Prepared for Shelter House · October 15, 2026
One home for every donor,
volunteer, and event.
Bloomerang brings fundraising, events, email, and volunteer management into one unified platform, so Shelter House can spend less time connecting tools and more time reaching its $888,000 goal.
Business objective
$888,000
Your goal runs 15 to 20% above the year before, and your next five-year strategic plan sets bigger goals still.
Your Mission, Multiplied
Shelter House began in 1981 as volunteers handing out blankets and food from the trunks of their cars. Today your team runs emergency shelters across Fairfax and Loudoun counties and reports serving 4,496 people in a recent year, half of them children. Here is how the capacity Bloomerang creates can build on that.
The ROI calculator projects about $352,500 in added fundraising lift each year, close to 40% of your $888,000 goal.
At 20 hours saved a month, your team gets back about 240 hours a year, roughly six full work weeks for donors, volunteers, and the mission.
Why now
Your Salesforce contract is up in October.
Classy renews in July, and your next strategic plan runs five years with bigger goals. Starting now lets your team convert and train first, with your first payment not due until July 1, 2027.
Why change
Too many tools, too much manual work.
Donations run through Classy, newsletters through Mailchimp, volunteers through Yup, and wealth scores through iWave, all feeding Salesforce, with no dedicated Salesforce admin to keep it humming. Every gift gets a printed receipt, and duplicates from past mergers still need cleanup.
Why Bloomerang
One unified platform, and a team to move you in.
Fundraising, events, email, volunteers, and reporting live in one place, with Penny and predictive donor insights built in. A dedicated conversion team moves your data from Salesforce, so you don't have to.
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Hi, I'm Margie, your Bloomerang Account Executive. I'm here to make sure Shelter House has everything you need to feel confident about this decision, from the first demo through your first day in the platform. I look forward to helping you spend less time juggling tools and more time on the mission.
