One Degree

Resources: Case Studies / Corporate Nonprofit Accelerator Fund (CNAF)
Topics: Economic Opportunity

Corporate Nonprofit Accelerator Fund (CNAF)

One Degree

Empower people to create a path out of poverty for themselves and for their communities.
Lauren Fogel Senior Director, One Degree Program at Alluma

“The active, core members of our team were extremely engaged in our partnership and have all agreed to con- tinue to make themselves and their networks avail- able to support our work. That is incredibly great! Having access to these folks is awesome! I was surprised by how very, very generous a number of the team members were with their time, and their level of commitment and engagement. You can make some great connections with people who, themselves, have great connections and can help your team.”

Lauren Fogel Senior Director, One Degree Program at Alluma

Challenge:

Only 22% of One Degree’s community who identify a need on the One Degree platform self-report that they have received benefits from the resources they find. One Degree wanted to better understand the barriers to utilization and improve user experience (UX). Their vision is a world without poverty, where everyone can find the help they need quickly and easily, as well as hold their service providers accountable.

Solutions:

With the support of FCF, the One Degree program increased resource utilization by 4.3%. FCF also supported the redesign of their email marketing, initiated an engineering consult regarding scalability plans, and made introductions to professionals they could consult on future design and Google AdWords.

Impact on One Degree missions:

With input from the FCF project team engineers, the One Degree program is completing the migration of their platform from Angular to React. In addition they have overhauled their approach to Google Adwords and applied those insights to new campaigns. The organization is closing in on the goal to increase their traffic by 5% this fiscal year. A
Lauren Fogel Senior Director, One Degree Program at Alluma

“The active, core members of our team were extremely engaged in our partnership and have all agreed to con- tinue to make themselves and their networks avail- able to support our work. That is incredibly great! Having access to these folks is awesome! I was surprised by how very, very generous a number of the team members were with their time, and their level of commitment and engagement. You can make some great connections with people who, themselves, have great connections and can help your team.”

Lauren Fogel Senior Director, One Degree Program at Alluma

Related Resources
Case Studies | Corporate Nonprofit Accelerator Fund (CNAF)
Community Connect Labs

Challenge: Community Connect Labs’ goal was to ensure that 575,000 people, particularly low-income

READ MORE
Case Studies | Corporate Nonprofit Accelerator Fund (CNAF)
Career Village

Challenge: CareerVillage has grown tremendously, especially in the past two years in both its

READ MORE
READ ALL