Case Study: Water Mission (international nonprofit) scales peer-to-peer fundraising and empowers supporters with Blackbaud’s TeamRaiser and everydayhero

Water Mission - Customer Case Study

Water Mission, an international nonprofit based in Charleston, SC, builds sustainable safe‑water solutions to address the global water crisis. As its flagship Walk for Water expanded and supporters began organizing a wider range of individual and team fundraisers, the organization needed a flexible, scalable peer‑to‑peer solution that could handle thousands of participants and integrate with its Raiser’s Edge NXT database to capture constituent and gift data.

Water Mission deployed Blackbaud’s TeamRaiser for large, premier walks and everydayhero for smaller, quick‑turnaround or individual campaigns, using a staff matrix to choose the right platform for each event. The integrated approach let the nonprofit support diverse supporter goals, streamline tracking and stewardship, and scale fundraising—powering high‑impact efforts such as a youth rider’s nationwide campaign that built on earlier $70,000 results and secured a $100,000 matching gift toward a larger goal.

Water Mission

Lisa Cottingham

Director of Development