Case studies

Work that won.

Campaigns, movements, unions, and products. Different fights, same pattern: strategy first, infrastructure that holds, and results you can count.

Ready for the viral moment
Conservation Lands Foundation · Rapid response

Built to scale — then Billie Eilish hit share.

A rapid-response engine designed for a moment nobody can schedule. When it came, the infrastructure held — and the movement grew overnight.

supporter base growth
155first-time donors
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984 votes. History made.
Kennedy for Vancouver · Political campaign

The first independent mayor in three decades.

Brand, website, ads, and a grassroots donation engine that carried an independent over the line under the tightest finance rules in city history.

85%of donations made online
0.57%margin of victory
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781 events. 15 states.
Mobilize Recovery · Distributed organizing

Infrastructure for a nationwide movement.

The digital backbone that lets local recovery advocates run their own events — local autonomy, national coordination.

781community-led events
6,500Campus Surge participants
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10,000 members. One voice.
Teamsters Local 455 · Labor organizing

A digital revolution for working union families.

A full redesign and member-data migration onto NationBuilder turned the local's website into a front door for workers seeking representation.

10,000+members organized
50%email open rate
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Child care on the ballot
$10aDay Child Care · Advocacy campaign

Making affordable child care a reality in BC.

Brand, narrative, and a NationBuilder-powered strategy that turned a policy plan into a province-wide movement — and a government commitment.

petition signatures
$800K+earned media value
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Live from the rainforest
Pacific Wild · Environmental advocacy

A live window into the Great Bear Rainforest.

The award-winning home of Great Bear LIVE — live wilderness cameras and whale song, wired to petitions that won real protections.

219Ksignatures against the wolf cull
2017Reed Award, Best Canadian Website
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Every issue, an action
Miami Waterkeeper · Environmental advocacy

The website that doubled a movement.

An action-oriented digital HQ where every issue captures a lead — supporters doubled, memberships doubled, and the styrofoam ban passed.

supporter network in 5 months
+387%website sessions
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#1 in small donations
Kennedy Stewart, MP · Federal campaign

Digital fundraising for the win.

A data-driven NationBuilder campaign that out-fundraised every NDP candidate in Canada and held the seat against the national tide.

#1NDP fundraiser nationwide
1,400+individual donors
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A website that knows you
Preemptive Love Coalition · Humanitarian aid

Captivating audiences with an intelligent website.

A smart NationBuilder site that meets every supporter where they are — personalized asks, streamlined giving, and storytelling built to convert.

70%+supporters on mobile
2-in-1giving on one page
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One supporter. $10K.
Preemptive Love · Personal fundraising

Summer shaves her head.

NationBuilder's most underused feature, pushed to its potential — one supporter crowdfunded over $10,000 for women victimized by ISIS.

$10K+raised by one supporter
her original goal
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The theme every nation starts with
Raise · Public theme for NationBuilder

The theme that raised the bar for every nation.

Our battle-tested design patterns, packaged as a public theme — now the default starting point for new NationBuilder sites.

Defaulttheme for new NB sites
3color variants
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