Prepared for The Seedling Foundation of Dayton Ohio · October 5, 2026
Eight hundred students. One platform.
Built for what comes next.
A plan to centralize your donor data, replace the knowledge leaving with Elizabeth, and fund the programs that make Stivers the crown jewel of Dayton Public Schools.
Business objective
$60,000 for the dance studio renovation, plus ongoing support for 800 students across nine arts magnets
Materials, instruments, travel, workshops, and performance spaces that Dayton Public Schools cannot fund on its own.
Your Mission, Multiplied
For 25 years, the Seedling Foundation has bridged the gap between what Dayton Public Schools can provide and what Stivers students actually need to thrive in the arts. That track record is real, and the community knows it. Here is how the additional capacity from a unified giving platform could build on that foundation.
Revenue potential: The ROI calculator projects $103,390 in Year One total when you combine current giving with a 47% fundraising lift ($19,740), two identified major gifts ($10,000), a student peer to peer campaign ($2,250), the December gala auction ($25,000), and time and retention value. That is more than enough to cover the $60,000 dance studio renovation and begin building the reserve the foundation has never had.
Time saved: An estimated 10 hours per month in manual data, email, and reporting work returned to a volunteer board that is already stretched across seven members.
Why now
Elizabeth is leaving. The data leaves with her.
Elizabeth Whips holds every donor relationship, every giving history, every major gift connection in her head. When she transitions out, that institutional knowledge goes with her unless it is captured in a system first. The executive director search is already underway, and having a platform in place before that hire will both protect continuity and make the foundation more attractive to candidates.
Why change
1,700 names in a spreadsheet. No way to act on them.
The foundation has a quarter century of relationships locked in a flat spreadsheet with no segmentation, no engagement tracking, and no way to tell who is alive, who has moved, or who is ready for a larger ask. Communications go out as one message to everyone, events are planned from memory, and there is no succession plan for any of it.
Why Bloomerang
One platform. Every tool. No engineer required.
Bloomerang combines CRM, email marketing, peer to peer fundraising, online auctions, donation pages, AI assisted reporting, and predictive donor intelligence in one system. Jenny asked whether a board of seven volunteers could actually manage it. The answer: Bloomerang is built for exactly that, small teams doing big work without a dedicated IT person.
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