{"id":33840,"date":"2026-01-29T06:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=33840"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:11:51","slug":"dear-jack-foundation","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"flex-three-cols \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 intro-text wow animated fadeInUp\">\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-raise-your-voice-fundraising-challenge-results\"><em>Raise Your Voice<\/em> fundraising challenge results*:<\/h3>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 p-small wow animated fadeInUp\">\n                <div class=\"inner\">\n                    <h3>Achieved 109%<\/h3>\n<p>of the overall fundraising goal<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 p-small wow animated fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\".3s\">\n                <div class=\"inner\">\n                    <h3>$1,275 raised<\/h3>\n<p>per active fundraiser, on average<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 p-small wow animated fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\".6s\">\n                <div class=\"inner\">\n                    <h3>18 active<\/h3>\n<p>fundraising teams<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p>*Based on 2025 GoFundMe Pro data and Dear Jack Foundation-provided data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cultivating-a-loyal-fundraising-community\">Cultivating a loyal fundraising community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dearjackfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dear Jack Foundation<\/a>\u2019s annual <em>Raise Your Voice<\/em> peer-to-peer fundraising challenge has become a powerful source of support, heavily powered by repeat fundraisers. While many supporters initially connect with the organization through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dearjackfoundation.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">founder, musician Andrew McMahon<\/a>, <em>Raise Your Voice<\/em> has successfully transitioned many of them into dedicated mission advocates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strongest teams are often led by repeat fundraisers who return year after year, having been nurtured through Dear Jack\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Community-building: <\/strong>The nonprofit facilitates a social media group where fundraisers crowdsource ideas and support one another, fostering an environment where individuals cheer for the grand total as much as they do for their own success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus on impact: <\/strong>Dear Jack\u2019s team shares exactly where all fundraising dollars go, ensuring donors and fundraisers know how many wishes or retreats they have funded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Powerful matches: <\/strong>By<strong> <\/strong>securing matches in advance, the organization effectively rallied and inspired participation, a significant factor in helping fundraisers exceed their goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centralizing competition and communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/solutions\/peer-to-peer-fundraising\/\">GoFundMe Pro\u2019s peer-to-peer fundraising technology<\/a> provides a one-stop shop for participants, offering a central hub that allows each individual and team to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Create personalized pages:<\/strong> Fundraisers can easily set up and customize their individual fundraising pages to tell their personal story.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Track progress:<\/strong> Fundraisers can view their personal and team totals, as well as performance metrics, to track their progress toward their goal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engage in competition: <\/strong>The leaderboard functionality lets fundraisers see how they measure up against other individuals and teams, fueling friendly competition that makes challenges so successful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"classy-quote\">\n    <blockquote>\n      <p class=\"quote-content\">The ability to have a one-stop shop where people can see how much they\u2019ve raised as an individual or a team and compare to other individuals and teams, alongside the running total, is super helpful not only for our team but all fundraisers.<\/p>\n\n      \n        <footer>\n                    <p class=\"cite-name\">Ryan Pettengill<\/p>\n<p class=\"cite-role\">Executive Director<\/p>\n                  <\/footer>\n\n      \n      <\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n\n<p><strong>18 teams participated in the <\/strong><strong><em>Raise Your Voice <\/em><\/strong><strong>challenge, and each individual fundraiser raised an average of $1,275, helping Dear Jack Foundation reach 109% of its goal. <\/strong>This incredible example of community fundraising will help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grant more wishes through LifeList, which offers hope and support to young adults who are receiving treatment for a life-threatening cancer diagnosis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More young adult cancer survivors attend Breathe Now retreats, which provide a unique opportunity to heal through yoga, meditation, and therapeutic conversations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1642\" height=\"1482\" src=\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_product-shot-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33844\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Raise Your Voice<\/em> fundraising challenge on GoFundMe Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-getting-louder-in-2026\">Getting louder in 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Jack Foundation is focused on continued growth and support for its community. Their plans include advancing <em>Raise Your Voice<\/em> and applying lessons learned from the previous year to refine their fundraising challenges, making them cleaner and more automated, thereby improving the experience for their dedicated volunteers*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Results reflect Dear Jack Foundation\u2019s campaign strategy and may vary for other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ryan&#8217;s GoFundMe Pro tip:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go beyond asking for money and provide your fundraisers with real stories of impact they can use in their own outreach. When they connect the act of fundraising to tangible outcomes, they feel valued, and the motivation to raise more is exponentially higher.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<style>\nfigcaption { text-align: center; }\n.flex-three-cols .inner h3 { font-size: 33px; white-space: nowrap; }\n.cs-header .cs-title h1 { font-size: 54px;}\n.cs-header .cs-logo img { width: auto; }\n\n.bottom-banner .row .c-rad-module__title {\n    display: inline-block;\n    padding-right: 7px;\n    font-size: 36px;\n}\n@media (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1100px) {\n\t.cs-header .cs-title h1 { font-size: 50px; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 992px) {\n\t.cs-header .cs-title h1 { font-size: 44px; line-height: 46px }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Based on 2025 GoFundMe Pro data and Dear Jack Foundation-provided data Cultivating a loyal fundraising community Dear Jack Foundation\u2019s annual Raise Your Voice peer-to-peer fundraising challenge has become a powerful source of support, heavily powered by repeat fundraisers. While many supporters initially connect with the organization through its founder, musician Andrew McMahon, Raise Your Voice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33841,"template":"","class_list":["post-33840","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-category-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.5 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro - GoFundMe Pro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*Based on 2025 GoFundMe Pro data and Dear Jack Foundation-provided data Cultivating a loyal fundraising community Dear Jack Foundation\u2019s annual Raise Your Voice peer-to-peer fundraising challenge has become a powerful source of support, heavily powered by repeat fundraisers. While many supporters initially connect with the organization through its founder, musician Andrew McMahon, Raise Your Voice [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GoFundMe Pro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classy.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-30T16:11:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@classy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/\",\"name\":\"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro - GoFundMe Pro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T14:18:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-30T16:11:51+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png\",\"width\":1224,\"height\":612,\"caption\":\"Dear Jack Foundation header image\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/\",\"name\":\"GoFundMe Pro\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GoFundMe Pro\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-ray-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-ray-dark.png\",\"width\":534,\"height\":534,\"caption\":\"GoFundMe Pro\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classy.org\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/classy\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gofundmepro\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gofundme-pro\/\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classy_(company)\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gofundmepro\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro - GoFundMe Pro","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro","og_description":"*Based on 2025 GoFundMe Pro data and Dear Jack Foundation-provided data Cultivating a loyal fundraising community Dear Jack Foundation\u2019s annual Raise Your Voice peer-to-peer fundraising challenge has become a powerful source of support, heavily powered by repeat fundraisers. While many supporters initially connect with the organization through its founder, musician Andrew McMahon, Raise Your Voice [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/","og_site_name":"GoFundMe Pro","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classy.org\/","article_modified_time":"2026-01-30T16:11:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1224,"height":612,"url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@classy","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/","url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/","name":"Dear Jack Foundation turned fans into repeat fundraisers and surpassed its goals on GoFundMe Pro - GoFundMe Pro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png","datePublished":"2026-01-29T14:18:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-30T16:11:51+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/c\/case-studies\/dear-jack-foundation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PRO_Case-Study_Dear-Jack-Foundation-_1224x612.png","width":1224,"height":612,"caption":"Dear Jack Foundation header image"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/","name":"GoFundMe Pro","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#organization","name":"GoFundMe Pro","url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-ray-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-cropped-ray-dark.png","width":534,"height":534,"caption":"GoFundMe Pro"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classy.org\/","https:\/\/x.com\/classy","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gofundmepro","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gofundme-pro\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classy_(company)","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gofundmepro"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/33840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gofundme.to\/__proxy\/pro.gofundme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}