End-of-Year Giving Campaign

Team Rubicon (Veteran-Led Non-Profit) / 2019

GOAL: Drive year-end donations to support disaster response operations, align messaging and creative across digital channels to maximize impact, and strengthen donor connection through unified brand storytelling.

Challenges

  • Urgency-driven campaign with limited lead time and high fundraising targets

  • Needed to balance emotional impact with operational transparency

    Required coordination across multiple digital and media teams under tight deadlines

Approach

  • Developed and led integrated campaign strategy across paid, organic, and owned media

  • Directed creative production including email design, paid assets, landing pages, and SEM copy

  • Aligned content with impact storytelling to motivate donor action

  • Optimized performance across channels in real time to maximize returns

  • Ensured clear reporting and stakeholder alignment from launch through post-campaign review

Paid Social - GIF Ads

Outcomes

  • Surpassed year-end fundraising goals, resulting in a major lift in operational funding

  • Increased donor engagement across all channels, with particularly strong performance from paid media and email

  • Strengthened the organization's capacity to respond to early Q1 disasters with added financial flexibility

  • Solidified end-of-year giving as a core component of the brand’s annual fundraising strategy

Paid Social - Carousels (Rebuild)

Paid Social - Carousels
(Hurricane Dorian)

Paid Social - Carousels
(By the Numbers)