The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF) is the nation’s only nonprofit solely dedicated to providing awareness, education, support and research funding to reduce the incidence of brain aneurysms. Much of BAF's funding comes from supporter participation in walk-a-thons and races. Ginny Comstock Tocci, Director of Development and Administration, was looking to increase fundraising results and reduce the administrative effort for her staff.
Business Challenge & Solution
“Much of our event fundraising comes from supporter-organized walks, or individual supporters who run in a marathon or race,” explains Ginny. “We tried using a general online registration site, but without much success. Plus the integration was horrendous! We were also looking to eliminate paper sponsor sheets. We'd have to manually enter all the checks, donor addresses and other hand-written information. As a small office, anything that cuts down on data entry work is very, very valuable to us. When we heard about DonorPages and how it integrates with DonorPerfect Online, we saw that as a perfect fit for us.”
Results
"Our results are leaps and bounds over where we were before DonorPages! In our first year (2008-09), in a tough economy, DonorPages helped keep us level funded from last year – and we still have two months left! Plus those donations come online, and download right into DonorPerfect – we love that! It saves a lot of time and makes our job so much easier!"
Participant Experience & Future Plans
“DonorPages gives our supporters a powerful tool for peer-to-peer fundraising. For example, one supporter sends in occasional checks for $10.00 or so, totalling $150.00 annually. Then she set up her DonorPages site and
raised over $5000! That's an additional $4850 just by giving one donor the tools she needed to become an online fundraiser!”
”Another supporter, running in an Ironman competition,
single-handedly raised $14,351 from 111 donors, using his own DonorPages site” (pictured at left).”
“The integration with DonorPerfect Online is seamless and easy – there's very little work on our part. We're doing all we can to encourage this kind of individual fundraising. Using DonorPages, our supporters are becoming an army of volunteer fundraisers, each working for our mission. We've gotten great results, and I highly recommend DonorPages, especially to anyone using DonorPerfect.”