2. Meet our speakersAbout our Speakers
David Asheim
Founder & CEO
Give by Cell
2
Donna Fisher-Lewis
Senior Development Manager
Congressional Black Caucas
Foundation
Brecka Putnam
Senior Management
CureSearch for Children’s
Cancer
3. About Give by Cell
● Division of Engage by Cell
● Combines mobile
technology & fundraising
strategies
● 7 years experience
● 4,000 Clients
● Text -to - donate
● Mobile Donating
● Content delivery
● Event tools
● Increase donations
by up to 40%
4. 4 Fundraising Services
Mobile Donate
● Use our donation page or yours
● Any $ amount
● Charged to credit card/Paypal
● No eligibility requirements
● DEMO: Text HENRY to 56512
Mobile Pledge
● Any $ amount
● Organization follows up with a
phone call to collect $
● DEMO: Text PLEDGE to 56512
● Generate excitement
● Increase donations
● Thermometer rises with
donation amount
Fundraising
Thermometer
SMS
● Push out text during event
● Donors can join email or text
message list
● Useful for post-event follow-up
5. Problems we typically hear from
our non - profit clients
● Nobody carries a checkbook
● Process to register and check out takes long
● No peer pressure if attendees cannot see the donation amounts
● Calling donors after event to collect not always successful and very
time consuming
6. What we have learned
● More people relying on mobile phone to
○ pay bills
○ buy services
○ and now - to give to your charity!
● Mobile allows you to get people to donate at the instant they are inspired
○ At an event
○ When they receive an email or direct mail piece
○ Via Social Media
○ When you meet in person
● Millennials prefer to give online: 62%*
*2017 Global Trends in Giving Report
9. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit
nonpartisan public policy, research and educational institute that
seeks to advance the global black community.
TEXT MESSAGING
To connect and re-engage
with donors.
MOBILE DONATE
Make donating as easy as
1, 2, 3.
SERVICES USED
SCREENCAST
Watch donations fill
thermometer in real time with
scrolling donor information.
10. Problems CBCF was looking to solve.
Text Messaging For Communication
Improving engagement with audience
Increase Fundraising at Events
Tools to make it easier for donors at
event
Enabling donors to give via mobile
Implementing a mobile giving option
21. CureSearch's mission is to end children's cancer by
driving targeted and innovative research with
measurable results in an accelerated time frame.
SERVICES USED
TEXT MESSAGING
To connect and re-engage
with donors.
MOBILE DONATE
Make donating as easy as
1, 2, 3.
SCREENCAST
Watch donations fill
thermometer in real time with
scrolling donor information.
24. Get other
orgs to help out!
Ask other organizations to display
marketing collateral for your cause.
People want to help your initiative. You
just have to ask!
28. What could
mobile do for you?
What would it mean to raise 20 - 40% more in
donations each year?
How could organization use that money?
What if you could reach out to every attendee
at your event throughout the year?
30. Contact Information
David Asheim
Give by Cell
dave@givebycell.com
(415) 297-6677
Donna Fisher-Lewis
Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation
dfisher-lewis@cbcfinc.org
Brecka Putnam
CureSearch for Children’s
Cancer
brecka.putnam@curesearch.org
31. Upcoming Webinar
How Child Related
Charities are
Increasing Donations
Wednesday, April 24
11 am PST / 2 pm EST
Deborah Stellwagen
Boys & Girls Club Fort Wayne
Kaila Sassano
Partnership for
Drug-Free Kids