Face-to-face fundraising remains one of the most personal and powerful ways for charities to connect with new supporters.

But managing a modern fundraising operation requires much more than simply putting fundraisers into the field. Charities and fundraising agencies need to manage teams, territories, venues, supporter signups, performance, compliance and data — often across multiple campaigns at the same time.

Clouds Nest® brings those processes together in one fundraising management platform.

Face-to-Face Fundraising Software Built for the Real World

Clouds Nest® has been developed around the realities of running face-to-face fundraising campaigns. Whether your fundraisers are working door-to-door, on private sites, at events or across other face-to-face locations, the platform gives managers greater visibility over what’s happening in the field.

Instead of relying on separate spreadsheets, messages, paper records and disconnected systems, important campaign information can be brought together into one central platform.

Live Fundraiser Mapping

When you have fundraisers working across different locations, knowing where activity is taking place matters. Clouds Nest provides real-time mapping and territory management functionality designed for field-based campaigns.

Managers can allocate areas and gain greater visibility over field activity, while digital knock sheets help teams move away from traditional paper-based territory management. This creates a clearer picture of where teams are working and helps organisations build useful historical campaign data.

Smarter Private Site and Venue Management

Finding a fundraising venue is one thing. Knowing whether it is actually worth booking again is another.

Clouds Nest helps organisations build performance histories for the venues they use. Managers can use historical information to understand venue performance, days worked, signup numbers, average performance, brand ambassador performance, signup quality, attrition and cancellations.

Over time, this allows fundraising organisations to make more informed decisions about which locations they book and which fundraisers may perform best at them. Venue management is included within Clouds Nest rather than being treated as a separate add-on.

Lottery and Regular Giving Campaigns

Different fundraising campaigns require different supporter journeys. Clouds Nest has been designed to support face-to-face fundraising operations including charity lottery acquisition and regular giving campaigns.

Digital signup processes can help organisations create a more consistent supporter experience while giving managers better access to campaign information. The objective is simple: make the journey from the initial conversation to completed supporter signup as smooth and measurable as possible.

Measure More Than the Number of Signups

Twenty signups from one campaign and twenty from another don’t necessarily have the same value. Quality matters.

Clouds Nest helps organisations look beyond headline acquisition figures and understand what happens after supporters have been recruited. By connecting fundraiser, venue and campaign information with subsequent performance and attrition, managers can start identifying patterns in signup quality, cancellations and long-term campaign performance.

Better Visibility for Fundraising Agencies and Charities

Clouds Nest can support both charities running their own acquisition teams and professional fundraising agencies managing campaigns on behalf of charity partners.

Managers can access clearer operational information while charities can benefit from greater visibility over how their campaigns are performing. That creates an opportunity for more transparent relationships between charities, agencies and field teams.

Fundraiser Onboarding and Training

Running a successful fundraising operation also means getting new people ready for the field. Clouds Nest is designed to bring more of that journey into the same ecosystem.

Recruitment and onboarding processes can include important documentation, training materials, videos and assessments, helping organisations create a more structured route from new starter to active fundraiser.

Calling and Supporter Follow-Up

The supporter journey doesn’t necessarily end when a signup is submitted. Verification, welcome calls and other supporter communications can form an important part of a fundraising operation.

Clouds Nest includes calling functionality designed to help connect field acquisition with follow-up processes, creating a more joined-up journey between the fundraiser in the field and the teams supporting the donor afterwards.

Built With Face-to-Face Fundraising in Mind

There are many generic CRM and sales platforms available. Clouds Nest is different. The platform has been developed around the practical requirements of organisations with people physically operating in the field.

That means thinking about the things face-to-face fundraising managers deal with every day: fundraisers, territories, doors, venues, signups, training, quality, attrition and reporting. And bringing them together.

Turn Fundraising Activity Into Fundraising Intelligence

The longer an organisation uses Clouds Nest, the more useful its operational data can become. Historical venue results, fundraiser performance, campaign statistics and supporter quality can help build a detailed picture of an organisation’s face-to-face fundraising operation.

The goal isn’t simply to collect more data. It’s to make that data useful.

Clouds Nest® helps charities and fundraising organisations turn everyday field activity into information they can use to make better operational decisions.

Discover Clouds Nest®

If your charity or fundraising agency operates face-to-face campaigns and wants greater visibility over its teams, venues, territories and supporter acquisition, discover what Clouds Nest can offer.

From the first conversation to long-term campaign performance — bring your face-to-face fundraising operation together with Clouds Nest®.

Book a demo and see Clouds Nest in action.