2. Agenda
• Why Kimbia?
• Competitive Process and Evaluation
• Who is Kimbia?
• Who is Fast Horse?
• Give Local America
• Transition Next Steps
3. Partners on Today’s Call
Bob Ingrassia
Fast Horse Senior Director
Dana Nelson
GiveMN Executive Director
Todd Hauschildt
GiveMN Board Member
Dan Gillett
Kimbia CEO
Conleth O’Connell
Kimbia CTO
4. Technology Committees
• Technology Committee
– Cyndi Lesher, board chair
– Todd Hauschildt, board member
– Jeremy Wells, board member
– Dana Nelson, executive director
– Dan Moore, director of operations and product
– Jen Hauschildt, project manager
• External Advisory Committee
– Wayne Glaus, previous CIO, Deluxe Corporation
– Kelli Crane, previous CTO, LexisNexis
5. Competitive Process
• RFP process ran from mid-December to mid-January
– In-person proposal presentations from eight respondents
allowed for thorough due diligence and discussion of each
prospective solution
– Technology task force rigorously evaluated and debated
each vendor
6. Evaluation Criteria
• Technology
– Overall architecture design and flexibility
– Stability and resiliency of underlying technology infrastructure
• Innovation and Partnership
– Enthusiasm for creating new products and features to connect
more donors to more causes than ever before
– Platform’s ability to fit our current needs as well as power our
strategic plans to ignite generosity and grow giving in Minnesota
• Value
– Ability to offer a comprehensive suite of online donor
engagement tools at a low cost for Minnesota
organizations and donors
7. • Founded in 2007
• Headquartered in Austin, TX
• 36 employees plus 9 outside contractors
• Best in class fundraising platform, supporting
nonprofits (75% in 2013), as well as custom-built giving
day sites (25% in 2013)
• Host multiple Giving Days, including North Texas
($25M raised), Miami, Los Angeles and others
– In 2014, Kimbia will support more than
100 giving events expected to raise well
over $100 million for nonprofit organizations
Kimbia
8. Kimbia’s Mission
To help our customers achieve their mission, we have
transform fundraising through technology and services
that make it easy and fast for you to find, convert, and
retain more of your best donors and supporters.
17. Winner of the
2013 Circle of Excellence Grand Gold Medal
for Innovative Use of Technology in Fundraising
from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Kimbia’s Experience
$7,800,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
18. Kimbia + GiveMN
• Custom-built for
GiveMN and leverages
our omni-channel
fundraising platform
• Secure donation
processing – PCI Level 1
• Focus on making it
simple and quick to
give anywhere and
everywhere
19. Kimbia is Excited!
• Opportunity for us to partner with a
best-in-class organization
• Ability to provide innovative tools to transform
online philanthropy in Minnesota
• Support the incredible nonprofit and school
community in Minnesota and the generosity of
Minnesotans
20. About Fast Horse
• Integrated marketing agency
based in Minneapolis
• Motto: “Big Ideas Trump Big Budgets”
• Strategic planning, branding, positioning
• Content marketing
• Media relations
• Design
• Digital production
21. • The Coca-Cola Company
• Marvin Windows & Doors
• Heineken USA
• Be The Match
• SweeTango apples
• Simon Malls
Fast Horse Experience
22. • Website design
• User experience
• Visual brand
• Communications
Fast Horse + GiveMN
23. • National giving day on May 6
• Encourage donors to give on your GiveMN.org page
• GiveMN will send email to donor list to encourage
giving on May 6
Give Local America
