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Featured customer story · Community impact through fundraising
Before: Sacajawea PTG had followed the same fundraising routine for years. An $8,000 year counted as a success, and the group had yet to discover how much more it could do.
What changed: Its first fall fundraiser with Big Nest earned 41% more than the year before. Then the band teacher brought a $22,000 need to the PTG, nearly three times a good year’s fundraising. The group used Big Nest to ask families to help replace the aging drums.
Outcome: The community raised $7,000, catching the principal’s attention. She offered to match it, leaving the district with $8,000 to fund instead of $22,000. The district moved the project forward, and students played their new drums in that spring’s parade instead of waiting three years.
The PTG rallied its community and inspired further support, helping turn a three-year wait into six months.
Read Sacajawea’s story
Fundraising momentum
Before: A $50,000 fundraising year was followed by a $42,000 year, making strong results difficult to count on.
What changed: The organization built on the planning and learning from its previous fundraising work.
Outcome: Back-to-back $50,000+ fundraising years became the norm instead of the exception.
Fundraising knowledge became something the organization could repeat, not a one-year success.
Fundraising momentum
Before: The PTO was preparing a major annual Kringle sale for its community.
What changed: Families ordered Kringle pastries online through Big Nest, making orders and distribution easier for the PTO to manage.
Outcome: The PTO sold approximately $36,000 in Kringle pastries.
A major community fundraiser had a clear public home for families to take part.
New organization momentum
Before: The new PTG needed to establish a strong first major fundraiser.
What changed: Experienced PTG leadership adopted Big Nest from the organization’s first days.
Outcome: Its first major fall fundraiser raised approximately $20,000 in one week.
The new PTG started with tools its experienced treasurer already knew and trusted.
Sponsor momentum
Before: Sponsor support needed to be renewed and developed over time.
What changed: The PTG treated sponsor work as an ongoing community relationship.
Outcome: Sponsorships grew from $5,000 to more than $15,000 over four years.
Each year’s sponsor work gave the next year more relationship history to build from.
Leadership momentum
Before: Too much responsibility rested on a small group of leaders.
What changed: More families had a clear way to see and take part in the organization’s work.
Outcome: The executive board grew from two people to five, and monthly meeting attendance grew to around 12.
A stronger public home can help more people step into leadership.
Community momentum
Before: Website information, payments, registrations, and activities lived in separate places.
What changed: The group moved its public website and participation paths into Big Nest.
Outcome: Families gained a connected home for the work and activities of the organization.
The website became a way to participate, not just a place to read about the group.
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