The document summarizes a webinar presented by FirstGiving CEO Karsten Robbins and FrontStream CEO Nina Vellayan about FirstGiving being acquired by FrontStream Payments. The webinar discusses how the acquisition will benefit both companies and nonprofits by consolidating the nonprofit donation processing market, providing a robust yet affordable fundraising toolset, and exposing their payment processing expertise through APIs. Key products and upcoming features are also outlined, including improved reporting, mobile giving options, and integrations with other third party tools.
3. How this webinar works
• A link to the slides and a recording will be sent after
the webinar
• If you’d like to ask a question during the webinar, you
can type it in the box on the right side of your screen
• Use the hashtag #fgwebinar to tweet about this
webinar
4. Who is FirstGiving?
• Found in 2003
• Leader in the online fundraising
space for US nonprofits
• 100% nonprofit focused
• Raised $265M on behalf of
4,000+ nonprofits
5. Why this makes sense for FirstGiving
• Needed capital to better serve our clients and
accelerate product development
• 100% nonprofit focus diverged from JustGiving’s
consumer focus
• Needed in-house donation processing expertise for
security and efficiency
• Needed robust payment technology for 3rd party
partners
• Needed a committed partner in the nonprofit space to
help add value
6. Who is FrontStream Payments
• Recognized as one the fastest
growing payments solution provider
in the United States
• Leader in developing technology
based solutions for our clients
Reston, Virginia
• Internally developed, licensed and
customized payment technology
• $4 billion in annual processing
• Partnership centric portfolio
7. Why this makes sense for FrontStream
• Focused on nonprofit and education
• Process $4 billion annually for variety of industries, but
brand not recognized in nonprofit space
• FirstGiving’s product and team is a natural fit
8. Why this makes sense for you
• Nothing changes, and will only get better
• 100% focused on the nonprofit product
• Integration with tools you may be already using
• Focus on mobile giving and social media integrations
• Consolidate your reporting across all giving channels
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10. What we’ll cover in this webinar
• Why the acquisition makes sense for you
• The joint vision for FirstGiving and FrontStream
• What’s the future of our team and Firstgiving.com
• Upcoming product features and functionality
11. Our Joint Vision
Become a key arbiter of generosity and
the #1 trusted transaction processor for
charitable donations.
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Consolidate the Provide a nonprofit Expose our core
nonprofit transaction focused toolset that expertise via APIs to
processing market.
can compete with enable third party
more expensive,
partners to unleash
full-suite solutions.
generosity on a
massive scale.
12. 1 Consolidate the nonprofit online donation processing market.
Donate Now Lite
Self-service Donate Now buttons work on any website for easy giving.
13.
14. 1 Consolidate the nonprofit online donation processing market.
Fasttransact
White-labeled on-site donation form with the possibility of next day
disbursement to bank account.
15. 1 Consolidate the nonprofit online donation processing market.
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Pages
Market leader in event-based and grassroots fundraising
16. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Event Registration
17. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Fundraising Teams
18. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Nonprofit widgets
FirstGiving
Start
FirstGiving
Top
Fundraising
Fundraisers
Widget
Widget
19. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Donor, fundraiser and event reporting
20. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Email Marketing; nonprofit and fundraiser tools
21. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Nonprofit page branding and theming (coming soon)
22. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Flexible Payment Solutions (coming soon)
Mobile optimized giving
In-person mobile
donation device
Alternative
payment options
International
processing
23. 2 Provide a nonprofit focused toolset that can compete with more
expensive, full-suite solutions.
Integrated with 3rd party tools (i.e. CRM, accounting, ticketing)
(coming soon)
24. 3 Expose our expertise via APIs to enable third party partners to unleash
generosity on a massive scale.
Provide current API partners with more flexibility and
better reporting
25. 2012 and beyond
Online
Registration
Improved in
Improvements
honor/memory
of features
Embedded
Registration
Integrated reporting
Custom Field
Mapping for
Advanced databases
Team In-person donations
Fundraising
Direct deposit/next day Improvements
Advanced to Quickbooks
funding
Reporting integration
Search
PayPal integration
Inline editing
Salesforce
integration
enhancements
Social Media
Messaging
26. Thank you!
Questions?
Interested in learning more about FirstGiving?
Contact Sales: 877-226-5630, option 4
Email: sales@firstgiving.com