How Pathways to English Raised $20,000+ With Altruvia
January 8, 2026
Pathways to English is a nonprofit working to break the poverty cycle through a three-phase vision: Learn, Master, Thrive. It operates at the Foyer Coin des Cieux (“Corner of Heaven Home”), an orphanage in Haiti, teaching English to impoverished youth, many of them orphaned. From there it trains them in vocational skills and helps them find jobs that pay a living wage. The work on the ground was strong. Donor engagement was slipping anyway.
The Challenge: Not Enough Time, Money, or People
Like most small nonprofits, Pathways to English ran lean. The same few people ran the programs, managed the volunteers, and kept the lights on. Donor engagement kept falling to the bottom of the list. The old systems and manual processes couldn’t keep up, and there weren’t enough hours in the day to follow up with every supporter or share what their gifts were doing.
"The work we do matters more than anything. We just never had enough resources—time, money, or people—to also be great at fundraising. Now we do.
What Changed With Altruvia
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Donor visibility: For the first time, the team could see every donor’s history, engagement, and giving patterns in one place instead of digging through spreadsheets.
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AI follow-ups: Altruvia flagged donors who hadn’t been contacted in a while and drafted personal re-engagement messages the team could send in seconds.
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Impact updates: The platform generated simple updates showing donors what their money did: classrooms built, students learning English, youth moving through the Learn, Master, Thrive pipeline.
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Time back: Staff reported saving 10+ hours per week on admin, hours that went back to the children at the FCC and to growing the program.
The Results
Pathways to English re-engaged lapsed donors and raised over $20,000, faster and more than they ever had before. Recurring donations grew as supporters felt more connected to the work. With the admin handled, the team got back to the job itself: giving impoverished youth an education and a way forward.
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