GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS

GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Coleman Watts

End-user and Developer

Woolman Sierra Friends Center

http://woolman.org

If it weren't for CiviCRM we'd be using at least 5 different
systems for Woolman: one for donor management, another for email newsletters, a third for our school enrollment, a fourth for our summer camp registration, and then a whole bunch of spreadsheets for keeping track of things like event attendance, prospective students, CSA memberships, etc. And of course none of those systems would talk to each other or make it possible to get a whole picture of the many ways one person might participate in our education center's activities. Migrating all of our scattered data and disparate systems to CiviCRM was a long and challenging process, but the results have been more than worth it. Our ability to track and report on our programs has improved dramatically, while the burden on staff to do data entry has been greatly reduced, and our participants are happy that they can now register/enroll online rather than mailing or faxing paper forms.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Robin Tombs

Supporter

Zing

http://www.zing.uk.com

Zing is a user of Civi software.
Zing wants to see more NFPs use Civi software.
Zing is helping fund further Civi software development and outreach.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Paul Delbar

Implementor, Developer

delius

http://www.delius.be

CiviCRM is a viable alternative for small and medium-sized non-profits.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Amy Bucaida

Administrator

Missouri Credit Union Association

http://www.mcua.org

We are a full CiviCRM install with Drupal.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Kasia Wakarecy

Administrator, Implementator, Developer, End-user

Freeform Solutions

http://www.freeformsolutions.ca

Freeform Solutions uses CiviCRM for our internal CRM. We are also a NFP IT support organization and we implement CiviCRM for NFP organizations we work for because we find that CiviCRM is the best open source CRM out there.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Yashodha Chaku

CORE TEAM MEMBER

WEB ACCESS INDIA PVT. LTD.

http://webaccessglobal.com

Its great to work on a project that has a profound impact on non profits. I am very excited about the work we do on CiviCRM which involves building on each other's ideas to create best of breed solutions for non profits. The fact that CiviCRM is an open source project with an amazing community and dedicated developers is an icing on the cake.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Pablo Sullivan

Administrator, End-user

Movimiento por la Paz -MPDL-

http://www.mpdl.org

We needed a CRM, found CiviCRM and fell in love with it :). We're starting with 4.3, we hope we can be of some help for future updates.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Lisa Hubbert

94110

Creative Arts Charter School, SFArtsED

http://www.sfartsedsummer.org

Online donations, class registration, school tour registration, online enrollment applications, volunteer hour tracking, organization directories
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Micah Lee

Developer

Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org

I work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We switched to CiviCRM so that we could be sure that our membership data stays safe, secure, and private. Now we have control over our CRM and can customize it to work for our needs.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Brylie Oxley

End-user and Developer

Woolman Sierra Friends Center

http://woolman.org

Working with CiviCRM enriches our commonwealth. Any investment in CiviCRM is
shared by the community as a whole. Community organizations naturally complement the spirit of Free/Libre Software.
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Allen Gunn

Ally, FanBoy

Aspiration

http://aspirationtech.org/

By giving the nonprofit sector a values-driven, free/open source solution for CRM needs!
GROWING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
Close
Luciano Spiegel

Developer & Implementator

IXIAM

http://www.ixiam.com

It's all about community. I love the CiviCRM philosophy and in IXIAM, we are trying to expand the spanish speaking community in Spain and Argentina

You are here

Home » [title]

Art for Impact

Art for Impact - Ticket Sales and Donations
Art for Impact
Vancouver
Canada
See map: Google Maps
Features Deployed:
  • Association Member Management
  • Constituent Contact Management
  • Contributions
  • Donor Management
  • e-Communications
  • Events
  • Reporting

Art for Impact is a small arts-based nonprofit organization that celebrates the power of art for social change.  They do this through hosting interdisciplinary art events that are focused on raising awareness and support for other nonprofits doing powerful work across the world.  

As an arts group that raises funds by selling tickets to events, AFI has used a number of different services - EventBrite, Brown Paper Tickets, and so forth.  Following an unfortunate experience with one provider and a bounced cheque payment, AFI explored alternatives.  The Incipe Cooperative was able to leverage a CiviCRM installation in short order, allowing AFI to set up a CiviCRM event, sell tickets through the online interface, and quickly transition a mailing list numbering in the multi-hundreds to a CiviCRM group that allowed for CiviMail distributions.

The flexibility of CiviCRM to allow for online donations, mailings, contact management, event management, and so much more has provided AFI a set of tools that would otherwise be worth many tens of thousands of dollars.  

AFI's first event using CiviCRM was a smashing success, and raised nearly two thousand dollars in one night - including donations facilitated by CiviCRM that would not necessarily have been forthcoming otherwise.

The Promise:

The intitial promise of this project was event management - pure and simple. AFI was looking for a replacement for other ticketing solutions.

The Challenge:

The biggest challenge was data transition - the organization was moving from a myriad of other data management solutions to one centralized solution, meaning that data needed to be transitioned.

The CiviCRM Solution:

Other CRMs were evaluated, but CiviCRM won out because of the consultant's experience with the software and the cost factor. 

Project Team:

The project team was made up of an Incipe Cooperative consultant and representatives from the client.

More on the Success of this Organization:
http://artforimpact.ca
The Team:
https://incipe.ca
Key Functionality:

The event management functionality was the key driver behind the project; contributions, communciations, and contact management were all additional perks.

Modifications and Modules:

Normal CiviCRM modules were deployed on a Drupal install.  No modifications to Drupal or the CiviCRM modules were needed, though extensive theme configuration was required.

Server & Hosting Requirements:

We provided AFI with a shared Civi install on a VPS.

Benefits To The CiviCRM Community:

Through our experimentation with CiviCRM, we were able to contribute back support through the forums to other users who were using the software in a similar use-case scenario.  We are also monitoring the CiviBoxOffice module development and providing testing support where possible.