Impala for Higher Education

Trusted by higher education

Find New Donors

Automatically prioritize prospects who best align with your fundraising goals.

Leverage Connections

Discover paths to new prospects through existing relationships.

Maximize Solicitations

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

Optimize Campaigns

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

Impala is the best choice for:

Advancement

Foundation Relations

Libraries

Faculty

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

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