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Building Intentional Donor Comms
Email Strategy • Audience Segmentation • Messaging Development
Donor Communications • Digital Engagement Strategy
Wingo partnered with the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (CLC) to develop a more strategic email communications framework centered on audience segmentation, donor engagement, and mission-driven storytelling.
Our goal was to strengthen supporter engagement while clarifying what makes the organization’s approach uniquely impactful.
Project Snapshot
What We Helped Achieve
Introduced segmented email communications across key groups
Strengthened donor-centered storytelling and engagement strategy
Expanded mission-based engagement with Pro Bono audiences
Helped clarify and articulate CLC’s unique organizational value
The Challenge & Approach
Challenge
CLC wanted to move beyond broad email sends and create more intentional communications for donors, supporters, and Pro Bono audiences.
The organization needed:
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clearer audience segmentation,
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stronger donor-centered storytelling,
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and messaging that better communicated what makes CLC distinct.
Approach
Wingo partnered with CLC as both a strategic and production partner to help the organization rethink how email communications could support long-term engagement and relationship-building.
We developed segmented communications strategies tailored to:
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Donors
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Lapsed Donors
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General Supporters
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Pro Bono Attorneys
Result
Over several campaigns, we tested audience behavior, refined engagement strategies, and developed messaging designed to deepen relationships — not just drive immediate actions.
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The defining campaign emerged from a conversation with CLC’s Executive Director about how the organization stays engaged long after headline-making legal victories. They continue to support communities after public attention fades.
That insight became the foundation for a campaign focused not just on what CLC does, but what makes their approach different.
The result was a mission-centered email that helped clarify:
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CLC’s long-term community commitment,
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its unique value,
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and why that distinction matters.
The Point of Difference
Website Development
We build nonprofit websites and campaign pages that make information easier to find and action easier to take. Our work can support full website builds, landing pages, donation pathways, and service-focused content.
Reporting & Optimization
We translate campaign performance into clear takeaways your team can use. The goal is to understand what is working, what needs to shift, and how the next campaign can be stronger.
Website, UX & SEO
We improve how people navigate your website and find your organization online. This work can include SEO recommendations, page structure, content updates, and clearer paths to action.
Campaign Strategy
We help shape the audience, message, CTA, and digital path before a campaign goes live. Whether you are planning a year-end appeal or a focused digital campaign, that strategy helps each channel work toward the same goal.
Digital Marketing Services
Wingo supports nonprofits across the digital channels that shape supporter engagement, from campaign planning to performance reporting.
Paid Search & Google Ad Grants
We help nonprofits reach people who are actively searching for information, resources, or ways to get involved. Our work can include Google Search campaigns, Google Ad Grants strategy, keyword research, and campaign optimization.
Organic Social Media Content
We create organic content that helps your mission stay visible between major campaigns. This can include campaign posts, timely updates, thought leadership, and storytelling content tailored for the platforms your audience uses.
Email Marketing
We write and shape email campaigns that help supporters understand the message and move toward action. This can include fundraising appeals, donor journeys, newsletter content, and post-campaign follow-up communications.
Related Work: Read the Thinking Behind the CLC Donor Communications
Paid Social Media Marketing
We plan and manage paid campaigns across Meta, Google, and LinkedIn with audience strategy at the center. Each campaign is built to reach the right people with messaging that connects to a clear next step.
Related Work: See How the URGE Campaign Reached New Supporters
Results and Insights
Intentional Donor Communications
The segmented communications strategy helped CLC build more intentional donor communications and clearer audience engagement across key supporter groups.
Effective Mission-Centered Storytelling
The campaign also reinforced an important strategic insight: Pro Bono audiences were highly responsive to broader mission-centered storytelling beyond volunteer recruitment alone.
Organizational Value
Most importantly, the work helped CLC more clearly define and communicate its organizational value — transforming a single email campaign into a foundational messaging piece for future communications.
