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Givebutter

Score10 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is Givebutter?

Givebutter is an all-in-one fundraising platform offered by Givebutter, Inc. The platform is designed to assist nonprofits in raising funds, engaging donors, and managing donor relationships. According to the vendor, Givebutter offers a range of features including customizable donation forms, embedded donation widgets, and the ability to accept various payment options securely. The platform also provides features such as donation dedications, a goal bar to track fundraising progress, and text-to-donate and scan-to-donate options for mobile giving. Givebutter is suitable for nonprofits of all sizes, catering to a variety of professions and industries including nonprofit organizations, fundraising professionals, event planners, marketing professionals in the nonprofit sector, and higher education institutions.

Key Features

Donation forms: According to the vendor, Givebutter allows users to create and customize online donation forms. It also supports secure payment acceptance and offers customizable values and labels for suggested donation amounts.

Donation widgets: Givebutter enables donors to give directly on a website through embedded donation forms. Additionally, users can easily share automatically generated QR codes for quick access to donation forms.

Donation dedications: Supporters can give in honor or in memory of someone through Givebutter's donation dedications feature.

Goal bar: The platform includes a fundraising thermometer that displays campaign progress in real-time, aiming to motivate donors.

Text-to-donate: Givebutter offers a text-to-donate feature, allowing donors to contribute through unique keywords sent via text messages from their mobile devices.

Scan-to-donate: Users can share auto-generated QR codes that quickly direct supporters to donation forms.

Company matching: Givebutter integrates with Double the Donation to provide a seamless matching gifts integration, potentially increasing the impact of donations.

Funds & designations: Givebutter allows users to clearly communicate where donations go or enable donors to support specific initiatives.

Social sharing: According to the vendor, Givebutter offers one-click sharing across various social media platforms, aiming to expand reach and boost engagement.

Custom branding: Users can add their organization's logo, theme colors, and more to donation forms, creating a branded experience for donors.

Media

Forms for campaigns and events.
A Nonprofit CRM
Personalized emails, videos, texts, and updates

1 / 3

Great Event Management Tool

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Givebutter this year as a registration and crowdfunding tool for one of our signature events, the NUN Run. The tool allowed us to register event attendees and allowed registrants to form teams and fundraise on the platform. It also allowed non-attendees to donate to a team they wished to support.

Pros

  • Flexibility in using the platform for multiple fundraising sources (events, direction donations, etc.)
  • Ease of Use
  • Ability to customize your site

Cons

  • Link to payment sources/systems (we had to do this multiple times before it worked)
  • Integration with larger donor management software systems (i.e. Blackbaud)

Most Important Features

  • Flexability
  • No-fee structure
  • Ease of Use

Return on Investment

  • Best registration tool we have used for the NUN Run event
  • Allowed registrants to cover the fees reducing our overall event expenses

Alternatives Considered

Race Roster, GiveSmart and OneCause

Other Software Used

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, GiveSmart