New Year Inspiration: The Best of 2015 for Your Best 2016

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New Year Inspiration: The Best of 2015 for Your Best 2016

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Tom Silverman Vice President Global Chapters

Abby Caschetta Account Manager

Meet your hosts

Billy Williams Strategic Partnerships Director

Hope Smith Executive Director

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Table of Contents

BUILDON’S PEER-TO-PEER FUNDRAISING MACHINE

NURU INTERNATIONAL’S SECRET TO RECURRING GIVING

TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE’S FUNDRAISE FOR ENTRY MODEL

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buildOn’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Machine

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OVERVIEW:

• Mission: To break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education

• Campaign: Spread Our Movement, peer-to-peer fundraising

• Campaign Goal:

1. Spread buildOn's movement by reaching new stakeholders

2. Recruit new donors to buildOn

• Total Amount Raised: $120,000

Get to Know buildOn

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BUILDON

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A QUICK BREAKDOWN:

• Student Chapter Networks fundraise as teams

• Each team member commits to raising $2,000

• buildOn provides fundraising resources and guidance

• Fundraisers receive consistent communications throughout the campaign

Campaign Structure BUILDON

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• Provides students with an opportunity to sponsor the construction of primary schools in the developing world

• Gives student chapter networks an easy way to collectively fundraise

• Empowers participants to personalize their fundraising pages

Why peer-to-peer fundraising?

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BUILDON

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Key Communications

• Kicks off the campaign promotion at the annual Global Chapter Conference

• Continues communication with chapter members to encourage participation

• Sends emails and speaks with team members in person to provide tips on how to run a successful fundraising campaign

BUILDON

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BEST PRACTICES:

• Provides support to fundraisers to help them hit their goals

• Sends customized emails unique to a fundraisers progress

• Sends emails designed to celebrate a chapter’s fundraising success when goals are met

• Promotes incentives to encourage students to fundraise

BUILDON

Fundraising Engagement Strategy

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LESSONS LEARNED:

• Peer-to-peer fundraising is an effective way to recruit new donors

• Take the time to provide fundraisers with resources and guidance

• Create a sense of urgency among fundraisers to help them hit their goals

• Use major gifts as fundraising incentives in peer-to-peer campaigns

BUILDON

Key Takeaways

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Nuru International’s Secret to Recurring Giving

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Get to Know Nuru International OVERVIEW:

• Mission: Social venture on a mission to end extreme poverty in remote rural areas

• Campaign: Catalyst, recurring giving program launched in fall of 2014

• Campaign Goal:

1. Rebrand pre-existing recurring giving campaign

2. Give supporters an opportunity to be stakeholders in Nuru’s mission

• Total Amount Raised: $650,000

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NURU INTERNATIONAL

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A FEW REASONS:

• Offers donors another way to give back and focuses on stewardship

• Creates donor connectivity and streamlines donation requests

• Provides steady revenue and more reliable financial projections

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Why recurring giving?

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A QUICK BREAKDOWN:

• Donors choose a community to support

• Donors select a monthly donation value, which corresponds with different levels of impact

• Receive ongoing communications detailing the impact of their monthly gift

Campaign StructureNURU INTERNATIONAL

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• Cultivate the mindset that donors are stakeholders in your mission

• Invite one core group of supporters to join first

• Communicate the impact of a monthly donation right off the bat

Community of Monthly Donors

We have cultivated a mindset that our donors are stakeholders in our mission. In turn, this allows our supporters to have a tangible vision into what Nuru is accomplishing on the ground.” Billy Williams, Nuru International

NURU INTERNATIONAL

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BEST PRACTICES:

• Invite existing recurring donors to join, if you have them!

• Ask one-time donors to get involved in a more tangible way

• Reconnect with donors who have disengaged with your mission and invite them to join

Engagement Strategy NURU INTERNATIONAL

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LESSONS LEARNED:

• Donors want an opportunity to give back in a more tangible and consistent way

• Invite recurring donors to participate in other annual campaigns

• Send donors updates on the impact of their monthly gifts

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NURU INTERNATIONAL

Key Takeaways

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Texas Mamma Jamma Ride’s Fundraise for Entry Model

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Get to Know Texas Mamma Jamma Ride OVERVIEW:

• Mission: Dedicated to raising funds to help families in their local community facing breast cancer.

• Campaign: Texas Mamma Jamma Ride, fundraise for entry to event

• Campaign Goal:

1. Support nine local organizations who help Central Texas families facing breast cancer by providing a range of services for diagnosis, treatment, and care after treatment

• Total Amount Raised: $301,275

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TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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A QUICK BREAKDOWN:

• Fundraise for entry model

• No event registration fee

• Individual riders required to raise a minimum amount to participate in the event

• Decreased the fundraising requirement from years prior — $500 to $300

Campaign Structure TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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• The registration + fundraising model presented challenges (i.e., 100% participation around fundraising requirements)

• Fundraise for entry requires all individual riders to raise a minimum amount

Why fundraise for entry? TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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• Early push for registrations via email and social media at least 5 months in advanced

• Publish 2-3 blog posts per week to reinforce the importance of fundraising

• Send fundraisers weekly recaps linking out to recent blog posts

Key Communications TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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Fundraising Engagement Strategy BEST PRACTICES:

• Provide fundraisers with resources and creative ideas to help them achieve their goals

• Segment communications based on a person’s fundraising progress

• Send emails announcing fundraising incentives for those who have yet to hit their goal

• Target the use of matching pledges based on a person’s fundraising progress

TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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LESSONS LEARNED:

• Fewer people signed up for the event, but those who did were engaged and active fundraisers

• Focus first on the people who can bring the most value to your event

• Set a challenging fundraising minimum

Key Takeaways

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TEXAS MAMMA JAMMA RIDE

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Questions?

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