The American Association of Community Theatre is a nonprofit organization that supports community theaters across the country. AACT relies on the open-source Constituent Relationship Management system CiviCRM to manage its donor relationships and track contributions. However, the out-of-the-box functionality of CiviCRM did not meet AACT's needs for sending thank you emails to donors who made contributions that included both membership dues and additional donations. Specifically, AACT wanted to send automatic email notifications to users based on actions they take, such as making a donation. AACT's donations usually come in as ...

Introduction NAATP, the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, offers a multitude of member benefits that supports organizations in becoming successful and profitable addiction treatment leaders. Being a member serves as an authoritative online representation of the mission of NAATP and its affiliates. Treatment centers are proud to be members of the association. To tout their membership and provide consumer confidence, centers are encouraged to display the NAATP member seal on their websites. The Challenge In some cases, organizations will need the help of their development team to add the ...

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is a network of local chapters, individual riders and passionate volunteers working together for the benefit of the mountain biking community. IMBA helps members find trails close to home as well as resources for building and protecting trails. The association website utilizes CiviCRM and Drupal 8 to provide resources to members as well as empower local chapters to see reports on new memberships, membership renewals, and send emails to their members. As the membership organizations scale, it becomes more and more important to automate ...

Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) is a state-wide non-profit association of over 3,500 medical professionals. TPS had the constituent database migrated multiple times through a variety of systems. An existing vendor provided a number of customizations that further eroded the data integrity of the contacts, resulting in lack of management and trust of the existing database. Skvare was contacted shortly after the TPS web server was compromised and had to be restored, resulting in further data degradation. Upon migration to the Skvare web hosting server both Drupal and CiviCRM platforms perform ...

Salvation Army Echelon, the official young adult auxiliary of The Salvation Army, is the product of an idea that began in Dallas, Texas in 2010. Echelon is the next generation of community action for the Salvation Army. Men and women age 21 to 35 engage in networking, fundraising and community service in chapters across the U.S. After the network of chapters expanded from one club in Dallas to several clubs across the nation, Salvation Army Echelon wanted a solution to house the chapters under one umbrella while allowing each club ...

The University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF) coordinates and executes fundraising activities on behalf of all University of Minnesota campuses, colleges, and programs. The University of Minnesota Foundation was challenged with a way to unify many individual campaign pages, and they lacked a way to collect crowdfunded donations effectively. They needed a robust, scalable crowdfunding platform to accommodate the diverse range of causes and interests of the more than 66,000 students on seven campuses, plus the associated faculty and staff. Skvare developed the UMF crowdfunding website in CiviCRM and Drupal with ...

Chowan University is a Christian educational institution founded in 1848 by Baptist families and named Chowan – which means “people of the south” – to honor the Native American Algonquin Chowanook tribe. For over 165 years, Chowan has enjoyed a long and distinguished tradition of faith and education. Prior to 2015, their website was in static HTML, and they had to rely on a web professional outside the organization to add or update any content. Chowan University needed a new website that would give staff the ability to make their ...

Introduction The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) is a society of addiction treatment providers in the United States. Their mission is to provide leadership, advocacy, training and other member support services to assure the continued availability and highest quality of addiction treatment. The organization provides clinical and operational resources as well as law and policy advocacy to bring the industry together to promote collegiality and best practices. To manage their memberships, event registrations, and email campaigns, NAATP utilizes CiviCRM, an open-source constituent relationship management (CRM) tool, that is ...

INTRODUCTION The Texas Archeological Society (TAS) is an organization that brings together Professional and Avocational Archeologists. Together they promote scientific archeological research, public education, and the preservation of Texas’ history and its prehistoric past. The organization, which was founded in 1929, has annual memberships that vary between 1,100 and 1,500 and offers special publications and newsletters to its members as well as various events such as their three day Annual Meeting, an annual get together that includes a banquet with a nationally prominent speaker, and Field School events that provide ...

The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) is a professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others related to the athletic training profession. Their mission is to represent, engage, and foster the continued growth and development of the athletic training profession. NATA provides a robust variety of educational resources to help athletic trainers stay up to date with the latest clinical teachings and techniques. NATA's Professional Development Center (PDC) offers e-learning courses that allows members to learn and earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through online quizzes, courses and webinars. Athletic ...