🎯 CauseVox for Nonprofits

CauseVox's peer-to-peer functionality transforms passive supporters into active fundraising ambassadors. Participants create personalized fundraising pages with their own stories, photos, and fundraising goals, then share these pages across social media and email to their networks. This exponentially expands your reach beyond your organization's immediate contacts.

• Branded personal pages: Supporters customize pages while maintaining your organization's visual identity and mission messaging
• No CauseVox branding: White-label pages keep the focus on your organization, not the platform
• Social sharing built-in: One-click posting to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email with progress updates
• Real-time leaderboards: Gamify fundraising with competitive leaderboards showing top individual and team fundraisers

Manual donor deduplication is tedious and time-consuming, often requiring hours to identify and merge duplicate records created when donors give through different channels or misspell their names. CauseVox's AI automatically detects and merges duplicate donor profiles based on matching criteria like email addresses, names, and contact information.

• Intelligent matching: AI identifies duplicates even with variations in name spelling, capitalization, or contact details
• Automatic merging: No manual review required—the system merges records while preserving all donation history
• Unified donor view: See complete giving history, engagement, and communication in one centralized dashboard
• Donor portals: Donors can log in to view their giving history, update contact information, and manage recurring donations

Event fundraising generates significant revenue for nonprofits, but managing ticketing through separate platforms creates workflow friction and data silos. CauseVox integrates event ticketing directly into the fundraising platform, ensuring all attendee data, payments, and communications live in one system.

• Multiple ticket types: Create general admission, VIP, early bird, student, and sponsor tickets with different pricing
• Registration forms: Collect attendee information, dietary restrictions, t-shirt sizes, or any custom fields you need
• Automated confirmations: Send immediate ticket confirmation emails with event details and check-in instructions
• Capacity management: Set ticket limits and automatically close sales when events reach capacity
• Note: Event ticketing is available on Standard plans and above ($200+/month), not on the free plan

Fundraising auctions generate excitement and competitive bidding, but traditional auction management requires dedicated software or manual tracking. CauseVox's integrated auction functionality allows nonprofits to showcase items, accept bids, and process payments all within the same platform used for the rest of their fundraising.

• Item showcases: Upload photos, descriptions, minimum bids, and buy-it-now prices for auction items
• Mobile bidding: Attendees bid from their phones at live events or participate remotely in online auctions
• Bid notifications: Automatic alerts when participants are outbid, encouraging competitive bidding
• Instant checkout: Winners pay immediately through the platform, reducing collection delays

Most fundraising platforms require exporting donor lists to separate email marketing tools, creating workflow friction and data synchronization issues. CauseVox includes built-in email and text messaging, allowing you to communicate with supporters, send campaign updates, and thank donors without leaving the platform or manually syncing contact lists.

• Segmented messaging: Email specific groups like major donors, lapsed supporters, or event attendees
• Automated workflows: Set up automatic thank-you emails, donation receipts, and stewardship sequences
• Campaign updates: Send progress updates to peer-to-peer fundraisers with real-time campaign statistics
• SMS capabilities: Text message reminders for event attendance, campaign milestones, or urgent appeals

Many nonprofits operate multiple programs or allow donors to designate gifts to specific funds (e.g., scholarship fund, building campaign, general operating). Managing these designations across separate systems creates reporting headaches. CauseVox's multi-fund management keeps everything organized within a single platform.

• Dropdown selection: Donors choose their preferred designation during checkout
• Fund-specific reporting: Track revenue by fund for accurate accounting and reporting to restricted funders
• Campaign-level defaults: Set specific funds as defaults for different campaigns (e.g., capital campaign only shows building fund)
• Unlimited funds: Create as many fund designations as your organization needs without additional fees

Visit causevox.com and create a free account (no credit card required). You'll be guided through connecting either Stripe or PayPal for payment processing—this is essential for receiving donations. If you don't already have a Stripe or PayPal business account, you can create one during this setup process. Stripe typically approves nonprofit accounts within 1-2 business days and offers discounted nonprofit rates (2.2% + $0.30 per transaction).

Pro tip: Have your organization's EIN (tax ID), bank account information, and 501(c)(3) determination letter ready to expedite payment processor approval.

Upload your nonprofit's logo, set your brand colors, and configure default settings (organization name, contact information, social media links). This branding will automatically apply to all campaigns you create, ensuring visual consistency without repeatedly entering this information. Take time to get this right—professional, consistent branding significantly impacts donor trust and conversion rates.

Pro tip: Have your logo in PNG format with a transparent background for best results. If you don't have brand colors defined, use a tool like Coolors.co to extract colors from your logo.

Start with a template that matches your fundraising type: general donations, peer-to-peer walk/run, giving day, or event. Templates provide pre-built page structures you customize with your content, images, and goals—much faster than starting from scratch. Write a compelling campaign story explaining why you're fundraising, what the impact will be, and what you're asking supporters to do. Upload high-quality photos that emotionally connect with your mission. Set a realistic fundraising goal (you can always adjust it later).

Pro tip: For peer-to-peer campaigns, recruit 3-5 enthusiastic supporters to create personal fundraising pages before you publicly launch—social proof from early fundraisers encourages others to join.

Before going live, make a test donation to ensure payment processing works correctly and confirmation emails send properly (you can refund test transactions). Once verified, publish your campaign and promote it through your existing channels: email your supporter list, post on social media, add a donation button to your website, and include the link in your email signature. For peer-to-peer campaigns, provide fundraisers with email templates, social media graphics, and tips for reaching their goals. Monitor campaign performance through CauseVox's dashboard and send progress updates to maintain momentum.

Pro tip: Schedule campaign updates at key milestones (25%, 50%, 75% of goal) to create urgency and excitement. Publicly thanking donors and top fundraisers encourages continued participation.