Case Study: Upward Scholars triples fundraising with Donorbox

How Donorbox helped a young organization exceed its fundraising goal by three-folds

Upward Scholars is a Bay Area nonprofit that helps adult immigrants move up the economic ladder through education, career development, and financial support. As a young organization, it needed a simple way to promote campaigns, accept donations online, and reach supporters through multiple channels while scaling its fundraising efforts. It used Donorbox as its donation platform to make giving easier and more accessible.

With Donorbox, Upward Scholars was able to share donation links via social media and newsletters, accept a variety of payment methods, record offline gifts tied to campaigns, and track progress with a fundraising thermometer. Donorbox’s Salesforce integration also helped streamline donor management. As a result, Upward Scholars exceeded its ambitious $100,000 year-end goal by raising nearly $150,000 in 2020 and almost tripling the donations it brought in the previous year.

Upward Scholars

Elizabeth Weal

ESL Teacher