Social fundrasing apps

Latest post 08-25-2009 8:39 AM by rweiner. 1 replies.

Social fundrasing apps

08-25-2009 3:00 AM

I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice on social fundraising apps like firstgiving.com, donordrive.com, changingthepresent.com, givezooks.com, activegiving.com, etc.

We're considering adopting something along these lines and haven't found any reviews of this category of apps.

Also, I'd love something that would integrate into our own site or would be at least be customizable to look more like our site. Some donors gave feedback that not being on our "official site" would be a negative in their mind.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Social fundrasing apps

08-25-2009 8:39 AM

Dear jschwartz,

Idealware published a brief review of these tools in their "few good tools" series.  It's reprinted in our Learning Center:

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/page11492.cfm

TechSoup also published an overview of charity badges:

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/page6666.cfm

and an article analyzing the effectiveness of group fundraising:

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/page7190.cfm

I hope these help.

Robert