Case Study: Friends of Kijabe saves thousands every year and boosts fundraising with Kindful

How Using Kindful Saves Friends of Kijabe Thousands of Dollars Every Year

Friends of Kijabe is a nonprofit supporting Kijabe Hospital in Kenya, which treats 200,000 patients and performs 10,000–15,000 surgeries a year. Facing high demand, the organization needed a donor management system that made it easy for people worldwide to give to specific funds, simplified reporting, and reduced administrative burden.

They implemented Kindful—using its customizable donation pages, fund tracking, Mailchimp integration and automations—which cut manual work, saved hours per month, and enabled seamless remote giving. Donors cover transaction fees 75% of the time, helping Kindful pay for itself: a $1,200 annual cost produced about $6,000 extra revenue (6–7x ROI) and faster campaign success (one fundraiser reached 105% of its goal).

Friends of Kijabe

David Shirk

Executive Director