Breakthroughs Never Thought Possible

Our Work Makes a Difference

It’s in our DNA not only to serve great, world-changing causes, but to do so with such excellence that we create breakthroughs never thought possible. Sort by cause or service to find out how we’re helping nonprofit organizations with donor engagement and creating fundraising and marketing breakthroughs for our clients.

Partners in Health

A January match appeal drives response

With a 57% increase in average gift size, 203% increase in net income and 58% increase in gross per piece, the match package was a success.

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

New Email Widget Increases Email Signups

RKD Group designed a pop-up email widget to live at the bottom of their site.

Los Angeles Mission

A Summer match follow-up appeal increases response and revenue

LAM’s May Follow-Up appeal did not perform as well as it had previously. LAM wanted to drive a higher response rate and increase net revenue.

Humane Society International

Taking a chance leads to outpouring of donor support

South Korea is home to an annual dog meat festival, and RKD was asked to create a response campaign that both generated revenue and stayed true to HSI’s mission.

North Texas Food Bank

Multichannel Focus Boosts Revenue

RKD developed a robust content calendar that planned out all direct mail, online, email and media efforts for the fiscal year.

Food Bank of the Rockies

Holiday Labels Deliver Donations

RKD Group implemented a direct mail testing strategy involving holiday labels for two mailing lists: lapsed donors and potential new donors.

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Successful “Year-End Giving” is a Four-Month Project

RKD implemented real, honest and compelling patient stories that focused on saving children as a societal trust or cause.

Central California Food Bank

One-Day Email Campaign Tops Monthly Revenue Projection

The one-day email campaign brought in more revenue than what was projected for the entire month of August.

Children International

New Media Approach Increases Sponsorships While Lowering Costs

RKD developed an intuitive media approach that allowed Children International to acquire new donors while staying within their budget.

Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA

Package Testing Boosts Donor Response

RKD implemented a membership program for the Inland Humane Society & SPCA that boosted donor response and increased the average gift size.

Houston Food Bank

Google Ad Grants Supports Disaster Relief

RKD rapidly implemented a disaster relief campaign that generated awareness and connected those displaced by the hurricane with necessary resources.

Parkinson's Foundation

Driving Registrations with Digital Media

RKD implemented a targeted digital media strategy that raised awareness and boosted participation in the annual Parkinson’s Foundation 5k walk.

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RKD Group will work with you, hand-in-hand, to achieve breakthroughs that increase your donor reach, spark meaningful constituent engagement and fuel your multi-channel fundraising. We are the fundraising and marketing company that creates breakthroughs never thought possible.

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SPCA of Texas

Google Ad Grants Drive Donations for Disaster Relief

RKD conducted a Google Ad Grant Campaign that generated awareness and engagment to help with the influx of animals in the SPCA’s care during the hurricane.

Los Angeles Mission

Award Winning Website Increases Revenue

RKD executed a website redesign that brought a 15.73% increase in website conversions and 73.41% increase in mobile revenue.

Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano

Multichannel Strategy Generates New Revenue

RKD implemented a triple match campaign that helped accumulate 271 donations. This campaign accounted for 34% of the account’s total 797 donations to date.

St. Labre Indian School

Holistic Approach Boosts Annual Match Campaign

RKD created a multichannel year end strategy that provided great success bringing in a total of $1,778,436 gross revenue across all channels.

Brigham Health - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boosting Revenue with #GivingTuesday Match

Triple match campaign raises almost half the total email-specific revenue generated from the entire previous fiscal year.

SPCA of Texas

Rebooting a Google Ad Grant

RKD created a custom strategy that fueled optimization within their Google Ad Grant and acquire more than 3,100 new emails within the first year.

St. Mary's Food Bank

Breaking Records by Building Urgency

Bringing in $245,812 in gross revenue, the 31 Days of Giving Email Campaign implemented by RKD Group was the most successful campaign in St. Mary’s history.

Utah Food bank

Increasing Revenue with End of Year Matching Gift

RKD Group conducted a year end match campaign that broke all online giving records for email and lightboxes. Ultimately, increasing overall online revenue.

North Texas Food Bank

Multichannel Strategy Increases Website Traffic

RKD Group implemented paid search and email campaigns that brought an instant rise in North Texas Food Bank’s website interaction.

Connecticut Food Bank

Increasing December Gifts with 31 Days of Giving

RKD Group implemented a 31 Days of Giving Campaign that brought an average gift size of $216 and 136 gifts given overall.

American Bible Society

Implementing Match Challenge to Prevent Lapsed Donors

RKD Group implemented a multichannel strategy that brought 1,800 re-engaged donors that have the potential to raise almost $250,000 next year.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Driving Revenue with Donor Segmentation

RKD Group employed a new strategy that allowed them to target real leads. Which generated $230,000 in net revenue with an average gift size of $1,298.

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Heart & Stroke Foundation

Stewardship Campaign Improves New Mid-Level Donor Program

The stewardship campaign was an extreme success, generating appreciation calls while raising over $1 million in revenue.

Animal Rescue League of Iowa

Quadruple Match Campaign Boosts Revenue

RKD Group conducted a quadruple match campaign that brought in nearly as much revenue and more donations than #GivingTuesday.

American Bible Society

Driving Planned Giving with Direct Mail

RKD Group built a planned giving campaign that brought three times the yearly average of intentions in just one month.

Brigham Health - Brigham and Women's Hospital

Targeted Donor Expansion

RKD Group implemented a geo-targeted strategy that resulted in a 25% year-over-year program, producing increased response rate and average gift size.

Save the Children

Holiday Catalog Re-work Boosts Growth

RKD Direct Point was challenged to boost growth in the catalog and reach new levels of revenue and segmentation expansion.

Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank

Heart-Warming Meals

RKD Group developed a digital campaign that performed so well that both match funds for Akron – Canton Regional Food Bank were met in just 2.5 days.

The Salvation Army

Direct Mail Acquisition Rebound

RKD Group built a new list strategy that exceeded forecasted net revenue goals and Thanksgiving and Christmas mailings.

Christian Blind Mission

Integrated Video Campaign Increases Revenue From Mid-Level Donors

A proprietary IVC that utilized targeted communication efforts that were creatively designed to build excitement and urgency.

American Bible Society

Awareness and Engagement with Native Ads

RKD Group implemented a traffic-driving campaign that generated not only a new audience, but the right audience for the American Bible Society.

Save the Children Canada

A Comprehensive Donor Acquisition Brings in Revenue

Our first step was to perform a competitive analysis within the market to determine what was working and what was not.

The Salvation Army

Year-End Digital Turnaround

RKD Group built a multichannel strategy that was able to provide year-over-year increases in revenue, gifts, and conversions for The Salvation Army.

St. Labre Indian School

Growing a Revenue-Generating Digital Media Program

RKD developed and implemented a fundraising program that brought a dramatic increase in awareness, revenue and donations overall.

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American Kidney Fund

Building New Audiences with Native Ads

See how we built an awareness campaign that boosted engagement and achieved breakthrough CTA results.

Coast Guard Foundation

Hurricane Harvey Fundraising Support

After Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, RKD was quick to develop and execute a successful emergency fundraising campaign.

Operation Blessing International

Full-Funnel Digital Media Strategy

Within the first 8 months, our teams were able to drive almost $500,000 in revenue for the program, making over $120 at the point of donation.

The Salvation Army

Increasing Mid-Level Donor Revenue

RKD Group created a high-touch appeal that improved the Salvation Army’s direct mail campaign metrics, with a net revenue increase of 99.98%.

The Association of the Miraculous Medal

Recovering and Optimizing a Google Ad Grant

RKD Group rebooted a Google Ad Grant program that maximized The Association of the Miraculous Medal’s Ad Grant spend to $10,000 & boosted donations.

Salesian Missions

Maximizing the Most of Earned Media

By taking advantage of current events, this campaign drove 16,362 unique page views and brought in 419 new email addresses for the organization.

SPCA of Texas

Multivariate Testing Brings Donations

Regular A/B testing optimizes all areas of fundraising. This breakthrough helped us discover donor motivations and optimize their website.

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Personalized Email Campaigns

When people are given the chance to see that they were specifically selected to help support a cause, a sense of responsibility is attached that would otherwise be absent.

The Coast Guard Foundation

Data Analysis to Target New Donors

Through careful targeting and placing the right offer to the right people, RKD was able to integrate brand goals with the target market.

South Plains Food Bank

Improving Conversion with Mobile

Conversion rates jumped to 44% within 60 days of launch. The visual impact of a website or donation form is critical in constructing the opinion of the donor about your organization.

Food Bank for New York City

#GivingTuesday Fundraising

Food Bank for New York City’s Community Kitchen needed to replace ageing kitchen equipment, and RKD was asked to quickly raise $50,000.

MD Anderson

Leveraging Email to Cultivate Donors

Telling patient stories lead to more mission-connected donors, who chose to give more even with layering in communication where the ‘ask’ was more passive.

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Animal Rescue League of Iowa

Email Appeal Strategy Drives Donations

Informing the donors of rescue stories and emergency need situations inspired them to give, increasing email revenue from 1% to 34%.

Food Bank for New York City

Increasing Visibility

The shift in strategy proved to be a positive influence, and the campaign was a tremendous success with a 30% lift in gifts and a 54% lift in overall revenue.

American Kidney Fund

Increasing Brand Awareness

An optimized website and multi-layer approach reduced bounce rates and increased “starting registrations” by 128%.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Creating Deeper Relationships

RKD’s lapsed reactivation strategy led to a 91% increase in the number of reactivated donors.

American Bible Society

Digital Media Fundraising Success

Analytics provided the optimal target audience. Digital media enabled them to share their story and build relationships with their future donors.

Braille Institute

A/B Testing Reveals Donor Motivation

Split testing revealed donor motivations centered around children’s needs, boosting gift size and net income.

Lurie Children's Hospital

Multichannel Success

A multi-channel donor conversion strategy that began as a list-building campaign sparked new email acquisition and donor conversion.