DIY & Third-Party Fundraising

Let supporters fundraise for you, any day of the year

Put a “start a fundraiser” page on your site and let anyone launch their own — a birthday, a race they’re already running, a memorial — in about a minute, with every donor landing in your records instead of someone else’s.

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Powering peer-to-peer fundraising since 2010

A personal fundraiser page on CauseVox created by a supporter in memory of his parents, with his own title, photo and video, and a sidebar showing US$3,400 raised of a US$2,500 goal at 100%, 8 donations, and the fundraiser now ended

Built for fundraising you didn’t have to organize

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Open the front door

Say yes the moment a supporter offers, without having to set anything up.

A campaign site that stays up year-round with a “start a fundraiser” invitation on it — so a supporter who gets the idea on a Tuesday doesn’t have to email you and wait.

2

Let them build it themselves

Supporters create their own page in about a minute, on any device.

Personal fundraising pages take about a minute to create on any device. They set their own goal, tell their own story, and add their own photos, starting from a template you’ve pre-filled with default copy and your branding — so it sounds like them and still looks like you.

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Keep it on-brand without policing it

You want their story in their words, on a page that still looks like yours.

Every page inherits your branding, your colors, and your donation experience. Add teams if a group wants to fundraise together, and put your own information pages alongside for guidelines and ideas.

4

Give their donors a real experience

Give their donors a fast, mobile-friendly way to give.

Mobile-first checkout with Card, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, a live thermometer on their page, and one-time or monthly giving. Donors can cover processing fees.

5

Keep every donor they bring you

Every donor they bring you becomes yours to steward.

Every gift lands in your own donor records, attached to the fundraiser who brought it in — so you know who introduced whom and can thank both. From there, add them to your newsletter and set up an automated email series that welcomes them, shows them the work their gift supported, and keeps them warm — so a one-off gift for someone’s birthday turns into a donor who stays.

DIY fundraising features

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The always-on front door
Start-a-fundraiser pageAn open invitation that lives on your site year-round
One-minute page creationSupporters build their page on any device
Default page copyPre-filled text and prompts so nobody faces a blank box
Your branding on every pageColors, logo, and donation experience inherited automatically
Info pagesGuidelines, ideas, and rules alongside the invitation
Custom branding & domainRuns on your domain, not a third party’s
Fundraisers
Personal fundraising pagesOwn goal, own story, own photos
Team pagesGroups fundraising together, rolling up to one total
Fundraiser dashboardSupporters email and share their page themselves
LeaderboardsOptional rankings if you want visible momentum
Activity MetricFor supporters doing a race, ride, or challenge on their own
Fundraising thermometerLive progress on every supporter’s page
Donations
Payment methodsCard, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, and Google Pay
Gift typesOne-time, recurring, and pledge
Donor-covered feesDonors can cover processing fees
Donation cartGive to several fundraisers in one checkout
Offline gift entryCash and checks a fundraiser collects in person
Automatic receiptsSent to every donor as gifts come in
Your records
Donor recordsEvery donor with full giving history — yours, not a platform’s
Attribution to the fundraiserKnow who brought in which donors
Built-in email & newslettersThank fundraisers and their donors, and add them to your regular newsletter
Email automationsWelcome and nurture series that run on their own as new donors come in
Reporting & exportsTotals by fundraiser, saved templates, recurring exports

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Common questions

How is this different from a birthday fundraiser on social media?

The money arrives either way. The difference is what’s left afterward: here, every donor lands in your own records attached to the supporter who brought them in, so you can thank both and build the relationship rather than receiving a payout and a list of first names.

Do supporters need our permission to start one?

That’s up to you. The invitation can sit open on your site for anyone to use, or you can keep it behind a link you share with specific people.

How long does it take a supporter to set one up?

About a minute, on a phone or a laptop, starting from a template you’ve already filled with default copy and your branding.

Can we control how the pages look?

Yes. Every page inherits your branding and donation experience — supporters bring the words and the photos, not the design.

Can a group fundraise together?

Yes. Team pages let several supporters fundraise under one banner with a shared total.

What if a supporter is running a race we didn’t organize?

That works well here. They create a page for whatever they’re already doing, and the Activity Metric lets them track it if they want to show the effort.

Can we nurture the donors a fundraiser brings in?

Yes. Built-in email means new donors can go straight onto your newsletter, and email automations let you run a welcome or nurture series that sends on its own — so the donors a supporter introduces don’t go cold while you’re busy.

Do we have to run a campaign for this?

No — that’s the point. The page stays live year-round and supporters start fundraisers whenever they decide to.

What does it cost?

There’s a free plan you can start on with no credit card, and paid plans start at $100/month with no commitment. See pricing for the details.

Running your own timed event? See run, walk & race fundraising. Running a school a-thon? See a-thon fundraising.

Open the door to supporter fundraising

Free to start — no credit card required.

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