Project Industries: Nonprofits
How a Global Faith-Driven Media Conglomerate Modernized Its Tech Stack without Disrupting Operations
Challenges:
Overhaul the legacy system without disrupting ongoing operations to future-proof the website and mobile app of a religious media conglomerate.
Industry
Media/Nonprofit
Solutions:
Transformed a legacy platform into a scalable, future-ready digital platform for website and mobile app.
Results:
A modern, scalable, and future-ready tech stack that will support the future growth of the app across mobile and web platforms.
Location:
US
About the Client
One of the largest U.S.-based faith-driven media conglomerates known for producing faith-based, educational, and inspirational content across television, radio, and digital platforms. They wanted a website and mobile apps (Android & iOS) to help children learn timeless moral values and life lessons through engaging, Bible-based animated stories.
The vision was to bring the scriptures to life for families worldwide through an interactive adventure series featuring two time-traveling children and their robot companion. This concept quickly gained popularity and raked up 10 Million+ downloads in Android and iTunes app stores.
Case Overview
Fingent collaborated with the global faith-based media organization to modernize the tech stack without disrupting existing app services, ensuring uninterrupted access for users throughout the transition.
Both the backend and frontend architecture were replaced and upgraded to the latest version of a carefully assembled tech stack.
The project resulted in a complete overhaul of a near-obsolete legacy system, replacing it with a secure, scalable, and future-ready platform built to support over 3 million users while setting the ground for future expansion.
CHALLENGES
Pain Points in Existing Architecture
Upgrading the architecture without disrupting ongoing operations
Legacy mobile tech stack no longer supported
Urgent need to modernize the architecture to sustain growth
Complex CMS upgrade of large volume, structure, and content organization.
SOLUTION
Modernizing a Legacy System for a Global Faith-Based Media Organization
Fingent modernized the client’s existing platform to deliver a scalable, secure, and high-performing solution capable of handling over 20,000 concurrent users. The project emphasized modernizing the obsolete tech stack, a complete revamp of backend architecture, optimizing app performance, and ensuring uninterrupted access during the transition.
Complete backend revamp with federated GraphQL via WunderGraph, Azure Functions for serverless scaling, and multi-layered caching
Expanded capabilities in Node.js and native app development for a superior user experience
Implemented a SmartClient architecture to enhance flexibility and responsiveness
Conducted high-scale performance testing using Azure Load Testing to ensure stability for up to 20,000 concurrent users
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BENEFITS
Creating Lasting Value Through Modernization
The modernization initiative transformed the client’s platform into a modern, high-performing, future-proof, secure, and scalable solution. By enhancing system efficiency and ensuring uninterrupted service, Fingent helped the organization sustain its current audience while building a scalable foundation to expand its global reach further.
Maximized scalability and improved performance to support peak user volumes
Extensive testing across different call types, agent performance levels, and edge cases ensured reliable operation before deployment.
Streamlined data flow and elimination of data silos through Wundergraph API integration
Seamless migration with zero downtime during the architecture transition
Improved security and maintainability through the Drupal 10 upgrade
Enhanced system capability to handle 20,000+ concurrent users
Disruption-free transition
Future-ready architecture
Unified digital ecosystem
Rigorous load testing
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Streamlining Project Management With a Cloud-based Unified Web Application
Challenges:
Dependency on siloed applications, lack of unified reports Operational delays and inefficiencies, poor collaboration between departments.
Industry
Nonprofits
Solutions:
A Unified Platform Promoting Centralized Management
Results:
Intuitive UI/UX, harmonized business process, process automation, overall performance optimization, enhanced dashboard, and ease of reporting.
Locations:
US
About the Client
The client is a prominent global non-profit organization committed to fostering Christian beliefs and empowering church growth worldwide. With a mission to make the Gospel accessible to all, the organization focuses on constructing churches and distributing Bible study materials, ensuring that communities everywhere can engage with faith within walkable distance.
Since its inception, the organization has constructed over 12,000 churches, significantly expanding its outreach and ability to support Christian communities in 106 countries.
Case Overview
With over 279 active Indigenous partnerships worldwide and more than 1000 open projects each year, the organization faced significant challenges in effectively managing these endeavors. The team needed to ensure operational efficiency, transparency, and project success across various regions.
A unified web application was built with a simple UI/UX design to facilitate ease of use across departments. The cloud-hosted tool focused on automating processes and facilitating paperless business workflow.
CHALLENGES
Roadblocks Faced In The Existing Systems
Difficulty in managing extensive dashboards with huge data
Delays in fetching reports on projects requiring funding
Scattered data and lost information on donors
Dependency on siloed applications & Excel Sheets
Need for real-time access to aggregated data
SOLUTION
Fingent’s Approach - A Unified Platform Promoting Centralized Management
Fingent proposed a unified web application that focused on automating processes and facilitating paperless business workflow. The unified ecosystem strategized seamless communication and coordination among partners, easy reporting, and centralized management.
Harmonized business process promoting centralized management
Connected systems to allow easy accounting and donation management
Reporting & dashboards enabling project visibility and intelligent decision-making
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BENEFITS
Making an Impact on Client Success
Fingent’s customized web application transformed the organization’s operations, especially project management capabilities, with enhanced efficiency, transparency, and intelligent decision-making. Fingent’s integrated solution enabled the client to harness a streamlined approach to manage their operations, foster deeper engagement with partners, and drive impactful results across their global initiatives, aligning their organizational growth with their mission to serve Indigenous communities worldwide.
Unified platform for centralized management
Enhanced project visibility with access to real-time data and updates
Easy data management with a single repository
Strengthened partnerships with elevated coordination and trust
Streamlined collaborations
Easy and unified reporting
Intuitive UI/UX
Enhanced operational visibility
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An Innovative Radio Mobile App
Challenges:
A radio app with a fresh design, new features, and simple navigation to match the new age preferences of mobile radio listeners.
Industry
Nonprofit
Solutions:
CBN Radio - An Innovative Mobile Radio App
Results:
Simple to use radio app that engages mobile users better with unique experiences
Locations:
US
About the Client
The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is a global ministry committed to preparing the world for Jesus Christ's coming. Its chief motive lies in helping the young and old understand the principles of the Kingdom of God that relate to the spheres of human endeavor.
Utilizing the power of mass media communications, CBN reaches over 150 countries and territories through programs and content in over 70 languages to spread the glory of God and extend generous assistance in resolving human suffering.
Case Overview
Recognizing the constantly evolving heat in the internet radio market and analyzing CBN Radio's audiences, the client wanted a complete UI revamp for the app, giving it a new look, simple navigation, and exciting features.
Fingent initiated a whole new layout and design for the app, along with new features. The app’s new UI/UX and simple navigation elevated the user experience. The app also now supports background playing, enabling users to function effectively with other apps on mobile devices.
CHALLENGES
Roadblocks Faced in the Existing System
Reach a wider audience
Revamp and redesign the existing Radio app
Enhance mobile app user experience
Enable simple navigation and enhance UI/UX
Utilize the latest in mobile technology
SOLUTION
Fingent’s Approach - Redesigning Of The CBN Radio
The newly designed CBN Radio app allows users to seamlessly play, pause, stop, and stream through stations in the background, parallel with other apps. These features and designs are available on all iPhones or iOS devices.
A new, improved Homepage with daily devotionals, videos, and articles
Allows users to skip through songs and access on-demand streams
Added options like an open mic, suggesting a song or sharing a testimony
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BENEFITS
Making an Impact on Client Success
CBN Radio proved to be a successful channel for the CBN group to reach a wider audience. The app has over 196K users and fans across the globe, appreciating good Christian music, gospels, and news stories from around the world.
Enabled CBN to match the changing customer behavior and preferences
Improved engagement with features like ‘Request Prayers’
Allow users to utilize the app to the fullest with autoplay alarm options
Continuous collaboration to remove bugs and other app issues
Improved UI/UX
Wider reach
High user engagement
Improved ratings
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A Customized Solution To Unite Against Bullying
Challenges:
Creating a “digital bridge” to allow the youth to instantly connect with the right help, support, and guidance during any emergencies.
Industry
Nonprofit
Solutions:
A Bullying Prevention App With Both Web And Mobile Accessibility
Results:
A custom-built mobile and web application to enable quick access to helplines and resources to stay equipped during emergencies. Better understanding of rights and support against bullying.
Locations:
US
About the Client
Be Strong is a national non-profit organization working to empower youth in preventing bullying. Utilizing a comprehensive student-led approach, Be Strong strives to change peer behavior by helping students reveal their challenges and training them to become more resilient. The organization provides resources, support from friends, families, and communities, interventions, programs, and best practices to help students battle emotional, behavioral, and everyday challenges.
The client wanted to support a larger group by creating a “digital bridge”. They wanted the students to have the ability to instantly connect with the right help or support, guaranteeing more safety. Merely having a website was not helping engage the respective groups rightly.
Case Overview
Be Strong wanted to enhance its website capabilities, enabling a wider engagement. The team wanted to initiate live broadcasting of events, push notifications, interactive surveys, quizzes, and polls. Analyzing the increased usage of mobile devices amongst today’s youth, Be Strong also wanted to create a mobile app solution for both iOS and Android to ensure more people benefit from the various contents, resources, and supports delivered by the team.
Utilizing expertise in custom web and mobile app development, Fingent initiated mobile app development and web app modification simultaneously to reduce production time. Considering that the mobile app solution was intended primarily for students, teachers, parents, and school administrators, user roles were created for both iOS and Android device users.
CHALLENGES
Roadblocks Faced in the Existing System
Develop a “digital bridge” for youth to access the right support
Enable better website engagement and experience
Bring vital resources and helplines closer to the youths in need
Enable polls and live-streaming
Reach a wider audience through mobile convenience
SOLUTION
Fingent’s Approach - Web & Mobile Bullying Prevention App
Fingent helped the client build a custom cross-platform mobile app and modified their existing website to enable more intuitive apps for bullying prevention. The mobile app allows students and users to reach emergency contacts and helplines instantly. Users also get the opportunity to learn and interact better with Student-led programs for more support. The web app was enhanced by utilizing custom plugins for more interactions and engagement.
Easy access to resources that prevent bullying and build youth resilience
Content filters to match user roles like teachers, students, administrators, etc.
Ability to create polls on the website
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BENEFITS
Making an Impact on Client Success
The custom-built mobile and web applications now enable the client to reach a wider audience seamlessly. Updated IT infrastructure and scalable APIs on the website allow smooth streaming of live events, streamlined functioning of live polls, receive feedback and updates from students, and enable a stronger support system.
Quick access to anti-bullying and suicide hotlines
Connects users via zip codes to food, housing, and escape violence
Enable better user engagement on the website with live streams and polls
Allow a better ecosystem to prevent bullying and extend support
Better user engagement
Easy access to vital resources
Wider reach
Bridging the gap with technology
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CBN Superbook - An Innovative Mobile Learning App for Kids
Challenges:
Enable kids to easily understand and learn the Bible through interactive mobile learning elements
Industry
Nonprofits
Solutions:
CBN Superbook - A Mobile App To Bring The Bible To Life
Results:
The app was developed for both Android and iOS platforms and was selected as one of the ‘top ten iTunes apps for kids.
Locations:
US
About the Client
CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) is a large American Christian-oriented religious media conglomerate that focuses on evangelical media production for television and radio. It was founded by a televangelist, Pat Robertson, and its headquarters and main studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
They wanted a way to teach children timeless moral truths and life lessons with the help of a captivating, Bible-based animated adventure series of two time-traveling children and their robot friend. Their goal was to bring the Bible to life for the entire family with the help of the animated adventure series. Superbook was a highly successful initiative in this regard.
Case Overview
Fingent designed and developed the Superbook Bible Mobile App for CBN to achieve its goal of bringing the Bible to life. The app featured animated adventure stories to enhance learning experiences and knowledge retention in kids.
Focusing on replicating the success of the EMMY-nominated Superbook adventure series, Fingent worked on further improving the experience with images, videos, interactive games, and other features. It was developed for Android and iOS platforms and selected as one of the ‘top ten iTunes apps for kids.’
CHALLENGES
Roadblocks Faced in the Existing System
Difficulty in retaining children's attention
Needed an engaging digital extension of the Superbook animated series
Limited interactivity and multimedia content in existing learning tools
Reaching a global audience across different mobile platforms
Ensuring a safe, age-appropriate, and user-friendly experience for kids
SOLUTION
Fingent’s Approach - CBN Superbook - A Mobile Learning App For Kids
Fingent developed the Superbook Bible App, a dynamic and interactive mobile platform that brings Bible stories to life through animations, games, and multimedia content. Designed for both Android and iOS, the app delivers an engaging, family-friendly experience that enhances learning and retention.
It offers 24-hour accessibility with both offline as well as online features
Enables character profiles based on the series to promote easier learning and entertainment
Good quality video streaming and multi-language support for a wider reach
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BENEFITS
Making an Impact on Client Success
The app makes Bible learning fun and interactive, increasing engagement and retention among children. Its cross-platform design ensures wider reach and accessibility for families around the world.
Photo capture and tagging for better interaction
Bookmarks and notes for better scheduling
integrates educational games such as word searches and quizzes to promote interactive education
Selected as one of the ‘top ten iTunes apps for kids
Easy management of bookings
Quality & prompt service
Seamless integration
Centralized management
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Praise.com – High Traffic, Rich Content, Cross-Device
How Fingent helped CBN design and deploy a website that offers contemporary praise and worship music, news, videos and more
CBN
Industry
Nonprofits
Region
United States
Technologies
WordPress
About the Customer
CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), is a large American Christian-oriented religious media conglomerate with a focus on evangelical media production for television and radio. It was founded by tele-evangelist, Pat Robertson with its headquarters and main studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia. They wanted a means to effectively communicate the message of Jesus Christ to a hurting world through praise and worship music online. Praise.com was their means to achieve this goal.
Fingent’s Solution
For CBN, Fingent designed and deployed Praise.com, a site that offers contemporary praise and worship music, news, videos and reviews to a wide audience. With Praise.com, CBN was able to deliver exactly what they intended and reach out to a large number of people by helping them share their stories in faith. The key challenges in the development of Praise.com were in its design, content scaling, migration, creating feeds and page rendering.
How we helped our client
Offers the latest in contemporary praise and worship music, news, videos and reviews from a Christian perspective.
Provides reviews of recent album releases, videos of the biggest Christian contemporary artists and thought-provoking devotionals.
Includes all ways to strengthen faith in Jesus Christ, even an online Bible.
It provides opportunities for users to share inspiring and edifying content among one another.
“They’re an honest company to deal with … they were always fair and reasonable. Fingent’s project team demonstrated passion and commitment throughout the dev cycle and it was very evident in their work.”
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Digitizing the Educational System for Youth Education Nonprofit
Custom web and mobile solutions enabled The Salvation Army to improve traceability, transparency, and accountability of their teaching processes
Company
The Salvation Army
Industry
Nonprofits
Region
United States
Technologies
HTML5, PHP, Android, iOS
Requirement
The Salvation Army wanted to utilize modern-day technologies and facilities to unify and improve their teaching methods and make their teaching process more efficient and transparent for the students, teachers, and management.
Challenges
Organizing classes in a unified manner for students across different territories, getting region-wise reports on the status and performances, and forming a consolidated teaching system.
Results
We created a mobile application and a web backend to support the application that carefully organized and managed the teaching curriculum for all students across the different territories.
“We had a very complex thing that we had to break down, and they made it very easy. Exceptional customer service and an appropriate communication style made a reasonably complex project much more manageable.”
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Sharing Inspiring Experiences using a Video Making Mobile App
Learn more about “Know My Story” video app that allows users to self-film, record, and share inspiring videos
Company
OneHope
Industry
Non profits
Region
United States
Technologies
Android, iOS
Requirement
A video recording app with predefined templates for self-filming and YouTube upload option from the mobile app.
Challenges
The biggest challenge for OneHope was to find a way to bring inspiring stories of faith in front of people in an engaging way.
Results
An ideal solution for less tech-savvy users that gave users complete control over filming their videos themselves.
“They’ve done a thorough job in terms of project management. Fingent Corporation has delivered on time and did a great job staying within budget.”
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