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    Case Study

    Focused Year-End Appeal Delivers 4x ROAS on a Smaller Audience

    A smaller nonprofit ran a disciplined seasonal appeal across Meta and Google Ads with clean tracking.

    Year-End Campaign
    Faith-Based Sector
    Community Organisation
    Impact Metrics

    Revenue, ROAS, and Donors Acquired

    Every case study reports the same three headline metrics so outcomes stay comparable across engagements.

    Revenue Raised
    $28K
    Total Revenue
    ROAS / ROI
    4x
    Year-End ROAS
    Donors Acquired
    Not tracked
    No donor or lead count reported for this engagement
    Additional Outcomes
    $28K
    Total Revenue
    4x
    ROAS
    133
    Total Gifts
    $53.04
    Cost Per Gift

    The Challenge

    A smaller organisation wanted a measurable year-end campaign across Christmas, Giving Tuesday, and Year End without overspending.

    Their challenges included:

    • Small addressable audience
    • Needed a repeatable playbook, not a one-off
    • Had to keep ROAS positive at every stage

    The plan had to punch above its weight.

    Our Approach

    We developed a comprehensive strategy tailored to their unique strengths and opportunities.

    1

    Cross-Platform Baseline

    Ran both Google Ads and Meta with targeted messaging against year-end key dates.

    133 gifts across the window
    2

    Positive-ROAS Discipline

    Paced spend against measured performance so every phase stayed above 1x.

    4x campaign ROAS

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    What this means for a charity like yours

    Community organisations with a list too small for the volume tactics larger charities rely on.

    1. Small audiences can return 4x when the ask is specific and the segmentation is honest.

    2. List size sets the ceiling on revenue, not on return.

    3. A tight audience makes creative testing cheap, so test before you scale.

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