Boston Symphony Orchestra — Membership Renewal  For the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) we created a direct mail, membership renewal series for each of their three distinct brands: BSO, the Boston Pops and Tanglewood. Each series consists of 4 rotating outer envelopes and 5 variable laser letters, which are sent to members starting in month 10 of their membership. The lettersRead more

Catholic Charities of Boston — Thanks for Giving Appeal Catholic Charities of Boston distributes 3 million pounds of food to more than 110,000 individuals through their food pantries. To help them provide for these families in need, DaVinci Direct created and executed a “Thanks for Giving” appeal focused on feeding the hungry at Thanksgiving. This package features a custom logoRead more

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Challenge Match As fundraisers, we know the power of a Challenge Match campaign, especially when paired with the holiday giving season. It’s exactly for this reason that we developed a 2017 Holiday Challenge Match campaign for UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. This renewal package, which included a custom “2X the Research & Hope” logo, encourages donorsRead more

DAV Commanders Club — Renewal/Upgrade Campaign The Commanders Club employs an upscale format to upgrade donors.  Format has a great deal of personalization and includes member card, gold foil certificate, premiums in the form of a note pad and stickers plus a bounce-back prayer card. Member benefits include special discounts for members which help drive the exceptional response rate thisRead more

MSPCA Walk for Animals — Integrated Campaign The client was interested in having DaVinci Direct create and design the various marketing needs for this event.  Our efforts included over 15 media multi-channel communications: Website landing page, Email templates (past walkers, adopters, reminders, update walkers of recent donations, reminders for walkers, etc), Registration Forms, MBTA posters, WickedLocal newspaper print ad, WickedLocal.comRead more

Riley Children's Foundation — Holiday Renewal/Challenge Match This Holiday package combines two of the strongest direct mail offers available to marketers, Holiday Appeal & Challenge Match.  With the inexpensive bounce-back ornament, and powerful storytelling highlighting Riley as a leader in pediatric care, this appeal is the single greatest revenue generator in the hospital's program. What Our team provided Strategy Creative Production ServicesRead more

RI Food Bank — Sustainer’s Harvest Monthly Giving The Sustainer’s Harvest mailing targets donors who donate 3+ times per year and invites them to become monthly givers. The gift ask strategy aims to upgrade donors’ yearly giving by making more manageable monthly donations via credit card or EFT. Target upgrade is an increase of 50%. What Our team provided Strategy Creative ProductionRead more

Grassroots International — Matching Gift Acquisition Recognizing that the traditional direct mail tactics weren't working in Grassroots’ acquisition program, we knew we needed to blend some fresh strategies with tried and true direct response techniques.  The direct mail appeal contained a 4-page personalized letter, reply slip, decal premium, and reply envelope.  It carried Matching Gift Challenge branding, the strongest offerRead more

Homes For Our Troops — Double Buck Slip Renewal  Homes For our Troops (HFOT) is a nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans. Its impact is nationwide, so to demonstrate how HFOT helps local Veterans in its donors’ communities, we created a “Veterans Day” renewal appeal that used variable laser techniques andRead more

Catholic Charities — Special Pope Francis Appeal With the recent U.S. visit by Pope Francis and his time at Catholic Charities, our client asked DaVinci Direct to produce a package with a high-end look, with a commemorative component, and to generate income from this mailing to fund their programs.  Our package was printed on glossy/heavier stock, all full color, andRead more