A Look at How One Theater-Based Organization Streamlined Operations and Multiplied Fundraising Using Giveffect
About No Limits for Deaf Children
No Limits for Deaf Children is a nonprofit dedicated to helping deaf and hard-of-hearing youth build confidence, communication skills, and community through theater and education. Based in California, their team runs dozens of public performances, donor events, and fundraising campaigns each year.
“The campaign function has been big for us because we have a lot of events. It’s so easy to put together a campaign and track it and send it out right away. And so that has been a lifesaver for us because we probably have about 20 campaigns going on this year.“
Dr. Michelle Christie
Founder & Executive Director
No Limits for Deaf Children
The Challenge: Slow, Manual Campaign Setup and Donor Management
Prior to adopting Giveffect, No Limits for Deaf Children and Families (NLDCF) grappled with the challenge of managing eight separate software programs for its daily operations and administrative tasks, including Constant Contact for email marketing, Salesforce for its database, Eventbrite for events and ticketing, Blind Acre for web hosting, Network for Good, Bidding for Good, and First Giving.
The constant manual data entry, downloading, and uploading of data between platforms created a disjointed workflow. Gaining a holistic view of organizational data was nearly impossible. Moreover, their choice of tools had a detrimental impact on their web presence. This inefficiency not only drained valuable time and resources but also impeded their capacity to focus on donors, supporters, and overall community impact.
The Solution: One Platform for Fundraising, Events, and Donor Engagement
No Limits For Deaf Children discovered Giveffect’s all-in-one nonprofit platform, empowering them to efficiently manage their operations, streamline fundraising, and enhance data retrieval while benefiting from intelligent automation.
Event and Campaign Creation to Raise More Funds
Using the Giveffect nonprofit fundraising software and campaign pages, NLDCF quickly launched successful campaign pages within a month of adopting the platform. Giveffect enables nonprofits to create branded webpages, or ‘Campaigns,’ for fundraising and volunteer efforts, streamlining revenue generation by allowing supporters to take various actions like purchasing tickets, sponsoring events, bidding on items, or making donations, all from a centralized hub.
Eliminating Manual Data Entry with Advanced Reporting
Giveffect’s advanced analytics and reporting tools empower NLDCF to easily generate reports on volunteer hours, job data, donations, annual donor support, and the success of fundraising campaigns year after year. This streamlines information retrieval across the organization and saves valuable time, eliminating manual data transfer, searching across platforms, or reformatting spreadsheets. Giveffect’s robust reporting and querying capabilities enable rapid and comprehensive searches through thousands of records in seconds.
Smart Automation to Save Time & Process Data
Giveffect’s proprietary Smart Automation connects all of Giveffect’s 10 systems to communicate with one another so that NLDCF automates processes and connects data, actions, and tasks throughout the software suite. This saves the organization time and errors that could occur from manual data entries.
The Results: 123 Campaigns and $1.5M Raised in a Single Year
Since switching to Giveffect, NLDCF streamlined operations, eliminating manual data entry. They ran 123 campaigns, raising $1.5 million compared to their $290,000 campaign goals. Additionally, they received 5,758 donations through Giveffect since 2016, totaling over $8 million in revenue.
Key Takeaway for Nonprofits
Growth doesn’t require a huge team; it requires the right tools. With an integrated nonprofit CRM like Giveffect, your organization can eliminate busywork, engage donors more effectively, and scale your fundraising efforts with ease.