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Fundraisers 2023

Answers to questions you have about fundraisers, from a-thons and crowdfunding to auctions and events. These fundraisers are hosted on Givebacks' .gives platform.

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General Setup

For help on everything from using QR codes to promote your fundraisers to creating custom questions to collect donor information, all the answers you need are in these how-to guides.


How-to: Promote Your Experience with Text-to-Give
Understand: Campaign Pre-Registration
How-to: Sort Experience Items into Categories
How-to: Disable Write-In Donations for Peer-to-Peer Experiences
Understand: Donor Comments
How-to: Edit Donor Comments
How-to: Disable Donor Comments
How-to: Use QR Codes to Promote Your Fundraisers
How-to: Create a QR Code for Your Experience Page
How do I edit the thank you email sent to participants and teams when they register?
How-to: Hide the List of Donors and Donations from Your Campaign Page
How do I send an email to participants on my experience?
Edit the email text your participants and teams send to potential donors
How to use compact descriptions on your fundraiser page
How-to: Customize Experience and Activity Terminology
How do I add or hide the countdown timer on my fundraiser?
How to change the start date of your fundraiser
How to change donor information on a contribution after it has been made
How-to: Change the Link to Your Experience Page
How to reuse a personalized link from a previous experience
How-to: Update Your Campaign After Publishing
How-to: Create Custom Questions to Collect Donor Information
Insights: Add Storytelling Elements to Your Experience Description
Understand: “Contact Organizer” Emails
How-to: Change Who Receives the Contact Organizer Emails
How do I create preset pledge amounts for donors?
How-to: Reorder Your Experience Items
How can I add images to my fundraiser page?
Add a notice for donors in the checkout process
Understand: “Contact Organizer” Emails
How to customize the fundraising activities tabs on your experience page
How to customize the layout of your fundraiser page
How do I customize the thank-you note to donors?
How to customize the tax receipt
Add promo codes and offer supporters discounts on prizes, items, and registrations
How to add a custom section to your experience
How to customize the activity buttons on your experience page
Add sponsors to your campaign page
How to change the end date of your fundraiser
Create a custom domain for your campaign
Can I add FAQ’s to my fundraising page?
How to find and share your campaign link
Get notified of new donations and transactions
Strategies for promoting your fundraiser
How-to: Promote your experience with text-to-give
Teams, Attendees, Participants & Participant Center

Have questions about how participants can have their best experience being part of your fundraiser? Get the answers here with our comprehensive how-to articles.


How-to: Hide Your Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Participant Center
Understand: Peer-to-Peer Participant and Team Dashboards
How-to: Hide Peer-to-Peer or A-thon Prizes
How-to: Add Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Prizes
How-to: Add Peer-to-Peer Leaderboards
How to customize the link to your personal or Peer-to-Peer fundraising page
How to: Resend registration and team invitation emails
How to edit your participant or team fundraising goal
Understand: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Understand: Peer-to-Peer Reports
Understand: Peer-to-Peer Participant Center
How-to: Find Your Participant or Team Dashboard
How-to: Hide Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Rankings
How-to: Hide Peer-to-Peer Participant Last Names
How do I hide the progress bar on my fundraising page?
Options for displaying participant information on your fundraiser page
Can participants and teams customize their fundraising page?
How-to: Edit Peer-to-Peer and A-Thon Fundraising Pages
How-to: Customize the Link to Your Participant Center
How-to: Rename Your Participant Center
How-to: Find and Share the Link for Your Personal Fundraising Page
How-to: See How Much Each Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Participant Has Raised
How-to: Hide Peer-to-Peer or A-Thon Leaderboards
How to remove the participant center button from my fundraising page
How to hide the prizes on my participant center
How to add participants and teams for peer-to-peer fundraisers
How to add prizes to incentivize participants on your campaign.
How to invite people to join your fundraising team
Understand: Public vs. Private Registration
Raffles and Sweepstakes

Everything you need to know about hosting a Raffle or Sweepstakes on MemberHub Fundraisers.


How-to: Allow Donors to Purchase Raffle Entries for Any Prize Available
Understand: Restrictions for Offering Firearms or Alcohol as Prizes
How to run a 50/50 raffle
Understand: How Raffle and Sweepstakes Entry Numbers Are Assigned
Charity Raffles: What You Need to Know
How-to: Disable Custom Entries for Raffles and Sweepstakes
Insights: Preparing for Your Raffle
Understand: Drawing Raffle and Sweepstakes Winners
Understand: Sweepstakes Free Entries
Can I sell paper raffle tickets offline?
How-to: Promote Your Raffle or Sweepstakes with Sharing Rewards
How do I change my ticket pricing?
How to send a receipt for paper tickets sold
Understand: Why Tip Model Pricing Raffles and Sweepstakes Offer Extra Entries for Tips
Raffles and sweepstakes: What’s the difference?
Online Raffle Guide
Online Sweepstakes Guide
Understand: Sweepstakes Reports
Raffle Reports
Important information to know about raffles before creating your experience
Charity sweepstakes: What you need to know
Promoting your charity sweepstakes
Am I eligible to run a raffle fundraiser?
How do I display the number of entries sold or available?
How to limit the total number of entries sold on your raffle
What are the official rules on a sweepstakes?
Why can’t I sell paper tickets on my sweepstakes?
Why does my sweepstakes need to be approved?
Understand: Sweepstakes Free Entries
How does the registration and bonding process work?
Export ticket numbers for your raffle drawing
Strategies and best practices for using entry levels
How to set up entry levels for your raffle or sweepstakes fundraiser
Does Givebacks notify the people who don’t win?
How to require donors to purchase specific numbers of entries
Customize the headline on the entry section of your raffle or sweepstakes
How do I redraw winners for my raffle or sweepstakes?
Will Givebacks notify the winner(s)?
Sweepstakes Official Rules
How-to: View a list of raffle, sweepstakes or auction winners
Why am I not allowed to create a raffle fundraiser?
How to draw winners
How-to: Add Raffle or Sweepstakes Tickets That You’ve Sold Offline
How-to: Allow Supporters to Fundraise for Your Organization
How-to: Allow Donors to Purchase Raffle Entries for Specific Prizes
Promoting your charity sweepstakes
How-to: Allow Donors to Purchase Raffle Entries for Any Prize
How-to: Promote Your Raffle or Sweepstakes with Sharing Rewards
Understand: Why Tip Model Pricing Raffles and Sweepstakes Have a Ten Entry Minimum
Donation Pages

Get help optimizing your fundraiser donation pages by learning what a donation page is, how to create a QR code for it, and more.


What Is a Donation Page?
Fundraisers FAQs

The most frequently asked questions about using Givebacks all answered, all right here. Learn about our pricing, managing your campaigns, and much more.


How-to: Show Someone Your Campaign Before It Starts
How-to: Change the Terminology on the Donate Button
Understand: What Exported Reports Look Like
How to Find and Share Your Experience Link
Can I see how many people have visited my experience page?
How can I hide the amount raised on my fundraiser?
How do I add sales tax to purchases on my fundraiser?
How-to: Preview Your Campaigns in Draft Mode
Edit or manage your donation after the transaction is made
How to Manage Recurring Donations on My Fundraisers and Donation Pages
Which Payment Methods does Givebacks Fundraisers Accept?
Accept Mobile Payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
How to Change or Cancel My Recurring Donation
How do I add website links to my fundraising page?
What Types of Reports Does Givebacks Fundraisers Provide?
What’s the difference between a receipt and a transaction confirmation?
What is a fund code?
Where can I add images to my fundraiser page?
Can my donors choose how their donation is allocated?
How to cancel and refund a credit card transaction from a Givebacks Fundraiser
Can I add a video to my fundraiser page?
What campaign type should I choose?
How do I set up Google Analytics?
Can I remove the ability for donors to leave comments on my fundraising page?
How do I set up Meta Pixel Tracking?
Understand: Anonymous Donations
What is Google Analytics?
How do I use the prizes offered on Winspire?
How-to: Add Offline Donations
What is a Meta Pixel?
Can I add an option for people to donate without making a purchase?
How to: Export Donation and Donor Reports
How to credit a write-in donation
What is campaign chatter?
How-to: Email Donors and Post Updates
Can I hide the description of my organization on the campaign page?
How to format images for your campaign banner
How do I edit the campaign chatter?
How do I add a description of our organization?
Livestreaming

If you're going to be livestreaming, you've probably got lots of questions on how to do it successfully. Check out our helpful insights and detailed how-to articles to make sure you knock it out of the park!


How-to: Require Donors to Buy Tickets to Your Virtual Event
Understand: Browsers and Devices That Support Livestreaming
How-to: Give Donors Access to Your Livestream Recording
Insights: Livestream Activities
Insights: Livestream Presenter Checklist
Insights: Best Practices for Livestream Presenters
How-to: Join a Livestream as a Guest Presenter
How-to: Delete Comments or Ban Users from Your Livestream Chat
How-to: Add Livestream Presenters
How-to: Enable or Disable the Livestream Chat Feature
How-to: Add a Virtual Background to Your Livestream
How-to: Screenshare During a Livestream
How-to: Allow Your Apple Device to Share Your Screen During a Livestream?
How-to: Give Your Browser Access to Your Microphone and Camera
Understand: Livestream Studio Presenter Controls
How-to: Share Pre-recorded Content on Your Livestream
How-to: Update Your Livestream Screen Recording Permissions
Insights: Turn your fundraiser into a live virtual event
How-to: Enable Livestreaming on Your Fundraiser
How to Notify your Virtual Audience before Starting a Livestream
How to Start and End a Livestream
Insights: Use Trivia or Surveys During Your Livestream to Engage Donors
How to: Spotlight an Item During your Livestream
How-to: Run a Fund-a-Need or Paddle Raise During Your Livestream
How to Post Trivia or Survey Questions During Your Livesteam Event
How do I Set Up Trivia and Survey Questions for My Livestream Event?
How-to: Find an Attendee’s Livestream Access Code
Troubleshooting

Setting up or running a fundraiser in Givebacks and need some help? Use these troubleshooting tips to help solve any issues you're having around import errors, donor card fails, and more.


How-to: View and Resend Emails (Donor Profiles)
What should I do if a donor’s credit card fails?
How to manually charge a donor’s credit card through your campaign
How to find and resend receipts to your donors
Tips and troubleshooting for import errors