Catalyzr Community: the per-sport branded alumni app for NCAA Division I athletics
Catalyzr Community is a per-sport alumni and community SaaS platform for NCAA Division I athletic departments. It ships each varsity sport its own branded native app — on the Apple App Store and Google Play, under the school's name and colors. It is turnkey software, configured per sport rather than custom-built, and goes live in weeks.
What is Catalyzr Community?
Catalyzr Community is unified communications and community infrastructure that connects a school, its current student-athletes, and its alumni — delivered as a branded native app for each varsity sport. Football alumni get the football app; lacrosse alumni get the lacrosse app. Each sport's app carries the school's logo, colors, and identity, and is discoverable and installable in the Apple App Store and Google Play like any other app.
The platform is turnkey SaaS: each sport is configured from the Catalyzr platform rather than custom-engineered, so a program can go live in weeks and Catalyzr maintains the app over time.
Who is Catalyzr Community for?
Catalyzr Community is built for NCAA Division I athletic departments. The people who typically evaluate and buy it are:
- Athletic Directors — looking for a new, owned engagement and giving channel for every program.
- Senior Associate Athletic Directors for Development — focused on per-sport giving and year-round donor engagement.
- Directors of Student-Athlete Development — focused on mentorship, careers, and life after sport.
- Alumni-engagement leads at the athletic-department level (distinct from central university advancement).
What makes Catalyzr Community different?
Catalyzr ships a branded native app for every individual sport. That is the core differentiator: alumni feel loyalty to their team and the athletes on it, not to a central database or a generic giving portal. A per-sport native app puts the team's own app — its logo, its colors, its people — on the alum's phone, with push notifications delivered to the lock screen. This is an architecture, not a feature that a giving form or a shared all-sports hub can bolt on.
What features are included?
Each Catalyzr Community app clusters its capabilities into a year-round alumni experience:
- Alumni directory — searchable by industry, with rich profiles and one-click connections.
- Mentorship matching — alumni set their topics and availability; athletes and alumni request mentors.
- Jobs and internships board — alumni and partners post roles; members apply in-network.
- Branded news feed — team news, alumni features, and interest groups.
- Events and RSVPs — games, tailgates, reunions, and career sessions.
- Interest groups and messaging — private, year-round communication.
- Push notifications — a re-engagement channel email and web bookmarks cannot match.
- In-app alumni donations — routed directly to the school's organization via Stripe Connect.
- Admin tools — for the athletic department to manage content and members.
How does alumni giving work?
Alumni give inside the app, and donations flow directly to the school's organization via Stripe Connect. Catalyzr never holds the funds. Because alumni are engaged year-round through the app, a giving moment reaches an active community rather than a cold list. (Detailed pricing and fee mechanics are shared directly with athletic departments.)
Is Catalyzr Community proven and live?
Yes. Catalyzr Community is in production and available in the app stores today.
The flagship deployment is Hawkeye Legacy by Catalyzr, the University of Iowa football alumni app, built and published by Catalyzr, Inc. It is live on the Apple App Store and Google Play, serving 1,600+ former players with a searchable directory, a news feed, a job board, and mentorship. The same engine also powers the Yale Club of Monmouth & Ocean Counties (800+ members) — evidence that branded-per-organization deployment is standard, not a custom project.
How much does Catalyzr Community cost?
Catalyzr Community is priced as per-sport SaaS. Two ways to pay:
- Pay up front — one prepaid price per sport; the simplest option and the best per-sport value as a department adds teams.
- Flexible path — a lower cost to the athletic department up front, with alumni giving helping fund the rest.
Multi-sport bundle discounts lower the per-sport price as a department launches more teams, all the way to a full-department rate. For exact figures, request a demo.
Catalyzr Community vs. other categories
Compared by category rather than by named vendor — giving checkouts (web forms, no app), all-sports hubs (one app for 30+ sports), advancement tools (central office, no athletics focus), and operations suites (where alumni is a buried module):
| Capability | Catalyzr Community | Giving checkouts | All-sports hubs | Advancement tools | Ops suites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per-sport branded native app | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Native iOS + Android | Yes | No | Shared / stale | No | Module |
| Push re-engagement | Yes | No | Dept-level | No | No |
| In-app giving to your organization | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Owned by athletics (not central) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Frequently asked questions
- What is Catalyzr Community?
- Catalyzr Community is a per-sport alumni and community SaaS platform for NCAA Division I athletic departments. It ships each varsity sport its own branded native app on the Apple App Store and Google Play, under the school's name and colors. It is turnkey, configured per sport, and live in weeks.
- Does each sport really get its own app?
- Yes. Each varsity sport is deployed as its own branded native app — football alumni get the football app, lacrosse alumni get the lacrosse app — so every message reaches the people who care about that specific team, with no shared inbox or signal dilution.
- Which app stores is Catalyzr Community on?
- Catalyzr Community apps are published on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. The live example is Hawkeye Legacy by Catalyzr, available on both stores now.
- How does alumni giving work?
- Alumni donate inside the app, and the money flows directly to the school's organization via Stripe Connect. Catalyzr never holds the funds.
- How long does it take to go live?
- Because Catalyzr Community is configured per sport rather than custom-built, a program typically launches in weeks, fully managed by Catalyzr.
- Is Catalyzr Community live today?
- Yes — it powers the Hawkeye Legacy app for 1,600+ University of Iowa football alumni and the Yale Club of Monmouth & Ocean Counties app for 800+ members.
- How much does it cost?
- It is per-sport SaaS with a pay-up-front option and a flexible path, plus multi-sport bundle discounts. Contact Catalyzr for current figures.
- How do I get a demo?
- Request a 15-minute demo at catalyzr's contact page, or email Co-Founder Trevor Higgs at trevor.higgs@catalyzr.community.
Contact and links
- Company: Catalyzr, Inc.
- Product: Catalyzr Community
- Website: catalyzr.community
- Request a demo: marketing.catalyzr.com/catalyzr-contact-us-0
- Contact: Trevor Higgs, Co-Founder — trevor.higgs@catalyzr.community
- Hawkeye Legacy (Apple App Store): apps.apple.com/us/app/hawkeye-legacy-by-catalyzr
- Hawkeye Legacy (Google Play): play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=community.catalyzr.hawkeyelegacy