One of our values at Bonterra is to innovate courageously. That extends from how we build products, to how we communicate them with our community, to the expertise we bring to the table in our decision making as we continue to elevate doers of good.
Our latest product roadmap webinar does just that. After hearing directly from you about how impactful it was to get product updates from us earlier in the year, we delved into all the innovative features recently released on Bonterra, as well as highly anticipated ones that are on the way. We also talked about some big announcements — like how we now offer the most comprehensive fundraising event solution by welcoming DonorDrive to the Bonterra family.
In this blog, we’ll give you a taste of what we discussed: Keep reading below to see the highlights and get the takeaways or watch the webinar now.
- Grow your fundraising by harnessing powerful features like Optimized Ask and advanced event hosting.
- Streamline donations with optimized donation forms and new payment methods for easier giving.
- Enhance supporter engagement with better segmentation, insightful reporting, and more intuitive tools on your updated navigation and homepage.
Fundraising and Engagement product updates in 2H 2024
Smarter decisions, faster
Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement Pro and Enterprise (formerly EveryAction)
You can expect a transformative experience with our revamped platform. The biggest change stems from feedback from you, and it’s all about giving you the information you need to make smart decisions and so you can take action as soon as possible. This beta, opt-in feature allows you to toggle it on and off and even provide feedback on your experience.
We want to hear what you think about upcoming segmentation and reporting enhancements.
Easier, larger donations
Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement Essentials (formerly Network for Good)
On our platform, we’re making donating easier for your supporters by adding new payment methods. This update is projected to boost conversion rates by up to 7%! We also previewed another feature (coming soon!), which can increase donation amounts by up to 2.4X by clicking a checkbox when setting up your email campaigns.
Multilingual volunteers
Mobilize
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve implemented the No. 1 most voted-on idea from our support portal for Mobilize customers: we’re giving you Spanish-translated event signup pages and a language filter on feeds!
Streamlined designs
Giving Days (formerly GiveGab)
Get ready to empower your giving days with exciting new design capabilities! This will not only enhance your events but also engage your supporters in ways that matter.
Interested in learning more about one of the solutions we offer? Reach out to your account manager or book a call with our team today.
DonorDrive is now part of Bonterra
The acquisition of DonorDrive marks a significant milestone for Bonterra, allowing us to offer the most complete fundraising events solution available. Together, we can now offer:
- Peer-to-peer fundraising: Empower supporters to raise funds on your behalf.
- Ticketed events and auctions: Host engaging events that drive donations.
- Seamless giving day features: Maximize your impact with streamlined tools.
DonorDrive will seamlessly integrate into our existing fundraising and engagement solutions, with a lite version available for Fundraising Essentials and a fully featured version for Pro and Enterprise users. Plus, our standalone Fundraising Events solution will include DonorDrive alongside auction capabilities.
Your questions, answered
During our live webinar, we received a number of insightful questions from our community. Below, we’ve pulled together the answers that we believe may be most helpful from what was discussed:
How does DonorDrive work and what are its key features?
DonorDrive offers transformative event fundraising capabilities, which means you now have access to:
- Industry-leading peer-to-peer fundraising tools that empower supporters to fundraise on your nonprofit’s behalf
- Exceptional mobile-first features that enhance your supporters’ experience and makes fundraising easy
- Modern event management tools to help you support anything from walkathons to livestreams to DIY fundraising
And DonorDrive’s tools power results: On average, organizations using DonorDrive grow their digital fundraising by 55% annually.
Is Bonterra thinking about adding DAF and crypto payments to Bonterra Payments?
We are investigating adding support for accepting donations via a DAF to our Bonterra Payments offering, but do not yet have a committed timeline.
When will Bonterra Payments include PayPal?
By the end of 2024 or early 2025, we will enable onboarding PayPal for new EveryAction clients once some technical issues are resolved. This will allow our customers to use PayPal alongside Bonterra Payments.
Watch the on-demand webinar
Watch the on-demand webinar now, see what’s new, and start unlocking even more fundraising with our latest features. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to invest in solutions to drive your organization’s cause forward.
Looking to level-up your package, need additional licenses, or want to take advantage of our DonorDrive welcome offer to gain access to industry leading peer-to-peer fundraising? Reach out to your account manager or book a call with our team today.
