Case Study: HEEFS (Happily Ever Esther sanctuary) achieves $700K in fundraising and launches a sanctuary grant program with Donorbox

How a small team relies on Donorbox to grow big

HEEFS, a small animal sanctuary with no dedicated fundraiser and a lean administrative team, needed an easy-to-use fundraising solution that offered donation tracking, reporting, and goal monitoring without requiring extensive fundraising expertise. They adopted Donorbox’s donation forms and campaign-tracking platform to set up tailored crowdfunding campaigns and monitor performance.

Using Donorbox, HEEFS launched multiple insight-driven campaigns, tracked each campaign’s results, and iterated quickly—raising over $700,000 to purchase a CT scanner (donated to a nearby veterinary college) and using leftover funds to start a grant program for other registered sanctuary charities. Donorbox’s campaign-level tracking also helped HEEFS manage individual drives (for example a campaign that raised $75,599 across 1,050 donations) and scale fundraising with minimal staff time.

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Kathy Fischer

Board President