Where Your Donors Come From
Easterseals Arkansas — Real donor journeys tracked by Pathfinder first-party cookies
27 donations. $30,185 raised.
(1 repeat)
Every donation below was tracked from the donor's first website visit through to GiveSmart completion — no platform reporting, no assumptions.
Most donors arrive directly to /donate/
Journey 560cde57: Google search to $5,254 donation.
Google Organic. 6 sessions over 51 days. 13 events. Checked Board of Directors page 3 times. Visited Events page 6 times across 4 dates. Donated $5,254 on May 31.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Journey 52a5796a: Email campaign to $5,000 donation.
Email (Mailchimp). 3 sessions. 7 events. Fashion event article email drove initial visit. $5,000 donation 9 days later at 1:29 AM. Returned a month later to research The Academy program.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Journey 04c97baf: Google Ad to $250 donation.
Google Ads (Brand) → Mailchimp. 2 sessions. 7 events. Brand ad drove same-day $250 donation. Returned via employee spotlight email 10 days later — still engaged.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Journey 5d72efa6: Careers browser to $400 donor.
Direct. 20 sessions over 99 days. 24 events. Started as career seeker (4 visits). Shifted to events (3 visits). Donated $400 on Apr 28. Kept coming back — events, donate page, then back to careers weekly. Employee or deeply connected community member.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Journey a27285c7: 50 days from Google search to $300 gift.
Google Organic. 7 sessions over 50 days. 18 events. Visited Events page 11 times total. On donation day (May 7), visited 4 separate times in 18 minutes before donating. Checked Events obsessively before giving.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Journey 6e33777f: The recurring micro-donor who became a job seeker.
Direct. 9 sessions over 57 days. 16 events. Two donations ($30 + $10). First donation took 3 visits in 15 minutes. Second took 5 visits over 3 hours. Then pivoted to career browsing — micro-donor became a job seeker.
Source: Pathfinder first-party cookie events. Visitor ID truncated/anonymized.
Three things we now know.
Email drives major gifts
Mailchimp campaigns generated at least $5,000+ in attributed donations. "Direct" traffic to /donate/ often carries mc_cid parameters — email deserves credit it isn't getting.
Events page predicts large donors
The /get-involved/events/ page appeared in journeys totaling $5,554+ in donations. Visitors who check events repeatedly are your highest-value prospects.
The Ad Grant works for donations
One confirmed Google Ads donation ($250) in the first attribution window. With UTMs now set, we'll capture more going forward.
Every donor has a story. Now we can read it.
These aren't estimates or platform projections. These are real journeys from real donors, tracked by first-party cookies on your own website.