over the prior year. Real-time results went live May 31, 2026. Students now see their Student Aid Index and Pell eligibility the moment they submit and begin aski...

The capacity challenge facing financial aid offices in 2026 is not a staffing problem solvable with a hiring plan. It is a structural compounding of simultaneous pressures, each significant on its own, together unprecedented.

Federal support capacity declined sharply. Internal team sizes shran...

Your institution almost certainly has an AI policy covering faculty research, academic integrity, and broad data privacy. What it almost certainly does not cover is what happens when an AI tool tells a student about their loan options, FAFSA status, or aid eligibility in a compliance environ...