This document provides an overview of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising. It explores different event types, provides tips on building a case and strategy, and how to market events. The presentation aims to help organizations leverage these tools to engage new audiences, raise more money, and drive participation through compelling campaigns. Attendees learn best practices from successful examples and gain insights on metrics to measure impact.
4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Overview of
Crowdfunding and Peer
to Peer Program
Interaction between
participants to explore
diverse needs
Identify success factors
for YOUR Crowdfunding
or Peer to Peer Program
5. Poll Time
At your organization
A. Board members are pounding down my
door, carrying the “we need to crowdfund”
banner
B.Leadership says “huh?” to crowdfunding
C. We’re all in! Show us!
D. Crowdfunding sails hoisted! We’re sailing
full steam ahead.
7. KIMBIA IS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN
CROWDFUNDING EVENTS
Helping 19,000+ nonprofits since 2007
7of the 10 largest crowdfunding events
Delivered through patented widget
technology
Focused on producing the optimal donor
experience
Higher conversion rates in A/B tests versus
competitors
Portable, scalable and easy to integrate with
CRM, CMS, Email and other software tools
• Giving Days
• Online Donations
• Event Registration
• P2P & Team Raising
• DIY Fundraising
8. SWARTHMORE
COLLEGE
RAISED
April 4, 2014
$400,000
NOTRE DAME
RAISED
April 27, 2014
$900,000
UNIVERSITY OF
SYDNEY
RAISED
April 4, 2014
$900,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
RAISED
April 30, 2014
$1,100,000
BOSTON FOUNDATION
RAISED
$1,100,000
TRINITY COLLEGE
RAISED
April 29, 2015
$2,000,000
GIVE RICHMOND
RAISED
September 17-18,
2014
$1,600,000
SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
RAISED
May 6, 2014
$2,100,000
SAN ANTONIO
FOUNDATION
RAISED
May 5, 2015
$4,300,000
SARASOTA CF
RAISED
May 6, 2014
$3,100,000
LANCASTER CF
RAISED
November 21, 2014
$4,500,000
MIAMI FOUNDATION
RAISED
November 3, 2014
$5,200,000
UC-BERKLEY
RAISED
November 20, 2014
$5,300,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
RAISED
April 29, 2015
$13,700,000
PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
RAISED
May, 15, 2014
$7,700,000
RECENT CROWDFUNDING EVENTS
9. PURDUE UNIVERSITY
RAISED
April 29, 2015
$13,700,000
MINNEAPOLIS / ST.
PAUL
RAISED
November 12, 2014
$18,200,000
DALLAS / FT. WORTH
RAISED
September 18, 2014
$26,100,000
RECENT CROWDFUNDING EVENTS
10. AMERICAN RED
CROSS
RAISED
JUNE 2, 2015
TBD
PROJECT HOPE
RAISED
JUNE 10, 2015
AUTISM SOCIETY
RAISED
2015
TBD TBD
NEW CROWDFUNDING EVENTS FOR 2015
11. We help nonprofits leverage technology to:
• Reach more people
• Raise more money
• Drive more engagement
Our solutions consist of a mix of:
• Strategic Consulting
• Creative & Interactive Services
• Platform Expertise
• Boundless Fundraising™
12. More awareness, supporters, engagement, and
donations, this is what nonprofits need to fulfill their
mission and what Charity Dynamics delivers.
14. WHY CROWDFUNDING
AND PEER TO PEER?
• It’s here to stay
• Drives significant new
revenue
• Recruits new, high value
donors – up to 60%
• Engages major donors
• Sustainability
15. $ Improved ROI
Active: Strong offer for active donors
Lapsed: Great reactivation tool for lapsed donors
New: 20%+ of responses come from new donors
Middle: Many donors upgrade to mid-level giving
categories
Major: Great opportunity to engage major donors
for matching funds
Corporate: Engagement on multiple levels: event sponsorship,
employee giving, matching funds
EFFECTIVE FOR ALL LEVELS OF THE
GIVING PYRAMID
16. Individual as driver
Network fundraising by
individuals via their network
for a cause.
Cause or Issue as driver
Network fundraising by
individuals toward a time-
sensitive, goal-oriented
project or cause.
PEER TO PEER CROWDFUNDING
• May be used interchangeably in
some contexts
• Each may contain an element
of the other or be a component
of the other
• Evolving practice—confusion of
terminology and application
17. Individual as driver
Network fundraising by
individuals via their network
for a cause.
Cause or Issue as driver
Network fundraising by
individuals toward a time-
sensitive, goal-oriented
project or cause.
PEER TO PEER CROWDFUNDING
• Maybe be used
interchangeably in some
contexts
• Each may contain an element
of the other or be a component
of the other
• Evolving practice—confusion of
terminology and application
18. Individual as driver Cause or Issue as driver
PEER TO PEER CROWDFUNDING
EXAMPLES
• Event fundraising
• Annual campaign
fundraising
• DIY
• Endurance
• Tributes
EXAMPLES
• Giving Days
• Project based
fundraising
• Emergency fund
campaigns
26. Poll Time
What are your specific needs for launching a
crowdfunding or peer to peer program?
A.Money, money, money, money! That’s some
fine looking ROI.
B.New audiences. Millennials and digi-
boomers! Gimme!
C.Everyone else is doing it. I wanna be part of
the pack.
D. All of the above, duh.
27. In Person
Activity
Community
Engagement
One-Time or
Evergreen
Competitive Staff/Volunteer
Commitment
Revenue
Potential
Peer to Peer
Celebrations No No Evergreen No Low Moderate
Athletic Events Yes Sometimes Both Sometimes Medium Moderate
Tributes and Memorial Pages No No Evergreen No Low Moderate
Crowdfunding
Giving Days Sometimes Yes One-Time Sometimes High High
Projects and Ventures No No One-Time No Low Moderate
Emergency Response No Sometimes One-Time No Low High
EXPLORING
DIFFERENCES
30. • Major Donors
• First Time Donors
• Influencers
• How will this program
allow you to reach a
previously
underserved donor
segment?
DEFINE YOUR AUDIENCE
31. • How you solve a
problem
• Why you
• Show impact
• Use the language of
your supporters
• Highly visible
COMPELLING VALUE
PROPOSITION
32. • Sci-Port received 156
gifts totaling over
$107,000 during Give
Local America
• They were third overall
in dollars raised
COMPELLING VALUE
PROPOSITIONS PAY OFF
33. SET EXPLICIT,
MEASURABLE GOALS
Set SMART Goals: specific, measurable,
attainable, relevant and time-bound
• What is your overall fundraising goal?
• Are those goals realistic and
attainable?
• Are they relevant to your
Crowdfunding event?
• Can you set goals for specific times of
the day?
34. Peer to Peer
Average Emails Sent per
Participant – 23 to 54
Dollars Raised per
Participant - $450 to $1005
Average Number of Gifts per
Participant - 7 to 13
Crowdfunding
15% to 30% of those who
give are new donors
25% to 35% of traffic from
mobile
3x to 5x ROI for smaller
organizations
Sources:
The 2013 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study
Kimbia Client Results
BENCHMARKS
35. When it comes to measuring the impact of our
campaigns:
A.Our organization is great at tracking all
campaign results, event and otherwise. Google
Analytics, we’ve optimized it!
B.We have pretty good insight into our
performance, but we know there’s always
more to find.
C.Sigh. More data more problems.
Poll 3
37. • Crowdfunding and peer to peer fundraising
vehicles are new to constituents and to your
organization
• Brand the program in a distinctive way that shows
constituent empowerment, community
• myHumane
• Panda Nation
• Give Local America
BRAND YOUR EVENT
38. • Protects your brand
• Provides you with donor data
• Features real-time leader boards
• Makes forms easy to share
• Gives you peer-to-peer functionality
• Offers mobile-responsiveness
• Reduces form abandonment
• Assures scalability
• Includes multi-currency, multi-language and multi-country
settlement
CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A PLATFORM
39. • Optimize forms for conversion and
reducing friction
• Provide clear, prominent calls-to-
action
• Make forms easy-to-use
• Keep forms short
• Prominently feature your
crowdfunding event
• Give contextual reasons to give
• Provide suggested donation
amounts
• Mobile-optimize your site
The University of Maryland featured
personal video stories of scholarship
recipients alongside donation forms
40. • Assign a project
manager
• Publicize all tasks
• Educate volunteers,
chapter and affiliate
leadership, and
programs about
program
ALIGN STAKEHOLDERS
42. Your plan should include:
• Target audience
• Best channels to reach audience
• Messages that resonate
• Target number of impressions
• Monitor and measure
• Two-way communications
STRATEGIC PROMOTION
43. Recruitment
• Typically targeted to the
widest audience possible
including your overall
housefile
• Can include paid advertising
• Primary action is to
participate and/or become a
fundraiser
Engagement
• Typically targeted ONLY to
participants and fundraisers
• Primary action is to become
a better fundraiser with best
practices, tip and tricks for
raising more
2 TYPES OF MESSAGING
44. • Get creative with your
communications
• Recruit online ambassadors
• Incentivize healthy competition
• Customize messaging
• Communication and social
media training is critical
PROVEN PRACTICES
45. • Leverage social media to
amplify buzz and
outreach:
• Use tracking codes to
measure effectiveness
• Build a “spread the word”
page
• Leverage Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Vine,
and others
SOCIAL MEDIA
51. Miriam Kagan Senior Principal
• Kimbia
• miriam@kimbia.com
Matthew Mielcarek VP of Strategy & UX Design
• Charity Dynamics
• matt@charitydynamics.com
CONTACT INFORMATION
Editor's Notes
It’s here to stay. The 2015 Estimate for Crowdfunding is $15 Billion
Nonprofits benefit significantly. Social causes represented 30% of the $5 billion total crowdfunding revenue in 2013
High Value Donors. Online-acquired donors who give to and share your mission across many channels have the highest lifetime value
Major Donors. In 2013 more baby boomers gave online than via direct mail
Sustainability. Control of major institutions and an estimated $40-trillion will be passed to next generation donors, the children and grandchildren of baby boomers
A strong value proposition answers the question, “Why should I donate money or time to help you today?” It must be clear, concise, easy to understand and:
A strong value proposition answers the question, “Why should I donate money or time to help you today?” It must be clear, concise, easy to understand and:
To protect your brand and optimize your results, make sure your crowdfunding platform/vendor:
Represents your brand, not your vendor’s
Gives you all your donor data and does not market to your donors
Includes real-time leader boards to foster competition
Enables donation/registration forms to be easily shared
Provides hassle-free team and peer-to-peer functionality
Is mobile-responsive out of the box
Reduces donation form abandonment
Is scalable enough to handle hundreds of donations/second
Handles multi-currency, multi-language and multi-funds flow