Renee Zhao

Co-founder & CEO, DonationMatch · 1 appearance on the record.

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Renee Zau is the co-founder and CEO of DonationMatch, a platform designed to streamline in-kind donations for school and charity fundraising events. She has extensive experience in committee volunteering and marketing, and co-hosted the nonprofit fundraising podcast Events with Benefits.

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Insight

Zau: Sourcing Charity Event In-Kind Donations Takes 300 Hours

“It takes about 300 hours to secure all those in-kind donations you need for those auctions, raffles, and event giveaways.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 2:12 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

Disclosure

Zau: Founders took on $100K in credit card debt to bootstrap DonationMatch

“Oh, about a hundred K.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 6:53 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: DonationMatch Generates $8 Revenue Per Event on $1 CAC

“Our revenue per event is eight dollars per event. Our customer acquisition cost is a dollar per”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 10:54 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: DonationMatch Acquired 13,000 Nonprofit Users on Under $15,000 Spend

“The fact that we have 13,000 customers with less than on the nonprofit side with less than 15,000 dollars marketing spend on 30.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 11:35 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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DonationMatch Has Matched $16M in In-Kind Charity Donations

“We basically matched sixteen million dollars worth of goods, which is products, gift certificates, admission tickets, things like that.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 3:54 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: DonationMatch Sees Very Little Churn Unless Companies Close

“Really, we have very little churn. Once they get started and realize how easy we make it, they really don't leave unless they close.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 5:00 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: Most Active Companies on DonationMatch Are Free Users

“Well, so not all of those are actually paid customers. I would say the majority of them still use us for free.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 5:17 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

Disclosure

Zau: DonationMatch Is Raising $500,000 on a Convertible Note

“So we are raising 500,000.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 10:12 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: DonationMatch Has 10% of San Diego Nonprofits on Its Platform

“We have about 10% of nonprofits in San Diego in our system.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 12:42 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Zau: DonationMatch CTO will return full-time once funding is raised

“As soon as we raise money, he's coming right back.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 7:21 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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DonationMatch targets $50k in 2016 revenue, doubling yearly since 2013

“2016. We're looking at about 50 K. So we've been doubling pretty much year over year since 2013.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 7:37 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

Disclosure

DonationMatch did $3.5k–$4k revenue in September 2016 with $1.5k MRR

“So the actual recurring is probably actually, gosh, it's really only about 1500 of that. The total revenue was closer to 3504 thousand.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 8:57 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

Disclosure

DonationMatch has 5,000–6,000 events and 100 active corporate clients in 2016

“We have about Five, 6000 events this year and a hundred active companies. So a hundred customers.”

Renee Zhao Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 9:40 EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CEO Renee Zau

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
EP 473: Raising $500k To Help Charity Event Organizers, $16M Donated with DonationMatch CE	Nov 9, 2016	8m

Renee Zhao

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