As the standard of living in Korea grows alongside its economic growth, interest in donations and the total amounts of donations are also increasing. The social climate of Korea however, mainly appealsto sympathy, resulting in temporary and insignific...
As the standard of living in Korea grows alongside its economic growth, interest in donations and the total amounts of donations are also increasing. The social climate of Korea however, mainly appealsto sympathy, resulting in temporary and insignificant contributions. This kind of donation triggers negative feelings about the process of donation itself, including feelings of guilt and avoidance. Impulsive marginal donations based on sympathy may bring about a temporary result, but when viewed from a long-term perspective, it harms the independence of non-profit organizations. This issue is a particularly severe obstacle to Korean society with respect to establishing a donation culture.
On the contrary, donation in developed nations is more likely to be made in a rational and highly involved manner in the form of bequests, planned donations and subscriptions. This illustrates that donation culture is an established part of life, considered as a form of tradition or obligation in these countries. This solid basis for donations is used to support the expenses of non-profit organizations and activate the non-profit organization marketplace.
Given these facts, this study analyzed the key success factors in Korean non-profit organization fundraising, and suggested strategies to elevate fundraising efficiency using the FCB Grid model. To achieve this, successful domestic fundraising cases were analyzed and thefundraising managers for each organization were interviewed in depth.
Upon analyzing the results, the key success factors for fundraising turned out to be 1) Trustworthy and transparent management 2) Experiential marketing 3) Relationship marketing and 4) Brand marketing. In seeking practical methods, donation types were classified into 1st tier high-involvement rational donation, 2nd tier high-involvement emotional donation, 3rd tier low-involvement rational donation and 4th tier low-involvement emotional donation, using the FCB Grid model. Based on this, fundraising strategies for inter-space movement were suggested as follows.
First, experiential marketing was suggested as a fundraising strategy to move from 4th tier to 3rd tier. Experiential marketing enables 4th tier donors to share values and organization missions and form a positive relationship with the organizations.
Second, brand marketing is suggested as a fundraising strategy to move from 4th tier to 2nd tier. Donation involvement can be increased with active use of brand characteristics, with their symbolic and self-expressive functions, and with systematic brand management.
Third, donor management and relationship marketing are necessary fundraising strategies to move from 3rd tier to 2nd tier. 3rd tier donors who have built pride and positive relationshipsthrough constant communication, exhibit high loyalty and subsequently take a step towards becoming 2nd tier which refers to big donors.
Fourth, trustworthy and transparent management in addition to relationship marketing are suggested as fundraising strategies to move from 3rd tier to 1st tier. Organizations should fulfill their missions based on trust and transparency for an extended period while developing fundraising strategies with systematic plans to move from 3rd tier to 1st tier.
The theoretical implications of this study are to systemize fundraising development by adopting various kinds of marketing methodsand classify donations and markets by using donation involvement, and rational and emotional donation through the FCB Grid model. The practical implication is in boosting the understanding of non-profit organization hands-on workers concerning the fundraising market, and to establish efficient fundraising development strategies.