Looking to turn your top supporters into fundraisers and expand your network in the process? Here are the best peer-to-peer platforms to help you do so.
Join the fundraising movement! Join the fundraising movement!Your nonprofit wants to start peer-to-peer fundraising, but you don’t know where to start. This type of fundraising relies on high-level communication with your fundraisers and a quality fundraising platform. But what is the best peer-to-peer fundraising platform?
The following platforms stand out for their easy setup, solid features, and more.
Donorbox Peer-to-Peer lets you create fundraising campaigns and turn them (with the toggle of a switch) into peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. It takes nothing to get started – no startup or monthly costs or contracts!
Here’s how it works:
Easily invite your supporters from the tool. They’ll receive email invitations guiding them to create their own fundraising pages and raise money for you. Alternatively, add a button to your peer-to-peer fundraising page that anyone can click to start fundraising for you. You have the option to approve/reject such requests.
See how Parole Prep exceeded their original fundraising goal of $75,000 by enabling peer-to-peer on their Donorbox fundraising page:
With Donorbox Peer-to-Peer, easily:
Donorbox is free to start, with a 2.95% donation fee for your primary campaign and a 3.95% fee for all supporters’ campaigns.
Alternatively, upgrade to the Pro Plan at $150/month, with a 1.75% platform fee for all fundraising tools included in our Standard plan, plus additional add-ons like Zapier integrations, and tracking & analytics. Plus, you’ll pay a reduced 2% platform fee for Peer-to-Peer, Events, and Memberships.
There is also an additional processing fee, but you can ask donors to cover these fees on Donorbox.
GoFundMe is a well-known peer-to-peer fundraising platform that works well for quick, story-led campaigns. It’s easy to set up and simple to share online.
With GoFundMe, you can:
GoFundMe often works best for individual fundraisers and personal causes. While nonprofits can use the platform, it may feel less suited to structured nonprofit campaigns that require stronger branding, recurring giving, donor management, and long-term stewardship capabilities.
There is no fee to create a fundraiser, but a 2.9% transaction fee and a $0.30 credit card processing fee are added to each donation.
Bonfire is different from other peer-to-peer fundraising tools on this list because of how the platform raises funds. This tool enables nonprofits to create custom t-shirts and sell products to raise more money.
The peer-to-peer element comes in because supporters can start their own t-shirt fundraisers connected to your nonprofit to help you raise more money.
With this online peer-to-peer fundraising platform, you can:
Bonfire ships t-shirts directly to donors, so your nonprofit does not have inventory or additional shipping costs. There are also no startup fees, and donation fees drop from 8% to 3.5% if you’re a verified nonprofit.
DoJiggy’s peer-to-peer fundraising tools empower supporters to create personalized fundraising pages that seamlessly connect back to your organization’s campaign. Each participant can share their own story, photos, and progress while you maintain consistent branding and oversight. With simple setup, built-in social sharing, and flexible design options, DoJiggy makes it easy for both nonprofits and their fundraisers to launch engaging, shareable campaigns that expand your reach.
Their peer-to-peer feature includes the following:
Free to use (no subscription) with optional donor tips, or a 4.9% platform fee per transaction if you prefer not to ask for tips.
CauseVox was started by two guys out of their apartment working for a cause, much like the nonprofits that use its tool. CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising software stands out because of the options included for volunteer fundraisers.
Volunteers can build teams to raise money for a shared fundraising goal and create a customized vanity domain to make the page easy to share.
Each nonprofit peer-to-peer campaign includes –
The price for the basic plan is a $0 platform fee + processing fees for unlimited peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Other tools like custom branding, custom domains, team fundraising, P2P registration fees, and other email branding cost more.
Bloomerang is one of the pricier options on the list, but the features they offer stand out. Bloomerang’s mobile app enables donation tracking, and lets you send thank-you notes and perform donor research on your iPhone. This peer-to-peer fundraising platform includes the peer-to-peer fundraising option to help donors create fundraising pages and invite team members to raise more money for you.
Bloomerang also integrates with third-party platforms like Quickbooks, Shopify, and Constant Contact. It has a highly efficient donor database helping you turn first-time donors from your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign into long-term supporters.
Nonprofits choose a plan based on the number of donors. If your database has 1,000 donors and sends up to 5,000 emails, fees are $99 a month.
GoFundMe Pro (previously Classy) started with a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, and that has been their focus with nonprofits for years. Individuals and teams can create campaigns to raise funds for nonprofits.
GoFundMe Pro’s campaign pages are visually stunning and help organizations and individuals highlight their passions. Fundraisers can add photos, videos, content, and individual appeals to raise more money and awareness.
This peer-to-peer fundraising software makes it easy to edit campaign pages and provides tips and coaching to help fundraisers meet their fundraising goals. Nonprofits can easily see the results of their campaigns and encourage donors with comments and updates shared on campaign pages and social media.
GoFundMe Pro provides custom prices for your nonprofit. Go to their website to discuss pricing plans.
Donately’s peer-to-peer fundraising pages meld your nonprofit’s page with each fundraisers’ to create a clear call to action that each volunteer personalizes. The platform’s fundraising starter kit helps organizations and fundraisers customize campaign forms and integrate them with third-party sources.
Their peer-to-peer feature includes the following:
There is a free startup plan with a 4% platform fee on donations. Higher-priced packages give nonprofits more form themes, customization, and text message engagement to use on peer-to-peer fundraising and other campaigns.
OneCause peer-to-peer fundraising platform provides several resources for nonprofit peer-to-peer fundraising, from blog posts to eBooks and campaign suggestions. Its motivation and rewards feature helps nonprofits create leader boards, milestone badges, social suggestions and hashtags, and other contests to encourage more participation.
Other features that stand out include:
OneCause’s peer-to-peer fundraising plans start with the Essentials Package which includes everything but additional integrations. Nonprofits must schedule a consultation for prices.
The following 6 features are necessary when looking at peer-to-peer fundraising software.
Most online peer-to-peer fundraising software will let you sign up for a demo and decide for yourself if it works for your needs. You need to grab this opportunity. This session will help you understand how easy it is for you to set up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on this platform.
Also, make it a point to think of how convenient the tool would be for your fundraisers.
You can’t just contact them and expect them to raise money without training. Choose a peer-to-peer fundraising platform that carefully guides people to create and customize campaign pages.
Peer-to-peer fundraising relies on supporters to spread the word about your organization. And as they share their individual campaign pages, most of their connections would open these pages on their mobile devices. Your peer-to-peer fundraising platform must ensure a mobile-friendly UI for all pages.
It’s not the primary peer-to-peer campaign that needs customization. All your peer campaigns must also be personalized as per individual fundraisers. They should be able to add their personal story, picture, other images, and videos.
Your fundraisers must also be able to set their individual fundraising goals. This helps them feel comfortable about raising money without additional stress.
See how this fundraiser customized his fundraising page with his own story and pictures to successfully meet his fundraising goal for this peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.
Even the most technically savvy volunteer won’t know how to work with a new peer-to-peer fundraising platform. A few on our list have gone out of their way to provide resources like blog posts, videos, and free courses explaining how to create campaign pages that work.
Nonetheless, you and your fundraisers may need more support. Be sure to choose a peer-to-peer platform that offers customer support and is there for your organization whenever a snag pops up.
Your fundraisers should not have difficulty sharing their individual pages on social media. Your peer-to-peer fundraising platform should include social sharing buttons to help quickly share these campaigns online. This reduces time and effort on their part and helps them do more to boost online donations for your cause.
It also helps donors and other visitors quickly share these campaigns online and spread the word even further.
For example, Donorbox peer-to-peer fundraising pages include buttons to easily share fundraiser campaigns with their social media network:
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Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns have great potential for getting you in touch with new donors and potential supporters. Hence, your peer-to-peer fundraising platform should collect donor information from all peer campaigns as well as your primary campaign to help you create and maintain donor relationships.
It should securely collect and store all personal information and help you manage this data for more effectiveness.
Now that you’ve seen several peer-to-peer fundraising software options, you have a better idea of what’s available. As you research many platforms, define your organization’s fundraising goals and decide which tools will help you meet them.
As a nonprofit, your first focus is often your budget. Thankfully, many options on this list are affordable for any size organization.
If your nonprofit is looking for a quality option at little cost, Donorbox prides itself on giving nonprofits several fundraising tools for no startup or monthly fee. Learn more about our features and how your nonprofit can benefit from them.
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Kristine Ensor is a freelance writer with over a decade of experience working with local and international nonprofits. As a nonprofit professional she has specialized in fundraising, marketing, event planning, volunteer management, and board development.
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