{"id":78241,"date":"2025-08-26T14:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.givergy.com\/?post_type=case-studies&p=78241"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:03:38","slug":"the-opportunity-network-2023-gala-us","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/www.givergy.com\/hk\/case-studies\/the-opportunity-network-2023-gala-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opportunity Network 2023 Gala (US)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who<\/h2>\n

The Opportunity Network is a college and career-supporting non-profit organization. Founded to make a change, The Opportunity Network breaks down barriers to access, opportunity, and professional mobility that disproportionately affect first generation students of color.<\/p>\n

In their direct service Fellows program, they work with students in New York City from the summer before 11th grade to the end of college, and reach 40,000+ additional students across the country through their Career Fluency\u00ae Partnerships.<\/p>\n

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Prior Fundraising Challenges<\/h2>\n

Having supported thousands of students already, the organization has ambitious plans to grow and develop which provides its own challenges. Scaling is a big challenge across fundraising as a whole as it requires a continual investment and awareness to make it a success.<\/p>\n

The non-profit cites getting the systems right as one of their main challenges to achieve this which Givergy has supported during this first event that we have worked on.<\/p>\n

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Event Highlights<\/h2>\n

The 2023 Night of Opportunity Gala used Givergy\u00a0Pledges<\/a> as its fundraising tool of choice. Having run the event for a many years, the organization knew what would work and what wouldn\u2019t. This meant a brilliant reception to the pledge drive, and the team could enter the room on the night having already raised their target amount!.<\/p>\n

This meant the purpose shifted slightly to maintain the room\u2019s momentum. Thankfully, the success continued, with the Givergy system and tablets allowing an easy way for money to be pledged.<\/p>\n

Alex Christie, Senior Development Manager, commented that the system was easy to use for most donors. It offered much easier usability than some other platforms that the non-profit had experimented with and meant that a lot of stresses were removed from proceedings.<\/p>\n

Alex also mentioned that the organization were astounded at how many people had followed up to pay their pledges which is a testament to the Givergy system. This percentage was much higher than in previous years, and the need to manage the process hands-on was removed thanks to the automation features.<\/p>\n

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