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Online Giving Tools to Boost Your Fundraising Efforts

Top Online Giving Tools and Features in 2024

It is an undeniable fact that technology is everywhere. Whether chatting with friends, shopping online, or donating to our favorite charities, tech has made our lives easier and faster. Online giving tools have made an impact on fundraising activities. Imagine supporting a cause without leaving your house or writing a cheque.

GiveCentral is a unique platform that helps fundraisers to make online donations. Let us explore how online donations can help your organization grow and thrive.

Traditional fundraising methods, such as in-person events, mail-in donations, and phone campaigns, are time-consuming and limited. In contrast, online donations offer a seamless, efficient, and scalable solution to nonprofits and donors.

Advantages Of Online Donations 

  • Capturing Busy Donors: This convenience boosts donations and captures impulsive donors. Online giving ensures you don’t miss contributions from busy individuals by offering a quick and easy option

  • Ease of expressing gratitude: Once donations are made, it’s important to thank donors to build a lasting relationship and encourage future contributions.GiveCentral automates this process, allowing you to instantly send personalized thank-you messages the moment a donation is made. Donors are redirected to a custom thank-you page and receive automated emails or texts. It makes the donors feel valued and appreciated

  • Efficient Data Management and Reporting GiveCentral is a powerful tool for fundraising campaigns, offering seamless donor management.

    It automatically captures donor data, tracks contributions, and generates detailed reports, simplifying data collection and analysis. The platform also generates invoices and tax receipts, thus allowing your team to focus on strategic tasks.

    As the nonprofit sector evolves, GiveCentral’s advanced fundraising techniques offer a comprehensive online giving platform with tools like custom giving pages and seamless software integration, empowering nonprofits to manage and grow their fundraising efforts effectively.
  • Custom Giving Pages GiveCentral’s online giving tools allow you to create custom giving pages that align with your nonprofit’s branding. These pages are responsive to all screen sizes, ensuring a seamless experience for donors no matter what device they use. 

    With options to customize colors, logos, fonts, and more, you can create a giving page that reflects your nonprofit’s identity and makes it easy for donors to contribute.
  • Seamless Integration: GiveCentral’s platform integrates effortlessly with your existing apps and donor management software like Salesforce and many more. It ensures efficient data management and optimized fundraising efforts.
  • Smart and Agile Tools: GiveCentral offers smart and agile tools that enhance your fundraising efforts. These tools increase the efficiency of your campaigns and help you build stronger relationships with your donors by automating recurring donations and crafting custom email communications

With GiveCentral, you can automate key tasks, streamline your processes, and focus on what matters most.

GiveCentral has developed apps that make donations simple for its donors.

Let us explore each app in detail:

1.GiveCentral Community 

It is a donor management software designed to streamline the collection, tracking, and communication of donor information for nonprofits

It offers an intuitive and efficient database that consolidates fundraising activities in one place, making it easier for organizations to manage their donor relationships.

Key Features

GiveCentral Community aims to reduce administrative burdens and improve fundraising efficiency, making it a valuable tool for nonprofits looking to enhance their donor engagement and management strategies

  • Centralized Database: Stores all donor information in one accessible place.
  • Reporting & Data Organization: Generates reports and organizes data for better fundraising decisions.
  • User-Friendly & Affordable: Designed for both small and large nonprofits without high costs.
  • Communication Tracking: Tracks all donor interactions, supporting effective engagement.
  • Integration Capabilities: Integrates with existing communication platforms for enhanced functionality.
  • Real-Time Updates: Allows administrators and donors to keep track of profiles in real-time.

2.GiveCentral Go

It is a small mobile swiper tool that attaches to any mobile device, you can create an in-person donation terminal for all your fundraising event

This application allows organizations to accept credit and debit card transactions using smartphones and tablets, making it a versatile tool for collecting funds during events.

Key features:

  • Device Compatibility: Works seamlessly on iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Android devices, making it easy to collect donations from anywhere.
  • Seamless Integration: Donations automatically sync with the organization’s existing GiveCentral account, centralizing transaction data for easier record-keeping and donor management.
  • User-Friendly Setup: Simple to set up with a small mobile card reader, turning any device into a portable donation portal.
  • Immediate Transaction Confirmation: Donors receive instant email confirmations, boosting trust and transparency.
  • Direct Deposits: Funds are directly deposited into the organization’s bank account, speeding up the donation process by eliminating check processing delays.
  • Customer service: It has a dedicated team of experts who provide training on how to use the GiveCentral Go app and mobile card reader more efficiently.

GiveCentral Connect

It is an app that allows donors to donate, access update, and manage information. With this app, the donor can connect through their mobile devices

Key Features:

  • Mobile Management: Donors can manage their donations and donor information anytime and anywhere using their mobile devices.
  • Personalized Communication: The app allows organizations to create customized communications for their community, encouraging better donor management
  • Secure Information Storage: All donor information is encrypted and securely stored, ensuring privacy and safety.
  • Immediate Donation Tracking: Donors receive instant confirmations for their donations, while administrators can send thank-you messages and receipts directly to donors’ phones.
  • Donation History Access: Donors can easily access their donation history and manage their giving preferences directly from the app.
  • Direct Communication: The app enables donors to communicate with the organization, send notes, and receive updates through calendar invites and social media sharing.

GiveCentral text-to-connect

It allows donors to quickly feed information directly into your database. Text-to-Engage lets donors make donations anytime, anywhere, directly from their mobile devices.

Key features

  • GiveCentral’s innovative features empower organizations to enhance their fundraising efforts and foster stronger relationships with their donors. By streamlining the collection of donor information, automating reminders, and facilitating seamless mobile donations, GiveCentral not only simplifies the giving process but also ensures that donors feel valued and engaged. 

Embracing these tools can lead to increased donations, imp

  • Receive Updated Donor Information: The Text-to-Connect feature lets new donors text their basic information, such as name and email, which the system automatically stores in the organization’s database.
  • Reminders & Messages: The system sends automated reminders to donors who subscribe to recurring donations, thus helping them remember missed payments or notify them when their credit card is about to expire.
  • Mobile Donations: With Text-to-Engage, donors are directed to unique fundraising pages. After texting their information, they receive a thank-you message with a link to a mobile-friendly donation page, encouraging quick and easy donations directly from their phones

Let us all embrace technology in making the world a better place. To learn more about the apps and online Giving Tools and their features contact our team of experts.

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Last modified: November 28, 2024