Impala for
Higher Education

Streamline prospecting to unlock new opportunities with private foundations.

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Find New Donors

Automatically prioritize prospects who best align with your fundraising goals.

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Leverage Connections

Discover paths to new prospects through existing relationships.

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Maximize Solicitations

Inform your ask with automated suggestions based on first-time grant data.

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Optimize Campaigns

Gain insight at each stage of your capital or comprehensive campaign.

Impala is the best choice for:

Advancement

Foundation Relations

Sponsored Programs

Libraries

Faculty

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Cris Smith

Director of Development

"Impala showed us connections we didn’t even know we had - helping us engage alumni who were in key funding positions."

United States Sports University used Impala’s connection-mapping tools to uncover hidden relationships, re-engage donors, and boost board fundraising—saving 80+ hours per grant cycle and unlocking vital new funding. Read their story!

How it works

1. Explore What’s Possible

Gain insight into the philanthropic landscape around your mission and peers to guide campaign planning and uncover new opportunities.

2. Prioritize the Best Prospects

Build prospect lists for academic units, campaigns, or strategic initiatives—and instantly see which funders align with your campus goals.

3. Unlock Your Network’s Potential

Use the Paths tool to uncover connections to foundations through alumni, trustees, faculty, and advisory councils—turning your university’s network into a strategic asset.

Pricing

Essentials

$0

for all your users, all the time

  • 2.9 million searchable smart profiles with partial access

  • Customize your institution's smart profile to stand out

  • Advanced search filters and actionable insights

  • Access to people and LinkedIn details

  • Unlimited downloadable 990s

  • Save organizations to personalized lists

  • 1 smart prospect list with limited functionality

  • Periodic curated prospect suggestions

  • Basic support via email, resource center, and group office hours

Scholar

$5,000

first user per year, paid annually

Everything in the Essentials Plan, plus:

  • Full access to nonprofit and grantmaker profiles

  • Complete grants data for all organizations

  • Funder Overlap insights for every grantmaker

  • Unlimited smart prospect lists and relationship mapping

  • Funders' contact details (120 email credits/year)

  • Right-sized ask amount recommendations

  • Customizable ecosystem mapping

  • 10,000 annual self-serve data downloads

  • Dedicated Customer Success Manager for onboarding and strategic board mapping

Collegiate

$8,750

3 users, paid annually

Everything in the Scholar Plan, plus:

  • 3 user seats included (with discounted pricing for additional users)

  • Expanded contact details (includes 360 email credits/year)

  • Increased data access (30,000 annual self-serve downloads)

  • White-glove onboarding with a dedicated Customer Success Manager

  • Tailored success plans and quarterly check-ins

  • Annual refresh of board and strategic relationship mapping

Institution

$Custom

Need access across campus?

Custom-built to scale across your entire institution.

Everything in the Collegiate Plan, plus:

  • Additional user seats tailored to your needs

  • Expanded contact details for deeper engagement

  • Higher data download limits

  • Data concierge services for personalized support

  • API integrations for seamless system connectivity

Ideal for decentralized collaboration across Advancement, Foundation Relations, Sponsored Programs, Libraries, Faculty, and more.

 

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