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The Midwest “Meeting of the Minds” Conference benefits greatly from the support of our sponsors. They help to keep the conference affordable for our attendees, and we greatly appreciate their involvement. Here are our 2026 sponsors:
Presenting Sponsors:
GetThru helps colleges and universities engage alumni, donors, students, families, and other constituents through personalized peer-to-peer texting and calling. Whether you’re running an annual giving campaign, promoting an event, conducting stewardship outreach, or recruiting volunteers, GetThru’s platform makes it easy to connect with the right people through meaningful conversations that inspire action.
GiveCampus is the world’s leading digital fundraising and volunteer management platform for nonprofit educational institutions. Trusted by more than 1,500 colleges, universities, and K–12 schools, our mission is to advance the quality, affordability, and accessibility of education. We provide software, services, and expertise that help schools raise more money from more people at a fraction of the cost of other fundraising methods. Since 2015, the GiveCampus platform has facilitated more than $6 billion in charitable giving. For more information, visit go.givecampus.com.
EverTrue is a philanthropy-first intelligence platform that helps fundraising teams turn data into action and build meaningful donor relationships. Built for nonprofits, healthcare, and educational institutions, EverTrue combines AI-powered insights with solutions for portfolio management, outreach, and stewardship—delivered through Signal, DonorSearch, ThankView, Pledgemine, Balance, and Impact—so teams know who to engage, how to engage them, and what to do next. More than a platform, EverTrue is a growth partner, helping organizations move beyond transactions to unlock the person behind the profile and drive long-term philanthropic impact.
Vanillasoft, the industry’s most successful donor engagement platform, helps fundraising teams engage millions of supporters and alumni every month. VanillaSoft’s flexibility supports any fundraising campaign design, ensuring the best possible experience for donors and fundraisers. Used in-house or with remote teams, VanillaSoft empowers fundraisers to interact with donors more consistently, across more channels (phone, email, SMS, social, direct mail, video), and generate more donations. Globally, thousands of users employ VanillaSoft’s queue-based prospecting engine and intellective routing to implement engagement cadence automation resulting in substantial gains in speed, persistency, productivity, and gifts-per-fundraiser. To learn more, visit www.vanillasoft.com.
Sleek Consulting is a premier Salesforce partner specializing in modernizing advancement technology for nonprofits, higher education, and healthcare. With 20+ years of advancement strategy expertise and 250+ implementations, Sleek helps fundraising and engagement teams craft the donor experience needed to maximize participation and exceed their goals. We are experts in Salesforce Education Cloud and Nonprofit Cloud.
Mongoose is the leading Conversation Intelligence Platform (CIP). We empower institutions with AI-driven insights to build trust, foster personalized, compliant communication, and engage at scale. Trusted by over hundreds of institutions, Mongoose drives 100 million connections annually, strengthening relationships across the student lifecycle.
Sponsors:
Heller Consulting has been helping advancement leaders make the most of their fundraising technology for over 30 years. From core technology solution selections to CRM implementations (Salesforce, Kindsight Ascend, Raiser’s Edge), AI strategy, and data support, Heller is the most experienced partner for nonprofit, education, and healthcare organizations. teamheller.com
JHL Advance, a division of JHL Digital Direct, provides data-driven direct mail and personalized print solutions designed to help advancement offices and nonprofits maximize donor engagement and boost fundraising conversions. Led by experienced veterans in advancement, data, and production, JHL combines your mailing list and graphic layout with state-of-the-art variable digital printing to deliver highly customized annual giving appeals, stewardship campaigns, and specialty mailings. By optimizing postal logistics to minimize postage costs, JHL enables schools and nonprofits of all sizes to efficiently convert prospective donors into loyal supporters with maximum speed and measurable return on investment.
Double the Donation helps colleges, universities, and other mission-driven organizations grow fundraising results by making workplace giving easier for donors to identify and act on. Our platform uncovers alumni, donor, and volunteer eligibility for corporate matching gifts, volunteer grants, and payroll giving programs, then guides supporters to their employer-specific next steps through automated outreach and seamless integrations. For advancement teams, that means a more effective way to increase participation, strengthen donor engagement, and generate additional revenue from existing supporters.
Founded in 1980, Zenger Group has grown from a modest storefront print shop to a modern and innovative force with a national presence in the graphic communications print and direct mail industry. Zenger Group employs over 120 graphic arts operators, technicians and professionals across three production facilities.
Beth Interactive is a digital-first philanthropy and communications agency based in Chicago, specializing in higher education, independent schools and health care. As a team of passionate storytellers and data nerds, we partner closely with our clients to engage donors and increase giving through intelligent strategies, thoughtful implementation and full-service support.