BoostMySchool
Fundraising platform for giving, events, and commerce.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
* | $10.0m | Early VC | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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BoostMySchool provides a SaaS platform specifically designed for K-12 and higher education institutions to manage fundraising and engagement activities. The company was founded in 2017 by CEO Holman Gao and is headquartered in New York. Gao, a software engineer with degrees in Computer Engineering and Mathematics, was inspired to create the platform after facing difficulties when trying to donate to his high school's math team. He aimed to create a more user-friendly way for schools to engage their communities and transact donations.
The company's platform consolidates various fundraising workflows into a single solution, including annual giving, capital campaigns, giving days, events like reunions and golf outings, auctions, and peer-to-peer fundraising. Key features include customizable fundraising pages with live statistics, comment walls, modern payment options like Apple Pay and Venmo, text marketing, and integrations with systems like Raiser's Edge NXT. The business model is tiered, offering 'Essentials', 'Standard', and 'Plus' plans to cater to advancement teams of different sizes, with revenue generated from platform subscriptions and processing fees. The platform serves hundreds of schools across the US, helping them raise over $100 million in the last academic year alone.
In August 2025, BoostMySchool announced it had secured $10 million in a funding round led by High Alpha, with participation from previous investors. This investment is intended to expand the team and enhance the platform's capabilities for K-12 advancement teams. The company has also been part of Blackbaud's Social Good Startup Program.
Keywords: education fundraising, K-12 advancement, school donation platform, higher education giving, event management for schools, capital campaign software, online auctions for schools, peer-to-peer fundraising, donor management, EdTech, FinTech, SaaS, giving days, alumni engagement, fundraising automation, mobile giving, payment processing, school commerce, annual giving campaigns, donor experience