Client Spotlights: Nonprofits

Minnesota Zoo Foundation sought to embark on a capital campaign to build a new, state-of-the-art animal hospital. The new Wildlife Hospital and Wellness Center will be a centrally located facility that will dramatically increase the amount of high-quality, preventive care available to the over 400 zoological species living at the Minnesota Zoo.

National FFA Foundation needed to assess its CRM needs and identify a solution for its complex nationwide membership.

In 2021, Non-GMO Project (NGP) had 1 million Facebook and social media followers—an unprecedented number for a nonprofit. Due to a small existing donor pool, the organization wanted to convert as many followers as possible into donation leads and thus mounted its first-ever digital lead generation campaign, followed by digital warming and a lead nurturing campaign.

The Wayzata Conservancy was at a key juncture in its campaign and frustrated with the pace and results in its fundraising efforts.

Sarasota Orchestra’s board and executive and development teams recognized the need to invest in creating a stronger acquisitions and retention strategy.

The campaign planning study provided Spark with the opinions of key community stakeholders and the museum’s top philanthropists about the best site for the museum and the level of philanthropic support for such a move.

As a start-up organization, Springtide Research Institute needed a full philanthropic strategy and operational plan that would both challenge them and provide a step-by-step path toward success.

With a unique combination of both centralized and decentralized services, The Nature Conservancy was interested in optimizing its resources to develop an integrated plan for harnessing untapped potential across funding streams through more robust pipeline development and analytics and creating a sustainable structure that leverages both central and regional opportunities.