Crowdfunding Fundraiser
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A crowdfunding page allows supporters to easily make donations without the expectation of receiving anything in return.
SuccessFund's campaign template makes it easy to:
- Accept online payments of all kinds (including Venmo) without taking payments into personal accounts.
- Track progress toward your goal and aggregate results by student or group so you know who's participating.
- Create your page, share the link, and watch your results come in.
How-to Video: Create and customize this campaign
Podcast interview of others who found success:
In this podcast, Ayesha tells us how the Alta Football Team crushed their goals in just one evening for her telethon. While a telethon is a variation on crowdfunding, this example still provides great insights into how to successfully plan, manage, and wrap up a crowdfunding campaign.
Some of the best ideas we've seen:
- Identify a Need: Determine a specific need at the school not covered by the budget (technology, facility upgrade, etc).
- Set a Goal: Calculate necessary funds tied to the identified cause so donors understand use of funds.
- Download SuccessFund Flyers for Students to Share: Mockups showing fund use grabs attention on social media, driving traffic.
- Recruit Student Ambassadors: Leverage student leaders across academics, arts, athletics to spread awareness.
- Offer School Swag: For donation levels, provide school gear, reserved parking, banners to incentivize stakeholders.
- Send Emails: Well-crafted emails from admin to faculty, staff, parents, alumni drive participation.
- Post Video Messages: Short, energetic videos inspire giving by highlighting needs and impact.
- Provide Updates, IRL & Virtual: Show real-time progress towards monetary goals across digital channels to maintain momentum. Create a live visual that tracks progress and display in the main area of school.
- Give Thanks: Thank all donors, volunteers and school community for efforts with videos, signs and celebration.
