244 Bloomerang Testimonials

"InitLive's flexibility in creating volunteer shifts and curating schedules is incredible. Volunteers really appreciated the ability to self-sign up and the flexibility to fit their volunteering around their busy life, work, and family schedules. The integration between InitLive and MapTag has also been incredible. We have been able to streamline our workflow to the point where we could take on new food banks without an increase in staff resources."

"InitLive helps me communicate a 100% more efficiently and accurately. Using InitLive, if there is any type of safety situation, I know who's checked in to the event. It’s part of our security plan: using InitLive, we can pull up all the information we need on our phones. I can send broadcast messages just to specific groups or all volunteers at once."

“We’re hanging in there – VERY thankful we got Bloomerang set up when we did. I was able to divide up all of our donors and provide my board members with detailed information about each one so they can contact them.”

“Nonprofits are notoriously bad recordkeepers. If you don’t write it down, if you don’t have a record of it, it didn’t happen. Every conversation, every note, every thank you, every contact with a donor has got to be recorded. At the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, we use Bloomerang and have used Bloomerang now for seven years. It’s user-friendly, it’s incredibly efficient, and it allows us to track every single contact we have with our entire donor base. It allows us to be better organized, more efficient, and to craft a plan to make sure that we’re doing what we need to do, so our donors do what they need to do. If you’re looking to organize your communication, to organize your donor relations, you need a CRM, and Bloomerang is a heck of a place to start.”

“Qgiv’s team knows their stuff. We met with Qgiv’s founder and he was so spot-on—he said our average donation was going to be somewhere around $75. It turned out to be right around $72!”

"One thing that we really love is Qgiv’s integration with Bloomerang. So it’s been so easy for me knowing that all these donations that are coming in are going straight to Bloomerang in real time."

"You guys made everything so user friendly and customizable. It’s very, very easy! It’s such a donor-centric platform. Our Executive Director gets emails from fundraising consultants asking what platform we’re using. We get a lot of questions about how we get our automated receipts sent out!"

“I have used Qgiv for five years now and can honestly say it’s the best online platform I’ve ever used. I use it because it’s versatile, user-friendly, and their customer support is out of this world. I was previously with a large nonprofit that raised more than one million annually through a complex peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Adopting Qgiv helped us streamline the process and made it easier for our donors to raise money. Before making the switch, I tested Qgiv myself and raised funds for my organization while training for my first marathon—it was fun and easy to set up my own page. I am now with a tiny start-up, and one of the very first things I did was change our online platform to Qgiv. It works equally well for the small shop and gives me the functionality I need to grow. I am not a super tech-savvy individual, so the fact that I’ve been able to easily work on the back end of our site and customize various donation platforms speaks to the ease and user-friendliness of Qgiv. Things are easy to find, self-explanatory, and fun to use. Finally, the biggest reason I would advocate Qgiv to any organization, large or small, is their incredible customer support. Help is a phone call or e-mail away, and almost always instantaneous. I once spent an hour on the phone while one of their representatives walked me through step-by-step what I needed to do and helped me to troubleshoot. I can’t say enough about them. Don’t wait—make the switch now!”

“The Lansing Area AIDS Network (LAAN) holds its annual AIDS Walk Lansing/East Lansing event each year in September. For many years the event was part of a larger series of AIDS Walk events throughout the State of Michigan that fell under the banner of AIDS Walk Michigan with Kintera providing the website and support. When AIDS Walk Michigan was disbanded, LAAN and several other cities decided that they would continue with separate walks. LAAN was looking for an option that would be both user friendly and less expensive to operate. Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising platform provided that solution. LAAN has been very satisfied with the relative ease of set up and site maintenance, the ability to create a very unique and event specific website, readily secure various reports, and the support that is consistently provided as needed. It has been easy for staff to use and has been reported as very user-friendly by donors. An additional bonus which LAAN has considered, but not acted on, is the ability to create another fundraising event during the same contract year. I would highly recommend that Qgiv be considered by any agency looking for an event website that should prove cost effective, efficient to administer, and easy to use.”

"Your customer support is so incredible! You can literally pick up the phone any time and somebody is there to help you. Every time I call, they're happy to talk to me, eager to help, and want to ensure everything goes well."

“In April of 2020, we were set to host our first fundraising event of the year, ArtFeast9. The annual auction is typically in person and showcases many local artists’ work and features food vendors. Due to COVID-19, the live event was cancelled. After some brainstorming, we came up with the idea of hosting a virtual live auction. We were unsure of next steps, but thankfully our donor database software, Bloomerang, introduced us to Qgiv. Qgiv helped us keep our fundraising events going during COVID-19. The administrative team absolutely loves the automatic data transfer from Qgiv into Bloomerang; it makes for easy reporting and saves us from having to manually enter donation and registration data. We’re looking forward to using Qgiv at our upcoming Annual Golf Outing! We love the idea of guests being able to bid from wherever they are and not having to use paper bid sheets. We look forward to using the auction site during our future live events to make bidding and donating even easier! We really love the checkout portion of the auction site—it’s a huge time saver. Everybody can use their phones to view purchased items, and just like that, checkout is done! The time-saving aspect of Qgiv has been a huge improvement for us! Qgiv makes it easy to create and manage events, and their customer service is very good. They answer questions promptly and send instructions when you need help!”

“In 2019, we had our first ever “Cat’s Meow Gala,” a fun and personal event and silent auction. We had to cancel it in 2020, but still needed to make up those fundraising dollars. We decided to switch to a virtual auction format. The auction was really popular, and a lot of local artists and businesses wanted to donate great items to help us. I immediately thought of Qgiv because we’ve worked with them before on peer-to-peer events—I knew they could help us with a virtual auction! We love the Qgiv virtual auction platform and that we can add different packages and tools when we need them. The virtual auction has been a great way to reach people and to make the event accessible across the board. People can stay connected to our organization and support the animals in addition to having something fun to look forward to during a tough time. In October, we’re hosting our second annual Cat’s Meow Gala. We plan on doing a hybrid event and will continue using the Qgiv auction platform because attendees can use it from anywhere. Those that are comfortable coming to an in-person event will come and use their cell phone to bid on items, and folks at home can do the same thing from their phone or computer. Qgiv has also helped us expand our donor base and connect with more and more people. It’s even helped us get more young people involved at the shelter! We’re better able to relate with our donors when we know a little bit more about them, the events they like to participate in, and the pets they have. Being able to know how they’re participating in our events and fundraisers really helps us understand how to better serve our community. With in-person events postponed, we were able to bring an online event to our supporters and raise over $5,000 by hosting a virtual auction.”

“Customer service is TOP NOTCH! The software is very intuitive it’s easy to use on the back end and it’s easy for users to navigate as well.”

“Part of my job is to educate our fundraisers and give them tools, so they feel comfortable fundraising on our behalf both online and offline. For as long as I can remember, we’ve been using Qgiv. It’s a very simple system to understand and I can jump on and build a form or a page whenever I need it. Everything works for us: the thermometer, the integration with Facebook, and the integration with Bloomerang. We get exactly what we need out of the system. In 2020, we raised $180,000 through a combination of fundraising events when we were forced to combine two events into one virtual event branded as ‘Yappy Hour’ and host a virtual ‘Heart & Sole Walk for Animals’. Qgiv’s auction and peer-to-peer fundraising platforms worked well for helping us achieve our goals.”

“I’m the Executive Director and only staff member for Union County Education Foundation. I work closely with volunteers and board members to support students and encourage educators. Prior to using Qgiv, we weren’t using an online fundraising platform. We had never hosted a gala or an auction before, but I decided it was time to expand our reach beyond lunch and breakfast events and dip our toes into an evening event in order to host an auction. I determined an online platform would be key in order to support virtual bidders; however, I was nervous about being locked into a long-term contract since I didn’t know what to expect with engagement for the event. I was really excited to discover Qgiv because of the online auction functionality and the flexibility when it came to not being trapped in a contract. I loved how sleek our auction event site was! It was amazing to be able to customize the site with our branding and to put all the information in one place. I really enjoyed the ability to customize auction packages and assign clever names that would grab our bidders’ attention. Also, it was easy to upload sponsor logos with the sponsor widget and add descriptions. The Facebook and Twitter live feeds were great additions to the site—all in all, it was so easy and intuitive to design thanks to being able to drag and drop. I took advantage of various features, such as video widgets and the campaign thermometer, to show how close we were to our goal. A great feature Qgiv offers is the ability to open your auction whenever you’re ready. We opted to do so about a week prior to the in-person event. It was a great way to engage supporters that were not able to attend in person. I loved that I could report funds raised in real time to volunteers the night of the event thanks to Givi and the Virtual Terminal. As far as our results are concerned, we raised almost $34,000, which got us 98% to our goal. Not too bad for our first auction! After the event, I called Customer Experience to make sure I did everything to import the gifts into eTapestry correctly. All in all, it was easy, which was a lifesaver. I had no idea how long it would take or if it would be complicated. It wasn’t, and that was fabulous! Speaking of Qgiv’s support, their customer service is excellent! The customer experience team kept reaching out to me and was so proactive. I experienced exceptional customer service— unlike different service providers I’ve worked with for other things. In addition to an amazing support team, Qgiv has a robust help desk with tutorials and videos to help you get started. There were even some resources for bidders that I was able to embed on my auction site to help acclimate supporters to the site.  I’m all for using Qgiv again and can’t wait to try out the new onboarding process that was just released for next year’s event! “