The hidden cost of nonprofit administrative work
Within any nonprofit organization, administrative work (i.e, issuing tax receipts, sending out emails and direct mail, maintaining and updating client and sponsor lists, and managing volunteer shifts) can take up a significant amount of time. Days. Or even weeks!
A three-month campaign example: where time vanishes
Let’s say you are kicking off a new fundraising initiative that will run over the course of three months. This program will include your entire tri-county area. This is a huge undertaking for your fundraising department. If we look at all of the questions that must be asked in order to ensure that the right supporters and the right amount of supporters are being solicited, it’s a hefty list:
- How effective were our past fundraising campaigns?
- Are the sponsorship and donor email and phone number lists accurate?
- What supporters do we want to target, and at what time?
- What departments do we need to work with?
- What cities do we gain the most donations from?
- How do we increase leads and donor tracking?
- Is the system we use for these lists as effective as it was last year?
- How do we increase leads and donor tracking?
Why disconnected tools hold nonprofits back
A nonprofit organization seeking to answer these questions and attract more donations and donors will likely have trouble doing so with systems that are not integrated and are completely independent of one another. This is why more and more nonprofits are turning to Smart Automation.
What Smart Automation means at Giveffect
So what exactly is Smart Automation, and what does it mean? At Giveffect, it is about convenience and ease. Anything that happens on a website (donations, sign-ups, peer-to-peer fundraising, scheduling) is automatically entered into the database.
How Smart Automation works in practice
With Smart Automation, Giveffect can automatically log a nonprofit’s online and offline donations, create and distribute customized emails, automatically pull reports using the built-in report-building tools, and update information at the drop of a hat.
Benefits you can measure
That’s why Smart Automation is so important. It integrates all time-consuming work related to donor, volunteer, lead, and contact management into a seamless operation. It saves time on daily administrative tasks and makes nonprofit database maintenance, event management, fundraising, and email marketing efforts less burdensome and more consistent.
Who is using Smart Automation today
And the concept is catching on! Below are just some of the nonprofit organizations from around the country that have invested in Smart Automation technology for their daily administrative needs:
The bottom line
An integrated system that cuts down on the time to complete administrative tasks. More accurate, up-to-date reports. And a streamlined method of maintaining and growing leads. The answer to your nonprofit’s administrative burden is clear, and that answer is Smart Automation.
Next step: see Smart Automation in action
Want to learn more about Smart Automation, Giveffect, and our all-in-one software system? Schedule a strategy call!