How to Create a Fundraiser

How to Create a Fundraiser: A Step-by-Step Guide

Ready to rally your community around a cause? Whether you're raising money for a school, team, nonprofit, or mission trip, a SignUpGenius fundraising page helps you collect donations, track progress, and make giving simple for your supporters.

This video walks through how to create a SignUpGenius fundraiser from start to finish. You'll learn how to set a goal, add donation options, and share your fundraising page with supporters.

In just a few steps, you can:

• Create a fundraising page for your cause or event
• Add fixed, open, or recurring donation options
• Set a goal and choose what donors see
• Collect payments and any extra donor information you need
• Publish and share your fundraiser with a link or QR code

What Goes Into Building Your Fundraiser

Every fundraiser starts with the same basic shape: a title, a goal, and a way for people to give. From there, you fill in the details that make it yours.

• You'll start with the basics — a title, description, and a contact for donor questions.
• Next, you'll choose your goal settings. You can show your fundraising goal, the amount raised so far, and donor names, or keep some of that private.
• Then you'll add donation items. Donors can give a fixed amount, an open amount, or set up a recurring gift on a schedule you choose.
• You'll build your payment form to collect any extra details, like whether a donor wants to stay anonymous.
• Before you publish, you'll review your payment settings, including whether donors cover the transaction fee.
• Then you'll preview your page and publish it to start collecting donations.

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