Client Stories

Learn how other organizations are using Greater Giving solutions.

  • Bailey House

    Organization who provides housing and services to homeless people and families living with HIV and AIDS, raises record breaking funds utilizing Greater Giving solutions.

  • Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Inc.

    Bear Necessities hosted their 16th annual Bear Tie Ball and raised over half a million dollars utilizing Greater Giving Event Software, Online Payments and Auctionpay terminals to manage 700 guests, sponsorship sales and registrations.

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

    With a smaller space and fewer auction items, BBBS Metro Atlanta’s black tie awards gala realized their 2009 financial goal by producing a well-executed event using Greater Giving solutions.

  • Canine Companions for Independence®

    By utilizing Greater Giving products and professional event services, Canine Companions has standardized their event management system for each region's annual auction.

  • Chaminade College Preparatory School

    Chaminade added Online Payments to take advantage of donations, event registrations and sponsorship sales as well as realizing a 45% increase in revenue after implementation of the Greater Giving system.

  • Christ The King Parish School

    By embracing change, and becoming the first Catholic school in Oregon to utilize online payments, Christ The King Parish School increases overall giving by approximately 25%.

  • Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Greater Atlanta

    After adding an end-of-year mail campaign with Online Payments, CCCS averaged $200 per donation and raised an additional $10K for their organization.

  • Dallas Zoological Society

    After the Dallas Zoological Society implemented an effective procurement strategy supported by Event Software reports, more funds were raised in 2008.

  • FRESHFARM Markets

    Read how FRESHFARM markets developed a strategy and applied best practices to their operation to downsize the number of event attendees and the scope of their auction without downsizing their revenue.

  • Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners

    By adding Greater Giving's Online Payments to their online fundraising strategy, IOCP has realized a 10% increase in online giving since implementation in April 2009.

  • Julia's Butterfly Foundation

    The annual Butterfly Ball, which raises funds for crucial assistance to families with chronically or terminally ill children, is now easy for the all-volunteer staff to manage by using Greater Giving Event Software- Online.

  • Kohl Children's Museum

    After implementing Greater Giving into the organization of their annual gala, Kohl Children’s Museum saw a 33% increase in event yield and no longer spends weeks reconciling funds post-event.

  • Laguna Art Museum

    All of Laguna Art Museum’s event data can now be managed in one place using Greater Giving Event Software — making it easier to track details and minimize challenges.

  • Loudoun Citizens for Social Justice/Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter (LAWS)

    By implementing Greater Giving solutions, the LAWS Gala 2008 had the "best event execution ever," according to attendees.  Staff reduced stress and increased efficiencies using Greater Giving to manage their event year round.

  • PS 334, The Anderson School

    A school for intellectually gifted children, uses Greater Giving technical solutions to heighten the professionalism of their event and increase overall donations significantly.

  • Roaring Fork Conservancy

    2009 was one of Roaring Fork Conservancy’s best auctions due to the excitement generated by the Auction Booster packages in the live auction — which added $38,450 in additional revenue for the cause.

  • Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Oregon and Southwest Washington

    RMHC has developed a Web-based strategy to encourage year-round giving using Greater Giving Online Payments.

  • St. Mark Catholic School

    Using Online Auctions, St. Mark Catholic School has reached beyond school parents, to relatives and other supporters who are sometimes unable to attend the live event.

  • Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI)

    SEI’s 2009 event raised $1.9 million, making it one of the most successful single-night fundraising events of the year in Portland, Oregon.

  • Susan G. Komen For The Cure® North Jersey Affiliate

    The North Jersey Affiliate doubled the number of auction Express Pay bidders for the 2008 Pink Tie Ball®, the Affiliate’s signature event, saving them weeks of time on post-event reconciliation.

  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has chosen Greater Giving to be the sole provider of event management software and services for all 68 chapters, because the solution was the right match for LLS’ benefit event needs and provides an optimal future working relationship.

  • The Omaha Zoo Foundation

    The Omaha Zoo Foundation achieved their goal of using Greater Giving products to save time and streamline the management of a large event, and ended up increasing their auction revenue significantly along the way.

  • The Seattle Aquarium Society

    The Seattle Aquarium Society credits Greater Giving with contributing to their fundraising growth from $750K in 2006 to $1 Million in 2008.

  • United Methodist Family Services

    The annual auction at UMFS, which funds crucial at-risk youth and family services from nine locations across the Commonwealth of Virginia, is energized by using Greater Giving products and services.

"Attendees, donors, sponsors

and staff all appreciated the ease of Greater Giving on-line donations.”

— Megan Cutts, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta, GA