Prepared for
Hobe Sound Nature Center
A proposal to consolidate your fundraising, donor management, and volunteer operations on a single platform built for nonprofits.
Why change / why now / why Bloomerang
You've outgrown the system. The mission hasn't.
Hobe Sound Nature Center has grown rapidly over the last five years. The tools that got you here — a mix of GiveSmart, MailChimp, Squarespace, Volgistics, Google Docs, and spreadsheets — were never designed to scale together. New leadership has come in, looked at the landscape, and recognized what every growing nonprofit eventually faces: the system is the bottleneck, not the team.
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Why change
Data lives in five places. If one person is out, no one knows where anything is. There's no single picture of your donors, volunteers, or program performance.
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Why now
The February 2027 gala is on the horizon. The window to get the right foundation in place before the busy season is right now.
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Why Bloomerang
Built exclusively for nonprofits. CRM, fundraising, events, auctions, volunteers, and communications — unified in one platform, with AI built in through Penny.
Closing the gaps
Where you are now vs. where you'll be
| The gap |
Today |
With Bloomerang |
| Donor records |
GiveSmart + Google Docs + spreadsheets No single source of truth |
One constituent profile per person Every gift, event, and volunteer shift in one place |
| Volunteer management |
Volgistics + manual tracking Hour verification is a manual lift; state reporting is a headache |
Bloomerang Volunteer Self-serve check-in, schedule visibility, automated reminders, hour reports for grants |
| Event ticketing |
Squarespace + GiveSmart + spreadsheets Buyer data never reaches your donor database |
Built-in event and auction pages Every ticket buyer flows directly into your CRM |
| Communications |
MailChimp (disconnected) Sends don't attach to donor profiles |
Unified communication suite Every email and letter logged to the constituent record automatically |
| Staff coverage visibility |
Google Calendar + whiteboard Easy to miss shifts; no absence notifications |
Centralized volunteer opportunity dashboard Open slots visible to staff and volunteers; automated shift reminders |
| Reporting |
Log into five platforms to pull one number No consolidated view of program or event performance |
Natural language reporting + automated report delivery Ask Bloomerang what you want to see — it pulls it |
What's included
Everything in one package
Bloomerang CRM
Donor database, giving history, DonorSearch wealth intelligence, constituent profiles
Bloomerang Fundraising
Online donation pages, recurring giving, donor forms, tax receipts
Bloomerang Volunteer
Opportunity scheduling, shift sign-ups, hour tracking, mobile check-in, automated reminders
Event and auction management
Ticketing, table management, seating, silent auctions — including gala support
Communication suite
Drag-and-drop email builder, letter generation, PDFs — all logged to constituent profiles
Penny (AI)
Major gift identification, donor meeting prep, high-capacity constituent insights
Investment
Up to 2,500 records
$7,499
per year
Includes Bloomerang CRM, Bloomerang Fundraising, Bloomerang Volunteer, event and auction management, the full communication suite, and Penny. No per-module fees. No hidden costs.
What's the return?
Adjust the sliders to reflect what's realistic for your organization. The numbers update in real time.
$11,440
Time recovered
$7,500
Major gift upside
$31,940
Total estimated value
Estimated value vs. $7,499 annual investment. Numbers are projections based on your inputs and typical customer outcomes — not guarantees.
The cost of doing nothing
These costs don't show up on a ledger — but they're real, and they compound every year you stay fragmented.
Current platform stack
GiveSmart + MailChimp + Squarespace + Volgistics + misc tools. Rough annual cost: $3,000-$5,000+, none of which talk to each other.
Lost donor opportunities
Ticket buyers who never make it into your CRM. High-capacity donors who never get a major gift ask. Lapsed donors who fall through the cracks.
Staff time on manual work
Every hour spent copying data between systems or logging into five platforms to answer one question is an hour not spent on mission.
Coverage risk
When one person is out, no one can step in. Volunteer coordination, event records, and donor data are siloed with individuals — not the organization.
Gala planning friction
Your February 2027 gala will require coordinating ticketing, auction, seating, and donor cultivation across disconnected tools — unless you change now.
Delayed onboarding
Every week of delay is a week of new donors, new volunteers, and new event data entering a system that won't follow them when you finally do make the switch.
True annual cost of staying fragmented
$10,000 - $20,000+
Includes estimated platform spend, staff time value, and conservative estimates of missed fundraising opportunity.