Key Features for Peer to Peer Fundraising Events…
All-in-one Solution
Raise more and grow your events with purpose built peer-to-peer fundraising event technology that lets your supporters sign up, donate, fundraise, volunteer, and more – all in one platform.
Fundraising Teams
Teams raise more and have more fun! GiveSignup makes it easy to create and join fundraising teams. Leaderboards, team captain reports, team milestones, custom team pages and more foster friendly competition to raise more.
EventDay Technology
Streamline Event Day with GiveSignup’s mobile CheckIn App. Eliminate lines with check in by fundraising team and recognize fundraisers on Event Day by displaying fundraising totals in the app.
Raise More. Easy.
Integrated Donations…
Customize your donation appeal to easily collect donations during and outside of registration:
- Flat 4% processing fee (including credit card fees!) for donations with the option to absorb, pass on, or ask donors to cover it with a custom prompt
- Increase giving with a custom donation appeal and levels that tie each donation to the impact of the gift
- Easily import unlimited offline donations for free
- Custom donation receipts
- Automate registration discounts when participants donate a set amount or greater
- Double the Donation integration for corporate matching gifts
Individual Fundraising…
Allow or require individuals to become fundraisers for your event:
- Automatically create a fundraising page for each participant or allow participants to opt-in
- Set default messaging and images that fundraisers can customize for a personal appeal
- Design beautiful slideshows of fundraisers’ images and photos and maintain your nonprofit’s brand across all pages
- Set suggested or required fundraising goals and auto-charge unmet fundraising minimums
Team Fundraising…
Teams have more fun and raise more:
- Allow or require fundraisers to create or join a team
- Set default content for team pages with flexible options for team captains to customize
- Support multiple team captains
- Roll up all individual donations to the team, with ability to prevent or allow donations to the team without selecting an individual
- Create umbrella fundraising teams for larger events
Fundraising Rewards and Gamification…
Incentivize fundraisers with rewards, leaderboards, badges, and more:
- Feature fundraiser leaderboards and donation thermometers throughout your event website
- Award milestones and badges to individuals and teams for amount raised, number of donors, Facebook Fundraiser connected, team captain/member
- Reward fundraisers who meet a pre-determined fundraising threshold with an automated discount, refund, or swag item
- Social sharing, auto-join fundraising team URLs, and a fundraiser email hub help individuals recruit team members + donors
Free Marketing Tools
Attract new attendees and communicate clearly with a free event website, free email marketing, and integrated promotion tools. Options include:
- Free email with unlimited contacts and sends
- Free custom website (branded for you)
- Automated referral rewards to encourage sharing
- Social media pixels to track returns
Every Peer to Peer Fundraising Event Includes…
Free Website
Each of your fundraising events gets a free website that’s purpose-built to drive registrations and donations. You can customize in minutes with a simple point-and-click website builder — no coding needed. Feature leaderboards, donation thermometers, video, content, and more.
Free Unlimited Email
Send personalized emails for free to participants, fundraisers, and donors. With unlimited contact uploads, unlimited sends, flexible templates, and smart data replacement tags, you can cut costs and maximize campaign performance.
Free Event Day Technology
Make Event Day easy for your volunteers and fun for your fundraisers. Free mobile CheckIn Apps for volunteers and fundraisers eliminates lines. Feature fundraising goals and donate buttons on results. Upload and auto-tag event photos.
Fundraising Video Page
More of a “show me” type than a “tell me” type? Check out all the latest videos on fundraising events, from 30-second updates to full platform demos.
Customer Spotlight
Successful Peer-To-Peer Events With GiveSignup
GiveSignup’s purpose-built platform offers the option to easily create peer-to-peer events as a perfect way to raise awareness and encourage participation to help reach your events ultimate goal. Check out three examples below that are maximizing the value from our tools and features.
Move For Promise: Fundraising Options
Mts to Dessert Classic: Flexible Fundraising
Sunrise Rotary Ride: Fundraising Tips
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