If you’re in charge of donor relations for a nonprofit organization, then it’s likely that you’ve heard the buzz word ‘peer to peer fundraising’ or ‘p2p fundraising’. Unlike traditional forms of gathering donations, peer to peer fundraising is when your donors work their social network for donations.
Instead of asking your regular supporters for contributions towards a new project or event, you are asking them to leverage their social network to help make the project happen. This gives you access to a whole new set of donors!
Below, we’ve compiled some of the top peer to peer fundraising platforms and websites that you can use to empower your donors to raise money from their social network. For more information about this new fundraising technique, check out this article.
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1. Classy
Classy was founded in 2011 and is a crowdfunding and peer to peer fundraising platform that can be used to create a donation page for specific projects or year-round initiatives. The software also allows you to sell tickets and track registrations for events. “Empower your community by adding personal and team fundraising pages.”
2. CrowdRise
CrowdRise was founded in 2010 and is another tool that you can use to create a p2p fundraising campaign and enlist your supporters to raise money from their crowd. Like Classy, you can also manage charity events with integrated registration functionality.
“Crowdrise is meant to complement your Charity’s website. Online fundraising is the fastest growing segment of personal giving and Crowdrise can help you tap into this rapidly growing market in unique, value-added ways.”
3. FirstGiving
FirstGiving is an older fundraising platform that was founded in 2003. You can use their software to help your supporters become advocates for your charity project or cause and reach out to their own social network. The platform also offers the capability for donors to cover the website’s processing fees.
“FirstGiving enables nonprofit and fundraisers alike to meet and exceed their goals of raising money for important causes, building awareness, and expanding the world of giving.”
4. CauseVox
CauseVox, founded in 2010, is an online crowdfunding and fundraising platforms for nonprofits. You can use it to create a simple fundraising page without needing to customize the code or deal with APIs. CauseVox also features personal and team pages, where ‘supporters can easily create their own personal page on your CauseVox site and raise donations on your behalf.’
5. Razoo
Razoo was founded in 2006 and is a crowdfunding platform for cause. It was announced in 2013 that they now offer peer to peer fundraising functionality. You can create a team page where you can invite donors or supporters to help raise money for your cause.
“A team page on Razoo unites multiple people who are fundraising for the same cause or event. Complete with a leaderboard, one-click fundraiser templates, and a real-time donation and comments stream. Teams are ideal for any race or charity event, like marathons, bike rides, and service trips.”
I’ve put together a new GUIDE that’s packed with science-backed nonprofit fundraising methods, resources, strategies, and killer marketing methods.
You should check it out if you want to get more donations and you want to fast-track the entire process.
Conclusion
If I left out your platform or website, be sure to leave a comment below! Let me know if you think the ordering of the platforms should be different. I’d also love to hear what you are raising money for! For further reading, check out these killer nonprofit fundraising tips.
