Non-Profit

Non-Profit Organization Surpasses Goals: +12% Giving Tuesday Lift & +50% Donation Growth

Challange

A globally recognized non-profit organization needed to drive donation growth at scale while staying efficient during peak moments like Giving Tuesday and year-end. The challenge was reaching high-value donor audiences, 65+, affluent, education-focused, and converting them across a fragmented, non-linear journey.

The main goals were:

  • Balance awareness and conversion across channels
  • Engage high-value donors, not just volume
  • Maximize performance during peak donation windows

Strategy

We executed a full-funnel omnichannel approach, aligning each channel to its role in the donor journey.

Search

Capture high-intent demand + drive high-value donations

Social

(Meta, YouTube)
Scale reach + engage priority audiences

Programmatic

(Display, OLV, Native)
Build awareness + drive incremental impact

Key execution tactics focused on efficiency and timing:

  • Site retargeting + lookalike audiences to improve performance
  • Phased ramp-up into Giving Tuesday and year-end
  • Donor-first creative (urgency + impact messaging)
  • Real-time optimization to maximize results

This ensured channels worked together to expand reach, reinforce messaging, and convert demand across the funnel.

Results

$150K+

revenue driven by Paid Search

$151K

incremental revenue generated

$111K+

revenue from Programmatic

+50%

increase in monthly donations (omnichannel vs. search-only)

Peak performance exceeded expectations:

+12%

over Giving Tuesday goal ($241K vs. $216K)

775%

increase in social conversions leading into peak donations timeframe

Each channel played a distinct role in driving impact:

Search

Highest volume + highest donation value (~$288)

Programmatic

Increase in social conversions leading into peak donations timeframe

Social

Scaled reach with 288 donations

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