Case Study4 min read
Higher Education & Financial Analytics

Enhanced donor analytics
and budget planning.

Integrated CRM data into SSRS reports powered by deep historical analysis — putting donor pipeline, gift history, and campaign performance in one place for advancement and finance teams.

Industry
Higher Education
Capability
Financial Analytics · CRM Integration
Stack
SSRS · Cloud DW
CRM · SSRS · Financial Analytics
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Donor pipeline and gift history accessible in one place
Manual spreadsheet reconciliation eliminated between finance and advancement
Budget planning enhanced through historical donor analytics
Live
Campaign performance tracked against plan and prior period

CRM reporting couldn't tell finance and advancement the same story.

The CRM's inbuilt reporting was insufficient for comprehensive funding analysis. Finance and advancement teams relied on manual spreadsheet reconciliation, limiting campaign performance visibility and slowing the budgeting cycle.

Our approach

CRM data, integrated into shared analytics.

Integrated CRM data into SSRS reports powered by deep historical analysis — providing donor pipeline, gift history, and campaign performance in one shared view for advancement and finance teams.

The Technology

Funding visibility for both sides of the table.

Cloud data warehouse integrates CRM and finance data; SSRS delivers the reports advancement and finance teams reconcile against — eliminating manual spreadsheet reconciliation.

SSRSCloud Data WarehouseCRM IntegrationFinancial AnalyticsDonor AnalyticsBudget Planning
Outcomes

From spreadsheet reconciliation to shared funding intelligence.

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Shared funding view

Donor pipeline and gift history accessible in one place for advancement and finance.

No more reconciliation

Finance and advancement work from the same numbers — no manual spreadsheet work.

Live

Campaign tracking

Performance tracked against plan and prior period for course correction.

Smarter budgeting

Historical donor analytics underpin budget planning and ad-hoc queries.

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