Solutions / Alumni & affinity

For alumni who never really "leave."

Built around the lifetime membership model: people who joined once and engage for decades. Class-year structure, regional chapters, reunion logistics, and fundraising appeals grounded in each alum's real history.

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The lifetime model

Why alumni associations are different.

Alumni are not nonprofits, not chambers, not trade associations, yet existing tools force you to pick one of those frames. Sembr is built around the patterns alumni offices actually use.

Class-year as a structured field

Not a tag. Class year, attended year, and degree year are separate fields with their own filter, segment, and report support.

Regional chapters

Each chapter rolls up into the parent or runs as its own micro-site. Class year, region, and affinity group are independently filterable.

Engagement scores

No "lapsed" status that punishes inactive grads. Engagement scores instead, surfacing dormant alumni for outreach prioritization.

Career milestones

Promotions, retirements, awards as engageable events. Mentorship matching with current students or recent grads (Phase 2).

Chapter operations

Each chapter, its own site or a parent rollup.

Some alumni associations centralize all operations. Others give each regional chapter its own brand, board, and event calendar. Sembr supports both with the same data model: chapters are tenants under the umbrella; the umbrella sees a unified directory; chapters see their own slice.

Chapter coordinators get focused dashboards (their members, their events, their funds). Central staff get the full directory plus rollup reporting (total alumni, total dues YTD, total event attendance across chapters).

  • Per-chapter custom domain or sembr.co subdomain.
  • Cross-chapter member transfers when alumni move regions.
  • Parent rollup dashboards (filterable by class year, region, giving tier).
  • Optional chapter-only fundraising campaigns scoped to that chapter's segment.

Built for the long arc of alumni engagement.

10+ yrs
Engagement timeline

Alumni records persist across decades. No "expired" status. Engagement scores ebb and flow.

Multi-chapter
Out of the box

No add-on, no Enterprise tier requirement. Multi-chapter is in the base product.

Privacy-first
Directory

Each alum chooses what is visible to other alumni. Defaults err private.

FAQ

Common questions from alumni directors.

How does class-year structure work in practice?
Class year is a structured field on every alumni record (not a tag), with separate handling for grad year, attended year, and degree year where they differ. You can filter, segment, send to, and report on any cohort by these fields directly.
Can we run separate fundraising campaigns by chapter or class year?
Yes. Campaigns are scoped to any segment: a single class year, a regional chapter, all alumni in a giving range, or a mix. Each campaign has its own goal, dashboard, and donor recognition list.
What about alumni who want to update their record but never log in?
Public update forms (no login) generate a verification email; the alum confirms by clicking a magic link, which gives them temporary write access to their own record. Saves the staff time chasing data updates.
Will the engagement score feel intrusive to alumni?
The score is staff-facing only. Alumni do not see it on the directory or in their portal. It exists to help fundraisers and chapter coordinators prioritize outreach, not to rank graduates publicly.
Can we migrate from Almabase / Switchboard / our homegrown system?
Yes. We support Almabase, Switchboard, and most generic CSV exports. Class year, chapter, giving history, and engagement-related fields all map. Free Concierge migration on annual plans.

Keep your alumni connected for decades.

Free Concierge migration on annual plans. Same data ownership promise as every Sembr tier.

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