About us

Who is GivingInsight?

years experience in fundraising

At GivingInsight, we bring over 50 years of hands-on fundraising experience to help you optimise your regular giving program. David and Ewan were pioneers in face-to-face fundraising in Australia, and together, they have extensive expertise across a wide range of acquisition methods, including Face2Face, telemarketing, digital campaigns, direct response television, and much more.

Whether you’re launching a regular giving program, looking to enhance your existing efforts, or need support with analysis and budgeting, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. David and Ewan specialise in donor acquisition, retention, and development, and with our GivingInsight app, you’ll have the tools and expertise to maximise your program’s success.

David Pettigrew

David is the director of GivingInsight and has been a fundraiser for over 25 years. He is passionate about the connection between data and relationship fundraising and how to bring out the best in your fundraising program through combining one with the other

David has been a director of fundraising prior to becoming a consultant at Nourish nfp. As a consultant David is an expert in fundraising strategy and the implementation of fundraising tactics and campaigns. As an early adopter of regular giving in the Australian market his depth of understanding in this field is unsurpassed.

David has used his 25+ years of fundraising experience to develop GivingInsight as a vital part of the fundraisers toolbox designing it to help you raise more donations for your beneficiaries.

As a user of GivingInsight you will benefit from the fundraising insights that David brings to your data review sessions.

Ewan Isbister

Ewan is a new member of the team and is Head of Growth.

Ewan is a freelance strategic and analytical direct marketer and fundraiser with over 25 years experience in the not for profit sector. Ewan has worked with domestic organisations such as The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, The Royal FlyingDoctor, The Wayside Chapel and CanTeen, as well as international organisations such as WaterAid,UNICEF and Greenpeace. Ewan has held senior fundraising positions at WaterAid, CanTeen andUNICEF.

With a proven ability in strategic planning and operational management Ewan using data analytics to inform process improvement, revenue or supporter/customer engagement in order to deliver the best outcome for organisations he works with.