Providing opportunities and developing youth through golf
SCGA Junior Golf Foundation uses Soapbox Engage to make golf more accessible, educational, and fun
The mission of SCGA Junior Golf Foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. The Foundation believes that every kid in Southern California, no matter their circumstance, should have the opportunity to pursue golf and experience the positive impact that it can have. Through their programming, the Foundation creates diverse local golf communities that encourage youth to have fun and explore their futures.
The work of SCGA Junior Golf Foundation engages two major constituencies: families and donors. While many solutions exist to manage one of these audiences or the other, the Foundation was seeking a seamless, Salesforce-integrated way to manage data, transactions and experiences for both audiences. Luckily, they found their match with Soapbox Engage.
“The Soapbox Engage Classes App has been the solution we have been seeking for more than 10 years.”
Kevin Gigax, Executive Director
Providing $1.4M worth of programming with the help of the Soapbox Engage Classes app
Every year, SCGA Junior Golf Foundation serves over 6,000 kids through diverse programming, activities, and scholarships. Some of their programming includes ongoing classes or one-time events that the Foundation offers to youth of all ages and skill levels. The Foundation was seeking a solution that would allow youth to easily find and enroll in the activities that were best suited to their interests, availability, and skill level.
“Our families have a better experience registering for programming because of the Soapbox Engage Classes App.”
Kevin Gigax, Executive Director
With the Soapbox Engage Classes app, the Foundation can display all their classes and events for easy registration. The classes are searchable by class type, age range, days of the week offered, start time, instructor, facility, and community. Class availability is clearly displayed to end-users, enabling the Foundation to easily facilitate registrations for classes, seminars, tournaments, and more.
In addition to providing a simple, easy registration process, the Classes app creates a simple login that allows parents to manage their registrations. Logged in users can view and manage their contact information, view and manage their household, add new household members, and view class enrollments by household member. With no need to re-enter contact information each time a user wants to register for an activity, the registration process becomes a breeze!
The Soapbox Engage Classes app also allows SCGA Golf Foundation to offer multiple for free or for fee enrollment types for any given class. This option helps the Foundation stay in line with its mission, which emphasizes the importance of making golf accessible to all youth regardless of circumstance. In a year, the Foundation awards an estimated $215,000 in scholarships, and has awarded more than $1.6 million in scholarships in the past decade.
Streamlining operations with easy integration between Soapbox Engage and Salesforce
When SCGA Junior Golf Foundation was searching for a solution, they knew they wanted a tool that could integrate with their Salesforce CRM. With seamless Salesforce integration, Soapbox Engage makes customer, donor, and class management simple and intuitive.
“With more than 5,000 registrations annually and 2,000 donations, the seamless integration with Salesforce has significantly improved our data while easing the burden on our staff.”
Kevin Gigax, Executive Director
Executive Director Kevin Gigax noted that the Soapbox Engage Classes app has created a better experience for their families, as well as their staff. All registrant data is neatly and automatically stored and integrated into the Foundation’s Salesforce instance. The Foundation also makes use of the Soapbox Engage Donations app, which saves all donations and donor contact information in Salesforce, in the same fashion as the Classes app.
“Our staff can now manage registration data with more ease and ensure that is stored it in a way that allows us to easily view, manage and report on it.”
Kevin Gigax, Executive Director
Additionally, with both the Classes and Donations app, the Foundation can track the success of marketing campaigns and channels to determine which are generating the most enrollments and/or donations. Tracking URLs can also automatically save data to their Salesforce instance with each registration or donation, providing them with real-time analytics and a deeper understanding of their engagements and enrollments.
“Soapbox Engage is a modern, integrated solution that automates our registration, data and processes, allowing our staff to focus on what they do best.”Kevin Gigax, Executive Director
The efforts of SCGA Junior Golf Foundation help create a community where all youth have affordable access to play and grow in golf. They seek to create a fun, engaged community where youth are supported through mentorship and empowerment. Soapbox Engage is proud to support such an organization and mission. As they continue to build community in Southern California, Soapbox Engage will be there to support their needs and ensure their community relationships continue to grow. You can support the work of SCGA Junior Golf Foundation here.