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StratusLIVE: Fostering Digital Engagement for Philanthropy
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Jim Funari, Co-Founder and CEO

Fostering Digital Engagement for Philanthropy

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Enterprise nonprofits, federations, and foundations that embrace advanced cloud-based solutions are most likely to thrive in today’s digital-first society. With the pandemic pushing traditional face-to-face fundraising initiatives wayside, philanthropic organizations need to pivot towards integrated, state-of-the-art, cloud-based technology to attain ‘digital maturity.’ Not only can it give them visibility over their programs, but it also fosters better engagement with donors and constituents.

StratusLIVE is a software solution provider keen on fulfilling this need through their end-to-end, cloud-based technology.

“We design, build, implement and support innovative software for social good that enables nonprofits to drive change, deepen relationships and transform digital engagement,” says Jim Funari, Co-Founder and CEO of StratusLIVE.

The StratusLIVE Nonprofit Industry Cloud is an integrated, enterprise class solution for the modern, digital nonprofit and includes CRM Fundraising and Engagement, Mission Delivery through Programs and Partners, a comprehensive Online Giving Suite, an Online CSR solution for Corporate Engagement, and a personalized application for donors. The solution runs on the Microsoft commercial platform, integrated with Office, Teams, and Mobile environments for ease of use, collaboration, and accessibility.

The main component of the Nonprofit Industry Cloud Solution, StratusLIVE 365 (CRM) is built exclusively for effective donor management. It allows nonprofits to seamlessly monitor and handle all marketing and constituent relationship development initiatives among supporters. The industry cloud is also capable of assisting nonprofits in their mission delivery; the programs and events aimed at fulfilling an organization’s mission. In addition to developing budgets and relevant financial processes, it offers solutions for collecting data and performing analysis on the donor’s ‘giving behavior.’ This aspect empowers nonprofits to uncover better ways of deepening affinity with their constituents.

The company’s enterprise-grade, nonprofit, online giving solution, called StratusLIVE Ignite, is an intuitive, rapidly deployable, comprehensive online giving platform, offering digital engagement and effective long-term relationships with donors and constituents. StratusLIVE Ignite banks on an eCommerce-like experience, enabling users to give, volunteer, and engage with the causes and organizations most important to them. It is comprised of multifaceted solutions like ‘Give Now’, ‘Give in Teams’, and ‘Volunteer Now’, all targeted modules that can be accessed through a single account. This feature enhances user experience while improving the efficacy of digital engagement between the nonprofit and donors.

An extension of the application is ‘Give at Work,’ built specifically to help businesses fulfill corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals. It is used by more than 1,500 companies, including industry giants like Ford Motor Company and Procter & Gamble.

StratusLIVE also has a personalized donor software application called Donor Hub, an online application that empowers donors to monitor all of their engagement activities with the nonprofit organization and customize their giving experiences.

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The StratusLIVE Nonprofit Industry Cloud is an integrated, enterprise class solution for the modern, digital nonprofit and includes CRM Fundraising and Engagement, Mission Delivery through Programs and Partners, a comprehensive Online Giving Suite, an Online CSR solution for Corporate Engagement, and a personalized application for donorsImage

“A cloud solution like ours means that an enterprise nonprofit doesn't need IT Infrastructure Personnel, Security Personnel, Application Development Staff, Help Desk Staff, etc. Many features like the low-code/no-code Page Builder enables digital marketing managers to rapidly build and configure fundraising options and deploy their page for peer-to-peer or do-it-yourself fundraising. It also has the organization’s branding guidelines already developed and embedded in the tool,” adds Debbie Snyder, Group Vice President, Sales and Marketing, StratusLIVE.

As a Microsoft-based solution, tools like Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams are integrated, making interaction with the software easy and effective. It is also highly scalable and secure. For example, Autism Speaks, one of the largest nonprofits in New York, leverages the industry cloud to carry out their operations among four million constituents. This instance exemplifies the solution’s capability to scale regardless of donor database size.

Scripting similar success stories, StratusLIVE is on track to transform nonprofits and revitalize the industry. The coming years will witness StratusLIVE incorporating AI, Machine Learning and other advanced, predictive analyses to further assist clients in fostering digital engagement among their donors and constituents.

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StratusLIVE Announces New Functionality within the Ignite Platform that Empowers Users to Rapidly Deploy Digital Campaigns

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

CHESAPEAKE, VA. : StratusLIVE, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for nonprofits, foundations, and workplace federations, announced today a major upgrade of the StratusLIVE Ignite Online Engagement Platform.

Ignite offers nonprofit fundraisers and marketers the ability to use a page builder to design web pages for a variety of online engagement methods including events, volunteering, peer-to-peer, DIY, and team-based fundraising. This low-code, no-code environment is readily accessible to users of different skill levels and reduces reliance on IT teams to provide design support.

With this latest release, the page builder now offers templates that allow users to rapidly produce digital campaigns by reusing compelling page designs and visual components. Users can clone and customize appealing templates from the library regardless of the template’s initial engagement method and use the same design elements. Additional features include the ability to search for templates via tags and import templates into the platform.

Template functionality within StratusLIVE Ignite will increase internal efficiencies and reduce the time to deploy donation, event, and fundraising pages. Beyond time saving benefits, organizations will ensure brand consistency through the use of consistent visual assets.

For networked or affiliated organizations such as the United Way network or chapter based organizations, this template functionality provides leverage, speed and reusability that can be a real game changer. Users who create templates can select private or public sharing. The public sharing option is based on Open Source practices in which organizations can share digital pages for consumption and use by other affiliated or unrelated organizations on the Ignite Platform.

“The demands placed on nonprofit organizations continue to grow and increase in complexity. With tools such as templates within Ignite, StratusLIVE reduces obstacles for digital fundraisers. This will allow organizations to launch campaigns quickly and readily respond to the needs of their communities,” said StratusLIVE CEO and Co-Founder, Jim Funari.

StratusLIVE Announces New Functionality within the Ignite Platform that Empowers Users to Rapidly Deploy Digital Campaigns

Thursday, March 09, 2023

StratusLIVE announces new template and starter layouts within StratusLIVE Ignite that allows users to rapidly produce digital campaigns.

CHESAPEAKE, VA - StratusLIVE, announced today a major upgrade of the StratusLIVE Ignite Online Engagement Platform.

Ignite offers nonprofit fundraisers and marketers the ability to use a page builder to design web pages for a variety of online engagement methods including events, volunteering, peer-to-peer, DIY, and team-based fundraising. This low-code, no-code environment is readily accessible to users of different skill levels and reduces reliance on IT teams to provide design support.

With this latest release, the page builder now offers templates that allow users to rapidly produce digital campaigns by reusing compelling page designs and visual components. Users can clone and customize appealing templates from the library regardless of the template’s initial engagement method and use the same design elements. Additional features include the ability to search for templates via tags and import templates into the platform.

Template functionality within StratusLIVE Ignite will increase internal efficiencies and reduce the time to deploy donation, event, and fundraising pages. Beyond time saving benefits, organizations will ensure brand consistency through the use of consistent visual assets.

For networked or affiliated organizations such as the United Way network or chapter based organizations, this template functionality provides leverage, speed and reusability that can be a real game changer. Users who create templates can select private or public sharing. The public sharing option is based on Open Source practices in which organizations can share digital pages for consumption and use by other affiliated or unrelated organizations on the Ignite Platform.

“The demands placed on nonprofit organizations continue to grow and increase in complexity. With tools such as templates within Ignite, StratusLIVE reduces obstacles for digital fundraisers. This will allow organizations to launch campaigns quickly and readily respond to the needs of their communities,” said StratusLIVE CEO and Co-Founder, Jim Funari.

Company
StratusLIVE

Headquarters
Chesapeake, VA

Management
Jim Funari, Co-Founder and CEO

Description
StratusLIVE, an independent software vendor (ISV) in the charity sector, built its StratusLIVE 365 donor management ecosystem on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM platform. StratusLIVE 365 analyses constituency data to find meaningful insights about target donor groups' history, location, demographics, and specific interests, among other things

Top 50 Microsoft Solutions Companies - 2022

Company
StratusLIVE

Headquarters
Chesapeake, VA

Management
Jim Funari, Co-Founder and CEO

Description
StratusLIVE, an independent software vendor (ISV) in the charity sector, built its StratusLIVE 365 donor management ecosystem on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM platform. StratusLIVE 365 analyses constituency data to find meaningful insights about target donor groups' history, location, demographics, and specific interests, among other things