I separated six nonprofit programs into two Meta campaigns.
Traffic for people ready to learn more. Awareness for people new to the programs, with existing donors excluded from that cold audience.
The programs needed different audiences.
When this engagement started, three programs had active promotion and seven were dark. JLearn had not run paid ads in over eight months. Inclusive Futures had never had a paid campaign. Two programs were competing for the same Facebook audience. Gap Year Fellowship and JTeen were both targeting young Atlanta adults with no audience separation between them.
A teen leadership program and a gap year fellowship ask different people to take different actions. I gave each program its own creative and kept traffic and awareness work in separate campaigns.
The donor list mattered too. People who already give could see relevant program information, but I excluded them from the cold awareness audience. That was a targeting choice, not a claim that I can measure every ad a donor saw.
The Risk of Getting This Wrong
- Running all programs to the same audience creates message fatigue across the entire community
- Reaching existing donors with acquisition campaigns damages relationships built over years
- Under-promoting programs because coordination is too complex leaves a real community impact gap
- Over-spending on the wrong audiences burns through a nonprofit budget that has nowhere to waste
Two campaigns, with a job for each.
Six programs ran at once. I separated traffic from awareness and set the audiences for each program.
Federation Traffic
Federation Awareness
Why Suppression Matters
The awareness campaign was set up for people new to these programs. Existing donors were excluded from its cold audience. The traffic campaign served different program goals and could include people already connected to the federation.
The programs in the account
Leadership development for Jewish high schoolers in Atlanta. This flight promoted the Hadassah Chesed Awards to students and parents who hadn't yet connected with the program.
Jewish early childhood books and music for families with children ages 0 to 8. This flight promoted an international conference to families who hadn't engaged with the federation yet.
A gap year program for young adults committed to Jewish leadership. Promoting the next cohort of Tomorrow's Leaders to college-age audiences who haven't seen the program before.
Lifelong Jewish learning for Atlanta adults. This traffic campaign drove warm community members toward current programming with direct registration intent.
Building Jewish community for families of children with special needs. Traffic campaigns drove warm audiences to apply for the Parent Cohort 2 program.
Safety education and resources for Atlanta's Jewish community. This traffic campaign drove high-intent community members to the Cyber Safety program and resources.
What the June reporting shows
June 2026 reach by program, as reported by Meta: Parent Cohort 2 (Inclusive Futures) 11,328; PJ Library 7,747; Cyber Safety (Community Security) 7,523; Gap Year Fellowship 5,437; JTeen 2,223; JLearn 766. The flight launched May 19, so these are not full-flight totals. The ad sets did not track applications, downloads or inquiries as distinct events. I can report reach and campaign structure here. I cannot claim a conversion result from these numbers.
What changed in the account
Each of the six programs had its own creative and audience within the traffic or awareness campaign. The donor list was excluded from cold awareness targeting. That setup is visible in the account; the reach figures above show what Meta reported in June.
The next measurement step is to track the actions each program cares about. Until that is in place, reach is the result I can stand behind.
Gap Year Fellowship's awareness campaign reached 5,437 people in June, according to Meta. Existing donors were excluded from its cold targeting.
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