Challenge

Powell Medical Foundation was looking for a user and mobile-friendly donor management solution with a trustworthy and knowledgeable customer support team. “I looked into 3 database vendors. The main objective was a user-friendly, mobile platform. I wanted a company with a solid support system that was easy for me to use,” said Megan Pfefferle, Executive Director at Powell Medical Foundation.

Solution

After talking to another large medical foundation and hearing how impressed they were with Bloomerang, Megan was excited to get on board. “I spoke with a friend who runs a large medical foundation and they said that they were very impressed with Bloomerang. I absolutely love how easy it is to use and the support team is AMAZING!”

If Megan were to talk to another medical foundation, she would have this to say about Bloomerang: It’s easy to use, the support team is fantastic, and the price point was exactly what we needed.

Results

Since implementing Bloomerang, Powell Medical Foundation has been able to alleviate all of their prior fundraising pain points because they made the switch from “a very old database platform that was not able to update and was extremely time-consuming to use.”

Powell Medical Foundation has benefited from how well Bloomerang fits into and enhances their donor retention and gift development processes with its feature-set, functionality, and integrations. “This is an invaluable tool. The ability to reach donors through the email platform, house all data, and run real-time reports for my board of directors is key. I also love that it integrates with Qgiv which we used for a virtual auction and I had ZERO data entry to do.”

All in all, it’s amazing what an updated, intuitive, and fundraising-focused database can do for the growth of an organization such as Powell Medical Foundation.

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Challenge

KFI was struggling with eTapestry. “It was not easy to use so we were looking to find a more user-friendly database,” said Taylor Jacoby, Operations Manager at KFI.

Solution

Bloomerang was implemented with a custom conversion from eTapestry.

“We use Bloomerang to track our donations, run letters, keep membership records, enter in attendances, run reports, and generate letters.

The conversion from our old database was simple because they came to our office to help and walked us through everything. After they left they were readily available via phone, chat, or email and were very responsive.”

Results

With Bloomerang, KFI is now keeping their membership records clean and tidy, while increasing productivity.

“We get a lot more done since we switched. It has saved us so much time! The letters are so easy and the ‘export to excel’ button for running reports is helpful.

I am so impressed every time I use Bloomerang on how easy it is to navigate! The customer service is absolutely phenomenal.”

They especially love the reporting feature.

“You can see any data you want or need just by setting the filters. It’s very user-friendly!”

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Challenge

Jewish Fertility Foundation was looking for a powerful donor management system that could grow with them and help them get organized. “We grew fast as an organization and had to get organized with our donors and clients,” said Elana Frank, Executive Director and Founder at Jewish Fertility Foundation.

After doing some research for their first database and interviewing people who were using Bloomerang, Elana and her team knew they’d found an affordable solution that could grow with them.

Solution

Jewish Fertility Foundation had finally found an easy-to-learn donor database that could give them more insight into their donors. Collecting and reporting on different areas of fundraising is a breeze with Bloomerang. Elana and her team had found a solution that could help them easily pull up reports that they need for their “board, fundraising, and accounting.” Bloomerang is an evolving, versatile system for a nonprofit’s fundraising needs. “It is catered to not only our donors but board members, clients, and beyond.”

The people at Bloomerang practice what they preach and are knowledgeable about the product and fundraising. Bloomerang takes customer needs into account when building out the product roadmap every year. That versatility plus the experienced customer support staff were another reason why Bloomerang appealed to Elana over other options. “If I can’t figure something out, the customer service chat feature is a lifesaver. If I need something that doesn’t yet exist I know that it will soon.”

Results

Jewish Fertility Foundation has seen several fundraising pain points be alleviated since implementing Bloomerang. One such benefit is that the team now has a better understanding of “who gave what previously and when through which of our contacts.” Plus tracking their constituents and their needs and attributes through reporting is a breeze and has positively impacted their donor retention rate.

At the end of the day, the Jewish Fertility Foundation has been able to fundraise more effectively and the results they’ve seen reflect that. “Before we started with Bloomerang we raised about $8,000 year one, year 2 we raised $38,000, and by year 3 we’re already at almost $180,000 and the year isn’t over.”

It’s amazing what a donor-centric tool built for fundraisers can do for the growth of foundations such as the Jewish Fertility Foundation. “I sure wouldn’t be able to track donations, cultivation, and thank yous without Bloomerang.”

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When you’re a small nonprofit with limited resources, having a donor database that is powerful, yet easy to use is critical.

Matthew Feltrop, Executive Director
The Patachou Foundation,

Note, this video is from 2017. Bloomerang’s brand identity and donor database user interface has changed since then.

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