Case Study: Indy Film Fest achieves streamlined film submissions and fundraising success with Intellistack

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Indy Film Fest is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) that runs a ten-day festival, year-round screenings and special events while managing hundreds of annual film submissions, volunteers, fundraising and media — all with a small, unpaid team. With filmmaker communications and other requests scattered across inboxes and spreadsheets, the organization needed an affordable way to centralize data and streamline administrative work.

They adopted Formstack to collect filmmaker contact details, consent to screen, travel and promotional info, plus volunteer applications and press requests, storing everything in one online database. They also built a PayPal‑integrated donor form (including gift‑in‑someone‑else’s‑name options) that was embedded on their site; the mini fundraising campaign quickly exceeded its $1,000 goal. Centralized forms and simple customization freed volunteers to focus on programming and marketing, and the festival plans to expand Formstack use into surveys and other tasks.

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