Prepared for Flagstaff Festival of Science · September 30, 2026

Turn 16,000 festival friends
into lifelong donors.

A unified giving platform for Flagstaff Festival of Science: one home for donors, sponsors, event attendees, and volunteers, with built-in AI that flags exactly who to reach out to next.

Business objective

Grow annual giving from $200K to $300K

Fund the new Women in STEAM awards ceremony launching spring 2027 and sustain the development role added this April, without adding more hours to Elizabeth's week.

Your Mission, Multiplied

For 37 years, the Festival of Science has delivered the Best 10 Days of the Year, over 100 free events reaching more than 16,000 people, without ever charging admission. That reach is the Festival's biggest asset, and right now most of it never becomes a donor record.

Bloomerang's average client fundraising lift is 47%. Applied to your current $200,000 base, that is roughly $94,000, nearly the entire $100,000 you're aiming to add next year.

Clients also report real time back from automated reporting. Even 15 hours a month reclaimed from cross-referencing Charityproud, Eventbrite, and GetResponse by hand is time Elizabeth could put straight into launching the Women in STEAM ceremony.

37
Years of free science education
16,000+
People reached every year
100+
Free events in the 10-day Festival

Why now

Your busiest week just created your biggest opportunity.

The 10-day Festival's kickoff night alone drew about 800 free RSVPs this year, on top of the 16,000 people the Festival reaches annually. None of them are in Charityproud yet, and that list only gets colder as giving season and the spring Women in STEAM launch approach.

Why change

Four systems, no bridge between them.

Charityproud holds your donors, Eventbrite holds free event RSVPs, GetResponse holds about 2,000 newsletter contacts, and Auctria holds the Fete auction, four places with no way to tell whether a free-event attendee is also a donor. Identifying new donors isn't hard, Elizabeth says, it just takes forever.

Why Bloomerang

One home for every relationship, plus an assistant who already did the analysis.

Bloomerang unifies the CRM, event and auction tools, and email marketing the Festival runs separately today, then layers in Penny and predictive donor intelligence to flag who is ready for a bigger ask before your team has to go looking.

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Discovery · September 15, 2026 Watch
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Madalyn Kiewiet
Prepared for you by
Madalyn Kiewiet
Account Executive, Team Bloomerang

Hi, I'm Madalyn, your Bloomerang Account Executive. I started my own career in the nonprofit world too, in arts education at the Arizona Opera and fundraising for the ASU Foundation, so I know firsthand what it's like to wear every hat at once. I can't wait to help the Festival of Science spend less time compiling reports and more time building what's next.

madalyn.kiewiet@bloomerang.com

Prepared for Flagstaff Festival of Science · September 30, 2026

Turn 16,000 festival friends
into lifelong donors.

A unified giving platform for Flagstaff Festival of Science: one home for donors, sponsors, event attendees, and volunteers, with built-in AI that flags exactly who to reach out to next.

37
Years of free science education
16,000+
People reached every year
100+
Free events in the 10-day Festival
94%
Bloomerang renewal rate
"Identifying new donors isn't hard, it just takes forever."
Elizabeth Vogler, Executive Director, Flagstaff Festival of Science

The fragmented stack problem

Five tools. Zero integration.
One overwhelmed team.

Without Bloomerang, Flagstaff Festival of Science needs separate systems for every function. None of them talk to each other.

🗂️
CRM
$1,200 to $2,400
Charityproud
✉️
Email Marketing
$300 to $600
GetResponse
🎟️
Event & Auction Tools
$375 to $750
Eventbrite + Auctria
💰
Wealth Screening
$4,000
DonorSearch direct
📊
Reporting / AI
$600+
Add-on tools
Up to $8,350/yr
in separate tools → Integrations that break.
Data that doesn't talk. → Elizabeth managing
five systems alone.

Interactive ROI calculator

Move the sliders. See the future.

Seeded with Flagstaff Festival of Science's actual numbers. Adjust to match your goals.

Your inputs

Current annual giving$200,000
New donor relationships captured from festival attendees (annually)300
Major gift prospects3
Peer-to-peer campaign participants (annual)25
Average raised per P2P participant$150
Auction & gala revenue processed through Bloomerang (annual)$30,000
Hours saved per month on manual reporting and donor research15
Value of an hour of staff or volunteer time$35
Based on Bloomerang client averages: 47%+ fundraising lift, 154%+ first-time donor retention, 13%+ major gift growth.
Projected Year One total
$361,050
After your Bloomerang investment
Fundraising lift (47%)
+$94,000
Conservative estimate
Major gift potential
$15,000
Avg $5K per prospect
Peer-to-peer revenue
$3,750
New channel, Premium Fundraising Suite
Auction & gala revenue
$30,000
Managed through Bloomerang instead of Auctria
Staff time reclaimed
$6,300
15 hrs per month at $35 per hour
New donor capture value
+$12,000
First gifts from newly captured attendees
ROI on your Bloomerang investment
39 to 1
Modeled on Intelligent Giving Platform Pro at 5,000 contacts

IGP · Predictive donor intelligence

Does IGP pay for itself?

Move the slider to your record count. Any one of the three outcomes below covers the annual cost on its own, and most organizations reach all three.

IGP ROI Calculator

How many outcomes does it take to cover the cost? Usually fewer than you'd think.

Constituent Records
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Scenario 1: Major Gift Identification
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DONORS NEEDED
TOTAL REVENUE
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Scenario 2: Lapse Prevention
AVG ANNUAL GIFT
DONORS TO RETAIN
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Scenario 3: Monthly Giving Conversion
MONTHLY VALUE
CONVERTS NEEDED
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The cost of doing nothing

What staying fragmented actually costs.

These aren't hypotheticals. They're the same numbers from the calculator above, just left on the table today.

Attendees who never become donors

Thousands of people come through free Festival events every year and never reach Charityproud. Capturing just 300 of them as first-time donors, the same assumption used in the calculator above, is real revenue sitting untouched.

$12,000/yr

Major donors hiding in plain sight

Finding a major-gift prospect today means manually wealth-screening one contact at a time. Predictive donor intelligence flags them automatically. The calculator above shows 3 major gifts this year at Flagstaff's threshold.

$15,000/yr

Hours lost cross-referencing three systems

Reconciling Charityproud, Eventbrite, and GetResponse by hand costs real time. At 15 hours a month, the same figure used above, that's time that could go straight into launching the Women in STEAM ceremony instead.

$6,300/yr
94%
Renewal rate
26K+
Nonprofits served
154%+
First-time donor retention
47%+
More raised on average
13%+
Major gift growth
673
Years of nonprofit expertise

What's included

Every tool Flagstaff Festival of Science needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

Built for an organization that runs on free community events and a single annual gala, not itemized donation forms.

CRM

Donor management

Up to 5,000 records, unlimited users, household tracking, soft credit attribution, pledge management, and in kind donation tracking, all in one profile.

Email Marketing

Built in communications

Drag and drop email builder on the same engine as Mailchimp, plus up to 3 Journey Automations running simultaneously. No separate subscription. No integration to maintain.

Events & Auctions

Built-in event ticketing and live/silent auctions

RSVP and ticketing for the 10-day Festival, the Fete gala, and the Scavenger Hunt, plus mobile bidding, real-time outbid alerts, seating charts, and self-service guest-list updates, all inside the same system as your donor records.

AI

Penny, your AI fundraising partner

Prepare for donor meetings, identify major gift ask amounts, write personalized thank you emails, and prioritize the team's daily to do list, all powered by Flagstaff Festival of Science's own data.

Wealth Screening

Built in wealth screening

Charitable giving history and capacity indicators built into every donor profile. Know what to ask before walking into the room. Included, not an add on.

Automations

Smart retention tools

Automatic recurring card updates, first time donor flags, and lapsed donor identification, running in the background, always.

Meet Penny

Your AI fundraising partner.
Built on your data, not generic advice.

An illustrative look at how Penny works once Flagstaff Festival of Science's donor history lives in Bloomerang.

What Penny does for Flagstaff Festival of Science

Every other AI tool gives every nonprofit the same generic answer. Penny is trained on your specific database, so her advice reflects your donors, your history, your mission.

🎯
Major gift asks, Penny analyzes giving history and capacity indicators and tells you exactly what to ask for, and how to frame it.
✉️
Thank you emails, Penny writes personalized acknowledgments referencing the donor's full relationship with Flagstaff Festival of Science, not just today's gift.
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Daily priorities, Penny reviews overdue tasks, thank you calls needed, and lapsed donors, then builds the team's to do list in priority order.
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Penny
Intelligent Fundraising Partner, Bloomerang
Who came to a free Festival event this year but has never donated?
Once your Eventbrite and GetResponse contacts are in Bloomerang, I can pull this instantly, no report-building required. Here's what a first ask typically looks like for a similar-sized festival database.
Once your data is imported
$50
Typical first gift, comparable festival donors
Can you turn that into an email I can send this week?
Draft's ready under Journey Automations, personalized per contact and referencing the specific event they attended. Review it and send whenever you're ready.

What you're comparing against

One login, versus the four you're juggling now.

FeatureBloomerangYour current stack
Built in email marketing✓ Included✗ Separate (GetResponse)
Unified donor + event data✓ Included✗ Split across Charityproud, Eventbrite, GetResponse
Built in wealth screening✓ Included✗ No
Penny AI fundraising assistant✓ Included✗ No
Journey automations✓ Included✗ No
Live/silent auction & mobile bidding✓ Included~ Separate (Auctria)
QuickBooks Online integration✓ Full sync✗ No
Unlimited phone support✓ Included~ Varies by tool
Combined annual cost (5,000-contact scale)Custom~$8,350/yr across 4 tools

Flagstaff Festival of Science hasn't evaluated other CRM platforms, so this compares Bloomerang to your current combination of Charityproud, Eventbrite, GetResponse, and Auctria rather than a named competitor.

What nonprofits say

They were new once, too.

"We did a Bloomerang demo and I was like, 'This is it.' It has everything we want, everything we'll need in the future. It's so intuitive, and the onboarding process was very seamless."
Becca Gray, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity
"Bloomerang is one of the best giving platforms I've ever seen. It makes it so easy to run everything from peer to peer fundraising, to transaction reports, to event check in."
Beth Hill, Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine
"We did our due diligence looking at other CRMs, but Bloomerang was the clear winner. With Bloomerang, I feel like we're finally running the department the way it should be run."
Julie Angulo, ScholarMatch

A similar story

One gala, several moving pieces, one login.

Mental Health Association of Frederick County ran their gala's sponsorships, live appeal, and live auction through Bloomerang's fundraising platform instead of stitching together separate tools for each piece, the same consolidation the Fete could get out of Eventbrite, Charityproud, and Auctria.

The result

Raised in one night, one platform.

$240,000+

Sponsorships, live appeal, and live auction combined

"We raised more than $240,000 between sponsorships, a live appeal, and a live auction," said Sarah Lynn of Mental Health Association of Frederick County, all through Bloomerang's fundraising platform in a single night.

The transformation

Flagstaff Festival of Science: before and after.

Without Bloomerang

⚠️Free-event attendees never make it into a donor record
⚠️Donor, RSVP, email, and auction data live in four disconnected tools
⚠️Finding a major-gift prospect means wealth-screening one name at a time, by hand
⚠️Fete guest-list changes come to Elizabeth by spreadsheet, then get re-entered manually
⚠️Cross-referencing systems for reports eats hours that could go to new programs

With Bloomerang

✅Every RSVP and ticket flows straight into one CRM record
✅CRM, event ticketing, auction, and email marketing run from a single login
✅Predictive donor intelligence flags major-gift and lapse risk automatically
✅Guests update their own guest list and bidding right up to the event
✅Penny answers reporting questions in seconds, in plain language

Your investment

Three ways to close the gap.

All three are priced at your 5,000-contact tier and include predictive donor intelligence. Pick the one that matches how much of your event and volunteer workflow you want in Bloomerang too.

⏱ This pricing is valid for 30 days from September 30, 2026.
Intelligent Giving Platform · Standard

CRM, fundraising, and donor intelligence in one place.

  • CRM, up to 5,000 records, unlimited users
  • Giving+: embedded donation forms, text to give, standard ticketed events
  • Built in email marketing tool
  • Up to 3 active Journey Automations
  • Penny AI fundraising partner
  • Predictive donor intelligence (major-gift, lapse, and monthly-upgrade scoring, AI prospect research)
  • Philanthropy Institute course access
  • Unlimited phone, chat, and email support
$6,599
per year
Simplest path to a unified CRM. No full auction platform.
Recommended for the Fete · Intelligent Giving Platform · Pro

Adds the full event and auction platform for the Fete.

  • Everything in IGP Standard, on the Premium Fundraising Suite
  • Unlimited Journey Automations (Standard is capped at 3)
  • Live and silent auctions with mobile bidding, seating charts, and self-service guest lists
  • Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns
  • Outbound texting campaigns
  • Merch store
  • Predictive donor intelligence, same as Standard
$9,199
per year
Replaces Auctria and Eventbrite outright. Used for the ROI figures above.
Intelligent Giving Platform · Pro V

Everything in Pro, plus volunteer management.

  • Everything in IGP Pro
  • Volunteer signup, shifts, and a mobile check-in app
  • Automated pre-shift reminders and post-shift thank-yous
  • Verified volunteer-hour reports, ready for grant applications
$10,699
per year
Only if volunteer tracking for the 100+ event program becomes a real priority.
Add-on · Core Coaching

A dedicated fundraising coach for your team.

  • Recurring 1:1 strategy sessions with a Bloomerang fundraising coach
  • Can pair with any of the three plans above
$1,100
per year
Discountable to $880 as part of this bundle.
Add-on · Data Conversion (Smart Start Standard)

White-glove migration from Charityproud.

  • Dedicated specialist exports and organizes your Charityproud, Eventbrite, and GetResponse data into Bloomerang's format
  • One-on-one review session to check for duplicates and confirm everything looks right before go-live
$2,000
one time
Fully discountable as part of this bundle.
Why organizations stay

94% of Bloomerang customers renew, among 26,000+ nonprofits.

It's not because they're locked in. It's because the system works, and the team behind it genuinely wants nonprofits to succeed. When you thrive, we thrive.

94%
Renewal Rate

The path forward

From here to go live.

A shared plan for Flagstaff Festival of Science and Team Bloomerang, so nothing falls through the cracks between now and launch.

Sep 15, 2026

Discovery call

Reviewed the current stack (Charityproud, Eventbrite, GetResponse, Auctria), the goal to grow giving from $200K to $300K, and the new Women in STEAM event.

Bloomerang
Sep 28, 2026

Demo

Walked through event ticketing, live/silent auction tools, the CRM, and Penny AI with Elizabeth, Adam, and Sarah.

Bloomerang
Sep 30, 2026

Proposal review

Walk through Standard, Pro, and Pro V side by side, plus Coaching and data-conversion add-ons, so Elizabeth can bring real numbers to her board.

Bloomerang
By mid-October 2026

Choose a plan & sign

Elizabeth confirms which tier fits and signs before the 30-day pricing window closes, ahead of her own October budget process.

Flagstaff Festival of Science
January 2027

Data conversion & go-live

Dedicated onboarding specialist migrates Charityproud, Eventbrite, and GetResponse data, timed to the org's new fiscal year, as Elizabeth requested on the Discovery call.

Bloomerang

See it in action

Resources worth a look.

Madalyn Kiewiet can walk through any of these live on your next call.

Meet Penny: Your Fundraising Sounding Board▶ Webinar▶

Meet Penny: Your Fundraising Sounding Board, on-demand webinar

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What Happens After: Turning Event Guests Into Donors

Turning Event Guests Into Donors

Slide deck: the Donor Flow framework for post-event stewardship, built for orgs like the Festival

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Auction & Event Tour

Auction & Event Tour

See the Fete run on one platform, live and silent auction, seating, and guest self-service.

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Full Giving Platform Tour

Full Giving Platform Tour

Self-guided walkthrough of the CRM, Penny AI, and donor intelligence.

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