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Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

2021 Giving Tuesday & End of Year Campaigns Case Study

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The LA Regional Food Bank serves more than 900,000 people on a monthly basis. With 1 in 5 people in LA County experiencing food insecurity, they rely on the generosity and support of their community to ensure no one goes hungry. But being one of the largest populations in the country, they need to be extremely proactive in meeting this need, particularly in such trying times.

Here's how they did it during Giving Tuesday and their end of year campaign in 2021.

#Giving Tuesday & EOY Goal:

1,000,000

Meals

The LA Food Bank received a generous match for both their Giving Tuesday and End of Year campaigns in 2021. With this incentive, they set a lofty goal of 1 million meals.

The Challenge

The ongoing pandemic and related economic fallout created large numbers of people in the community who were facing food insecurity for the first time in their lives.

Many of these people had even previously been donors themselves, and had never expected that they might one day be on the receiving end.

The LA Food Bank was challenged to find more supporters from a smaller pool of people at a time when the need was greater than ever before.

The Solution

As their ongoing dedicated digital ad partner since early 2019, the LA Regional Food Bank entrusted the Mittun team with creating a Google Ad campaign. They knew the agency was up to the challenge to create a campaign that aligned with and propelled the LA Food Bank’s Giving Tuesday and End of Year campaigns forward.

Where other digital marketing agencies would set into motion a plan brought to them by a client, Mittun lends their experience and expertise from start to finish.

Mittun advised on strategy leading up to the launch of the campaigns,

Offered input on creative elements,

And mapped out the campaign architecture across Facebook/Instagram and Google.

When the campaigns were launched, Mittun monitored the progress every step of the way and ensured each step was well executed:

Mittun allocated the budget according to prior rigorous testing and current trends,

Managed campaigns dynamically, adapting on the fly to steer the campaigns toward the highest possible ROI,

And reported the numbers that mattered in a clear, no-nonsense format to guide the LA Food Bank in their strategic decision-making and macro budget allocation for the coming year.

Our only regret is not hiring them sooner.

Roger CastleLA Regional Food Bank

The Results

Mittun launched the Google Ad campaign on November 25th to gear up for Giving Tuesday on November 30th. It ran through the end of the year when the LA Food Bank completed their campaigns. And when the final numbers were tallied, everyone was, once again, extremely pleased.

190,378

Spend

1,341,274

Return

7.05

Return on Ad Spend

In the midst of one of the most difficult years, the LA Food Bank was able to have one of their most successful campaigns ever.

Thank you!

We at the Mittun team were once again honored to be able to be a part of something so special and positively impactful in the community, especially in such a time of need. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to continue playing our part!

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