Text-to-give campaigns can be incredibly successful for nonprofits because they utilize a tool almost everyone has in their pockets - their smartphone. If you need a little text-to-give inspiration, we have you covered! We'll walk you through ten incredibly successful text-to-give campaigns so you can see how it's done.
Text-to-give has revolutionized the way people donate using their smartphones, making it easier to give and more beneficial for nonprofits and religious organizations. Since there are a whopping 6.84 billion smartphones worldwide, offering a streamlined way to give via a mobile device isn’t only convenient – it’s absolutely necessary!
In this article, we’re going to look at 10 wildly successful text-to-give campaigns run by nonprofits, churches, and other organizations. If you need some inspiration to start your next text-to-give campaign, look no further than these awesome examples!
Let’s start by looking at what kinds of organizations benefit from text-to-give.
Text-to-give is a vital tool that helps organizations benefit from the ubiquitousness of smartphones. It usually involves donors texting a keyword to a text-to-give number and receiving a link to an online donation form with easy, quick checkout methods enabled.
Because of how easy text-to-give is, any nonprofit organization can benefit from text-to-give, depending on the scope of the campaign. Text-to-give is often employed by fundraisers hoping to secure more in-person donations in an increasingly cashless world.
Church fundraising majorly benefits from text-to-give, where in-person tithing and offering collections are streamlined with an online option. Event fundraising is made easier with text-to-give, too.
Donorbox offers a simple and effective Text-to-Give option for churches and nonprofits. You can easily enable text-to-give for your campaigns. We also offer two different plans to suit your needs and budget – Basic Plan and Short Code Plan. Find detailed information and steps later in this blog.
In this section, we’ll look at 10 incredible text-to-give campaigns by nonprofits, churches, and other religious organizations.
Tres Hermanos Foundation used Donorbox Text-to-Give to boost their Freedom Edition Book Drive. The goal of this campaign is to distribute a million books to incarcerated men, women, and children over the next 10 years.
They raised $43,670 with this campaign. All their donors had to do to access their online fundraising page was to text the keyword NARCO to the text-to-give number. Then, their donors received a link to continue to the fundraising page and make a donation. Here’s what their donors see –
Cooke Revivals Ministries is a church that strives to encourage all people to live up to their full potential in God. They use Donorbox Text-to-Give to support their mission through online tithing, offerings, and more.
They raised $33,944 using text-to-give. Their donors simply texted the keyword BLESSINGS to the text-to-give short code number. Once linked to their online fundraising page, donors had the option of setting up recurring donations or choosing a specific designation for their donation like tithing, seed, or area of greatest need.
Located in North Carolina, The Gathering Church uses text-to-give to collect tithes and offerings online during their church services. A large part of their vision is to support missionary work, so the money they raise through text-to-give makes that work possible.
They raised $19,387 using Donorbox’s Text-to-Give feature. Donors texted the unique campaign code 243626 to the text-to-give number to receive a link to their online donation form.
From there, donors can sign up for recurring donations on a weekly or monthly basis. They can also donate in honor or in memory of someone, meaning they can make love offerings and other types of honorary gifts.
We love how they give three easy steps for text-to-give right on their website.
Their donors can also easily make the same donation again and again simply through text messages. All they have to do is text “YES” to the same number and confirm when prompted.
Maya’s Hope fundraises to improve the quality of life for impoverished, orphaned, and special needs children on a global scale. Their 10th Anniversary Lotus Ball campaign was very successful since they both raised funds through donations and sold tickets to their fabulous gala event in New York City.
They raised $17,277 using Donorbox Text-to-Give. Donors texted the keyword GIVEHOPE to the short code number 801801, where they received a link to this online fundraising page.
With repeat donations, donors could give again and again – even during the event! This helped boost the overall success of their fundraising event.
Hydrating Humanity is a Christian organization that provides safe water, hygiene education, and missionary work to developing countries.
Their Helser Carolina Worship Nights campaign raised $16,524 for their mission through text-to-give during their worship events. Donors simply texted HELSERS to the short code number available with Donorbox Text-to-Give to receive a link to their online donation page.
See what they have to share about using Donorbox Text-to-Give for fundraising.
Harvest Child Care Ministries, part of the Free Will Baptist churches of Virginia, provides residential services to neglected, abused, and abandoned children.
They raised $13,965 using text-to-give on Donorbox for their Giving Tuesday campaign. They opted for Donorbox Text-to-Give’s Short Code plan and chose an easy-to-remember keyword HARVEST to share with their donors.
Along with suggested amounts on the donation form, donors also get to choose where their donations go with the donation designation option. This helps create transparency among supporters, and they tend to give more. You can also customize your donation form with Donorbox to include powerful options to gain and retain more donors.
Legacy Christian Academy is an independent K-12 preparatory school in Valencia, California. They ran their Fuss-Free Fall Fundraiser in lieu of a larger scale, in-person fundraising event to save both overhead costs and time.
They raised $10,072 using text-to-give for their crowdfunding campaign on Donorbox. Their campaign raised over $90,000 total!
We love how Legacy used Donorbox’s crowdfunding features like a Donor Wall to use social proof to encourage even more giving. They also posted updates to keep the momentum going!
Church of God World Missions launched its 365 Challenge Campaign to support its mission of creating disciples all around the world. They do this through regular missionary work and encourage gifts of $365 to support this project.
Through text-to-give, they’ve raised $4,863 for this campaign. We love how their keyword, CHALLENGE, matches the branding of the campaign. Donorbox Text-to-Give offers this option to choose a custom keyword for your campaign via its Short Code plan. Under this plan, the texting number is also an easier-to-remember one. This makes giving easier for donors.
From their form, donors can sign up for recurring donations and include their own church name for church credit. They also have UltraSwift ™ Pay enabled, so donors can use a digital wallet to checkout – meaning even quicker donations! Here’s what it looks like on their form.
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Gotta Go is a religious organization that raises funds to support its work of spreading the gospel to “unreached” areas of East Asia.
They used Donorbox Text-to-Give to boost their Giving Tuesday campaign and raised $3,130. Their text-to-give keyword was their name, so it was easy to remember! Donors simply texted GOTTAGO (easy to choose with Donorbox’s Short Code plan) to the text-to-give number.
In addition to making their donations, donors have the option to sign up for a variety of volunteer roles on this highly customized donation form. This is great because it helps donors connect with the organization right away, which results in donor stewardship – and more donations in the future.
Celebrate Recovery Ministry connects with hurting people to help them heal through the gospel. Their campaign collects donations to support their general operation.
They raised $2,765 with this campaign by leveraging Donorbox Text-to-Give. From the form, donors can set up recurring donations. Celebrate Recovery has pre-selected the “weekly” donation interval and added a heart to show their preferred interval.
This makes it easy for donors to sign up for recurring donations. They can also log into their donor account on Donorbox anytime to make changes to their giving schedule, download receipts, and more.
Donorbox has you covered with easy Text-to-Give functionality that can turn any fundraising campaign into a mobile-friendly fundraising powerhouse.
Donorbox Text-to-Give also enables your donors to easily repeat a donation by texting “YES” and then “CONFIRM” to the same number. They won’t have to fill out the donation form again – isn’t that simple and quick?
Launching a text-to-give campaign on Donorbox is easy. Just follow these simple steps –
Once enabled, the Basic Plan will give you unique IDs for all your campaigns on Donorbox. Just share this and the text-to-give number with donors to accept donations. The Basic Plan is priced at $19/month.
The Short Code Plan will allow you to choose a custom keyword for one of your campaigns and give you a shorter text-to-give number. You can share this custom keyword and the number with donors to accept donations. The Short Code Plan is priced at $50/month.
You can also bundle and save more by subscribing to Donorbox Premium.
For more information, check out this guide to setting up Text-to-Give or watch the below video.
Get Started with Text-to-Give!
Taking advantage of text giving is a must-have in today’s fundraising landscape. Mobile giving is quickly becoming the most popular mode of giving, and it’s no surprise when you consider how many people have smartphones these days.
Any organization can use this powerful tool to boost their campaigns, but it’s especially great for organizations fundraising with in-person components.
We hope you found inspiration in these 10 successful text-to-give campaigns by nonprofits, churches, and other organizations that collectively raised $165,597 using Donorbox Text-to-Give.
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Lindsey spent years wearing many hats in the nonprofit world. Whether she was helping arts nonprofits with their messaging and content, planning a fundraising gala, writing an NEA grant proposal, or running a membership program with over 400 members, she learned how to navigate – and appreciate! – the fast-paced world of fundraising. Now, she loves sharing those hard-earned lessons with the Donorbox community.
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