Third Party Fundraising

Syam Buradagunta, CEO, Blue Sky Collaborative Syam Buradagunta
President and CEO, Co-Founder
Mr. Buradagunta brings a unique blend of entrepreneurial experience, education, leadership, social awareness, and a penchant for out-of-the-box thinking to the helm at Blue Sky Collaborative. As the President and Founder of Carehub, Buradagunta started and sold a company that developed services that improved the lives of the elderly and chronically ill. Buradagunta subsequently served as the Vice President Technology at Living Strategies, a long term care services company that acquired Carehub. At Living Strategies, Buradagunta was involved in the successful sale of the company to Universal American Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UHCO). Later he served as the Director of Information Technology at ALS Therapy Development Foundation (ALS-TDF), a nonprofit in Newton, MA, where he led the development of an online community fundraising system, which served as the inspiration for Blue Sky Collaborative. Mr. Buradagunta graduated with a BA from Williams College in 1994.

Anna Bremner, COO, Blue Sky Collaborative Anna L. Bremner
COO, Co-Founder
Ms. Bremner brings her diverse skills and background to the Blue Sky Collaborative team. Her talents in software development and design have been successfully applied to bringing grassroots efforts online. Ms. Bremner’s work in online fundraising and awareness building has been featured on Nightline, ESPN, NBC’s Today Show and in the New York Times. She has lead projects as an outside consultant at prominent Boston area clients like Biogen, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, State Street Bank, and Partners Healthcare. Ms. Bremner is also a classically trained musician who has performed at Carnegie Hall and before Margaret Thatcher, Francois Mitterrand, former President George Bush, and Mikail Gorbachev at the United Nations. Ms. Bremner graduated in 1998 from New York University with a BA in Politics and a minor in Journalism. She is also fluent in French and English.

We focus on developing software and services that allow nonprofits to benefit from third party fundraising.

We are dedicated to creating cost-effective ways for nonprofits to add third party fundraising to their development portfolio. We believe in fair up-front pricing, seamless integration, and great customer service.

What is Third Party Fundraising?
Third Party fundraising is any activity that supporters of nonprofits engage in voluntarily to raise money and awareness for the organization. Examples of third party fundraisers include:

  • Someone who organizes an event to benefit a charity
  • People raising money for a charity by running a marathon
  • Participants in a bike ride or walk who solicit donations for charity

What are the Benefits of Third Party Fundraising?
Third Party Fundraising is cost effective. It is driven by people who voluntarily engage in fundraising activities on behalf of an organization. Third party fundraising adds to a nonprofit's fundraising opportunities without draining internal resources. Nonprofits can support many more third party events than internally run events because the work is being done at no cost by a volunteer.

Why are we needed?
Despite the obvious benefits of Third Party Fundraising many nonprofits avoid it because of the perceived "risks." Some nonprofits worry that their brand could be impacted by a poor event run by a volunteer without event planning experience. They also worry about the support that a third party fundraiser would need. Others really don't know where to start. Our products are designed to make it easy for nonprofits to implement third party fundraising programs or incorporate third party fundraising into one of their events. Our products allow nonprofits to support many successful third party fundraising activities while minimizing the "risks" of third party fundraising.

What makes us better?

  • Our stuff works. Our clients have raised nearly $2 million in the past year using our programs.
  • No gimmicks. We don't woo nonprofits with the promise of low up-front fees only to take percentages of their donations forever.
  • We're accessible. Our prices are fair and our value is proven. Our programs are turn-key and hassle-free.

Check out our product pages to see how we can assist with your fundraising.