The easier it is to set up complete fundraising campaigns in FutureFund, the faster you can start raising money for your K-12 school group. That’s why we’ve recently improved the way you create and edit campaigns.
We’ve also made key improvements to our built-in messaging system so you can get a clearer picture of who is receiving your messages and fix communication gaps. Keep reading to find out how both of these new updates will improve your fundraising efforts and benefit your school community.
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Our campaign forms have been refreshed to make setting up a fundraiser easier than ever. Here’s how the new versions help:
All sections on the forms other than the main Campaign Information window are now collapsible. This has two key benefits:
Subordinate forms like attachments and card details are now included in the main Campaign Information window. This benefits you by:
To improve the experience of using FutureFund and make things easier, we’ve made two small but important changes to the admin’s campaign editor:
We’ve also made several behind-the-scenes improvements to improve the quality and accuracy of the information you collect during campaigns. These include:
Email remains one of the best ways to reach and engage your audience, but it can feel like a shot in the dark when you don’t know how (or how many) people are receiving your messages. That’s why FutureFund’s built-in messaging system now includes the following features to show you how your efforts to reach parents are paying off.
Updated delivery metrics now provide you with data on how individual recipients receive each of your messages. When you visit the Messaging tab and navigate to a specific campaign, you’ll now see statistics for each of the following:
The metrics give you the number of messages you’ve sent out that fall into each category, but our new reporting tools go even further. Now you can see the status of the messages you’ve sent to each individual recipient during a given campaign.
Here are some ways you might use that information:
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Get StartedOur goal is to make FutureFund as useful and straightforward as possible for your school group. The changes we’ve made to our campaign forms will help you put your fundraisers online faster, display them better on different devices, and encourage parents to take actions that support your goals.
Meanwhile, the ability to see who is receiving your emails and how they are reacting can help you refine your messaging, re-engage parents, and fix errors preventing clear communication. This keeps your whole community in the loop and makes them more likely to participate in your fundraising campaigns.
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In the admin, navigate to Registration and select the Forms tab from the sub-navigation menu. Then click the button marked Add Form in the top right corner.
From here, you can give your form a title, upload a header image, and choose whether it’s required for students to fill out when registering.
After you’ve created your form, click the View button to the right of it to edit specific form elements.
The Waivers and Forms menu is usually for materials that students need to fill out and return. These might include:
Adding these to the Waivers & Forms section makes it easier to complete and return these documents online—which means more student participation and fewer delays.
The Attachments menu is for materials that supplement your campaign information. These might include:
Participating students and their parents might be interested in this information, but putting it directly on the campaign screen can create clutter and confuse potential participants or donors. It’s cleaner to put those documents here where people can download them at their convenience.
No—a parent who has unsubscribed has opted out of email communications from FutureFund. But you might be able to re-engage these parents at fundraising events and encourage them to resubscribe so that you can send them messages again!
Here are some of the most common reasons why your emails to parents might bounce:
In any case, the first thing you should do is double-check to make sure your email does not contain too many large attachments and that you have the correct email address for the recipient. If this isn’t the issue, you should consider contacting them directly and letting them know there’s a problem with their email account.
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