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SMS Fundraising

Text-to-Give & SMS Fundraising

Reach modern donors with text message fundraising and raise more with text-to-give and text donation appeals.
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Key  features of texting services for nonprofits

Fundraising text messages highlight your mission  to busy donors, event registrants, and fundraisers.

Text-to-Give
Encourage donors to send text-to-give codes (like DONATE or GIVE) to your SMS number for an automated mobile donation experience.
Text Message Fundraising
Send personalized text donation appeals to reach busy donors with delightful, personal donation experiences.
Segmented Send Lists
Tailor donation text messages for custom supporter segments split by giving history, engagement, or other details.
Notifications & Replies
Get notified when a supporter replies to your outbound SMS fundraising appeals and view engagement status in platform.
Donor updates

Update donors on your fundraising and program goals

Reach your nonprofit’s community with program-related impact updates and effective text donation appeals.
    Segmented send lists

    Deliver asks to the right supporters at the right time

    Create highly targeted lists of text message recipients based on donation and engagement history.
      Text-to-Give

      Fundraise through SMS text messages

      Open a new revenue channel with modern text-to-give codes that unlock an easy-to-use mobile donation experience.

        Mobile donations

        A fully mobile donation experience

        Text messaging and text-to-give features are made even more powerful with Funraise’s highly-converting nonprofit mobile donation form.
          Webinar

          Engage your supporters with nonprofit text message fundraising best practices.

          If you've ever thought about dipping your toes into the fun, interactive world of text-to-give but weren't sure where to begin, we have the webinar for you.
          Funraise has brought together nonprofit experts Justin Wheeler, our CEO and Co-founder; Angelina Pavone, our Director of Customer Success; and Matt Scott, CEO and Co-founder of CauseMic, a nonprofit empowerment firm that focuses on getting predictable revenue streams set up in 90 days.

          Nonprofit SMS fundraising: best practices and expert advice

          Feature-packed nonprofit text-to-give and text fundraising

          Launch an effective nonprofit text message fundraising or text-to-give campaign with easy-to-use tools.

          Text message your donors
          Send SMS text messages to individual supporters or a segmented list of supporters, fundraisers, or event registrations.
          Text-to-Give
          Enable mobile donations from donors on-the-go with easy-to-use and modern text-to-give functionality.
          Custom Text-to-Give codes
          Create custom text-to-give codes, like DONATE, GIVE, or PUPPIES. When supporters text the code to your SMS number, they’ll receive your custom automated response.
          Custom text automations
          Configure your own automated text-to-give responses and configure your own strategy for text communication with supporters.
          Personalized text messages
          Use supporter data merge tags to personalize messages. Include donor names or other information in bulk SMS message campaigns.
          Text responses
          Receive notifications and view responses when a donor replies to an outbound donation text message.
          Dynamic amount codes
          Enable dynamic text-to-give codes for prefilled amounts on a mobile donation form. For example: GIVE20 or GIVE50.
          Segmented sending lists
          Create custom text message fundraising lists based on activity history and reach the right supporters at the right time.

          Questions?

          How does text-to-give work?

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          To build a text-to-give fundraising campaign, create custom codes like DONATE or GIVE. When that code is texted to your SMS number, a custom automated response is sent back to the supporter. The automated response generally contains a mobile donation link where supporter can make a donation right on their phone.

          How do I set up text-to-give for a nonprofit?

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          The first step to setting up text to give for a nonprofit is talking to Funraise. Once you've gotten started with Funraise's fundraising platform, set fundraising goals, segment your donors to isolate mobile phone numbers, and write a text-to-donate campaign designed to draw potential donors to your mobile donation form through their cell phones.

          What is the difference between text-to-give and text-to-donate?

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          The terms "text-to-give" and "text-to-donate" are often used interchangeably when discussing mobile fundraising, but they have slightly different meanings depending on the context. Text-to-give fundraising usually refers to professional fundraising methods, whereas text-to-donate campaigns frequently indicate peer fundraising and the outbound text messaging often leads to text-to-donate campaigns hosted on or promoted on social media posts.

          What kind of nonprofits use text-to-give fundraising?

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          Your favorite nonprofit organization or institution can use a text-to-give platform or enable mobile fundraising on their fundraising platform if it's a comprehensive platform. Funraise enables organizations of all types to reach a larger donor base through a fundraising channel that increases donation amounts, expands the online presence, and raises conversion rates.

          Does text-to-give work only with younger donors?

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          Text to give works with any donor base that has access to mobile phones. A great fundraising platform like Funraise works with any group of generous donors, and an awesome fundraising strategy like Text Engagement has high donor conversions for all ages. Fundraising statistics show that text-to-give campaigns have incredible fundraising potential to bring in fundraising revenue.

          What are the best text-to-give platforms?

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          Text message fundraising is an awesome fundraising strategy that modern charitable organizations include in wide-ranging fundraising efforts. Outbound texts are sent to nonprofit supporters, directing them to an online form, and allowing them to choose their payment option. The text-to-give process has an important place in P2P campaigns, event ticketing, and even recurring giving subscriptions.

          How do you write a fundraising text message?

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          One of the best ways to write an outbound message is to focus on personalization, like donor names. Pull donor-specific information from your fundraising platform's database and connect the donation appeal to your mission and your text-to-give campaign. Suggest a gift amount that relates as well, like $20.24 for an election.

          What are key features of nonprofit text services?

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          Nonprofit text services like Funraise offer person-to-person communications to increase donor engagement and direct charitable donors through the donation process. Specifically, you can segment donors to send to targeted lists, send personalized, branded donor texts, create custom keywords to encourage larger donations, and collect responses in your donor database.

          Other key features of text-to-give services that lead to fundraising success are automatic reminder messages, event reminders, a fast average response rate time, a donors cover fees model to pay for processing fees, a simple donation process, campaign thermometers, access to donation options like digital wallets, fundraising thermometers on donation forms, and email receipts.

          How do you make a donation by text?

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          Text-to-give donations are not only quick, with a simple donation process, but the text-go-give process can be completed through credit card, debit card, or a variety of other payment methods. Text content can be shared via social media post, and the convenience of mobile fundraising can be enjoyed by a large donor base.

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          See a live demo of Funraise’s text engagement features.

          See how easy (and fun!) it is to connect with your supporters via nonprofit text message campaigns.