Looking for a fundraising platform that meets your organization’s unique needs? This beginner’s guide to Donorbox provides more information on how each powerful feature helps you accelerate your fundraising and organizational growth.
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Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your fundraising to the next level, Donorbox’s intuitive fundraising features are built to scale, so you can focus on what matters most: your cause, donor engagement, and bringing in critical funds.
This guide shares more information to help you maximize the full benefits of the Donorbox platform and move your mission forward.
What is Donorbox?
Donorbox is a robust online fundraising platform designed to effectively and efficiently help you bring in more donations for your cause.
Whether you’re a small grassroots organization or a large-scale charity, Donorbox offers a user-friendly solution that helps you raise more donations, manage donor data, and effectively track fundraising campaigns within one centralized platform.
Donorbox’s intuitive interface and world-class customer support make it a trusted choice for more than 100,000 organizations from 96 countries.
Here are just some of the benefits of using our platform:
Reach more international donors and maximize fundraising potential with the most diverse, complete range of global payment methods.
Effectively engage donors with powerful fundraising features, reporting templates, and donor management tools for segmenting and personalizing your outreach.
Instantly acknowledge every donation and effectively steward donors with automated personalized receipts.
Raise more from a single centralized platform that offers access to highly customizable donation forms, a robust event ticketing tool, in-person fundraising software, and more.
Integrate with popular nonprofit tools to streamline your workflow and maximize efficiency while accessing critical donor and financial data.
Hear what nonprofit leaders have to say about how Donorbox has helped fuel their organizational growth:
Donorboxdonation forms are highly customizable and geared to amplify your fundraising and impact so you can reach more donors and move your mission forward.
Our OmniGive™ Donation Forms allow you to create beautifully branded forms that maximize donor trust and reach more international supporters with 22+ payment methods. Payment methods display dynamically based on a donor’s location, device, donation amount, and more.
Take a look at Protect the Wild‘s brand-aligned OmniGive donation form:
With just a click, Donorbox Donate Buttons direct your supporters straight to your donation form, making it easy for them to give on the spot.
Pro tip: Use a Sticky Donate Button and Giving Reminder to gently nudge donors to complete their gift without getting lost on your website, minimizing donor drop-off.
Recurring Donations
Monthly giving programs help cultivate a steady, regular income and loyal donor base that helps sustain your organization long term.
Donorbox allows you to include up to four recurring donation intervals on your donation form. Choose from eight donation interval options: one time, daily, weekly, bi-weekly, 1st and 15th, monthly, quarterly, and annual.
Set a default interval and indicate your preferred interval with a tiny heart so donors know how to have the biggest impact. Donors can easily sign up for recurring giving from your donation form and manage their plans at any time via the Donor Portal.
Donation Pages
Create a compelling, brand-aligned landing page for your campaign with Donorbox Donation Pages. Effectively share your fundraising story with text, include attractive visuals to appeal to donors, and create a sense of urgency that inspires more generosity with a goal meter.
You can create as many SSL-encrypted donation pages as you like, hosted for free on Donorbox.
Donorbox Live™ Kiosk
Seamlessly collect cashless in-person donations anywhere, anytime withDonorbox Live™ Kiosk. This app transforms your iPad, Android tablet, and Android smartphone into a powerful, on-brand donation kiosk. Donors can give swiftly using credit/debit cards and digital wallets – and it’s coming soon to iOS.
See Donorbox Live™ Kiosk in action:
Donorbox Events
From annual galas to marathons to virtual gatherings, events are powerful opportunities to connect with your supporters.
Create a robust, customizable event ticketing form and sell tickets to your event online with Donorbox Events. Automatically generate tax-deductible amounts to minimize your workload, instantly send receipts to ticket purchasers, accept donations on top of ticket sales, streamline guest check-in, and so much more.
Peer-to-Peer
Raise even more for your cause by empowering your biggest supporters to fundraise for you with Donorbox Peer-to-Peer. Invite supporters to help promote your cause, or include a button on your main campaign page that allows anyone to sign up to fundraise on your behalf.
Fundraisers can create customizable campaign pages that can be shared among their networks, amplifying your outreach and acting as social proof. All donations collected automatically flow to your Donorbox account.
Crowdfunding
Shine the spotlight on your cause withDonorbox Crowdfunding. Launch a conversion-optimized crowdfunding campaign to quickly raise mission-critical funds for specific projects, initiatives, or fundraising needs. Use tools like goal meters, updates, social sharing buttons, and more to rally your supporters.
Text-to-Give
Maximize your mobile fundraising efforts withDonorbox Text-to-Give. This donation driver enables supporters to donate to your cause on the spot using their smartphones. All they have to do is text your campaign ID or a custom keyword to a toll-free number or shortcode. They’ll then receive the link to your campaign page, from where they can complete their gift.
Memberships
Enable focused, sustainable support for your cause while cultivating lasting donor relationships using Donorbox Memberships. Create an unlimited number of monthly or annual membership levels, with unique benefits that increase with each tier.
Whether it’s through exclusive content, perks, or access to member-only events, membership programs foster a sense of belonging and community.
Donor Portal with QuickDonate™
Empower your donors to manage their recurring giving plans, update information, access donation receipts, and more with the Donorbox Donor Portal. Plus, donors can repeat donations in one click when you enable QuickDonate™, making giving as seamless as possible.
Beginner’s Guide to Donorbox Pricing
Donorbox offers three pricing plans that are built to grow with your organization and align with your unique fundraising needs.
Standard Plan: No monthly fee, with a 2.95% platform fee for most features. Memberships, Events, and Peer-to-Peer (supporter pages) come with a 3.95% platform fee.
Pro Plan: $150 per month, with a reduced platform fee of 1.75% for everything included in the Standard Plan, and a 2% fee for Memberships, Events, and Peer-to-Peer (supporter pages). Plus, unlock access to additional donation form customization, Zapier integrations, tracking and analytics, custom receipt branding, and more.
Premium Plan: Customize your plan to align with your unique fundraising goals. Get all the benefits of our Pro Plan, with additional perks like your choice of an Account Manager, a dedicated Fundraising Coach, and more.
Pricing excludes standard payment processing fees (Stripe and/or PayPal). However, you can ask donors to cover these fees, so more of their donations go toward your mission.
The right fundraising platform will help you maximize your fundraising efforts, foster loyal supporter relationships, and expand your outreach and impact.
Donorbox’s powerful features are built to help organizations big and small raise more funds that fuel missions forward.
Sign up now and check out our handy step-by-step guide to start fundraising right away.
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Nicole’s professional background is rooted in the nonprofit sector, where she’s honed her skills in communications, marketing, and fundraising. She has extensive experience in various fields, such as social media, content strategy, public relations, and more. Nicole has a deep passion for writing, editing, and gaining knowledge about the many causes that tirelessly advocate for essential societal change.