Your alumni network is the asset. Scout makes it searchable.

Advancement teams sit on one of the most valuable networks in the world — yet the average gift officer visits only half their portfolio each year. Scout maps the team's combined relationships and the open web so every prospect comes with a warm path to the door.

The hardest part isn't knowing what you need.

It's knowing who already has a relationship that opens the door.

37% of assigned prospects are considered truly qualified to give by gift officers. RNL Survey

84% of B2B decision-makers start the process with a referral, not cold outreach. Harvard Business Review

92% of major gift officers want to spend their time differently than they do today. RNL Study

1–5% average response rate on cold emails — warm intros see 40–60%. Metal Research

Live web data + your team's network, in one search.

Six capabilities. Every prospect comes with a warm path.

1. Live web intelligence
   Scout crawls open-web signals — career changes, fundraises, public appearances — and matches them against your prospect list in real time.

2. Relationship graph
   Email, calendar, and LinkedIn data become a searchable graph of who knows whom on your team — by tie strength, recency, and direction.

3. Team network pooling
   Every advancement officer's network is searchable across the team. Pool the whole department's relationships into one graph, with consent and access controls.

4. Live criteria scoring
   Score prospects against your criteria as you describe them in plain English. Rank by capacity, interest, fit, and warmth in one query.

5. Warm intro paths
   Every prospect comes with a verified warm-intro path — colleague, faculty member, board member — not just a wealth rating and a mailing address.

6. Privacy-first design
   FERPA-aware, role-based access, and full audit logs. Sensitive relationship data stays within your institution's policy boundary.

Search. Match. Warm intro.

1. Describe who you need
   Tell Scout what you're looking for in plain English — major gift prospects in pharma, alumni founders for an advisory panel, hiring managers in finance. No taxonomy required.

2. Scout searches & scores
   Scout searches the open web and your team's network in parallel, scoring every match by capacity, fit, and warmth path before showing you the list.

3. Reach out through a warm door
   Click a prospect and see who on your team can introduce you. Drafted intro request, suggested context, sent in the channel that already exists.

One platform. Every advancement use case.

1. Major gift prospecting
   Find alumni donors with the means and the relationship — surface who on your advancement team has the warmest path to every prospect, before the first reach-out.

2. Advisory boards & speakers
   Recruit advisory members, commencement speakers, and panelists from alumni who already trust your brand. Search by role, sector, and second-degree connections.

3. Student placement & mentorship
   Match students with alumni mentors who hire from your school. Career services teams source warm intros at scale, not one inbox at a time.

4. Research & industry partners
   Find corporate partners for sponsored research, internships, and joint programs. Pool your faculty's networks — Scout maps the path to every decision-maker.

Bring your team's network into focus.

We'll walk you through how Scout maps your team's relationships, surfaces alumni prospects, and turns the open web into a real-time signal feed for advancement.