DonationMatch vs. Greater Giving

It is a great tool for connecting businesses with products or services to donate with interested persons, via non-profit fundraisers, which can be selected based on values and mission. It is also an affordable way to solicit donations for non-profit fundraising events.

Greater Giving is the perfect platform for small/medium organizations looking for a solution to manage their fundraising and other events during the year. It is very easy to use, and new team members are quickly trained and up and running on the platform in no time. For organizations of our size, having the option of having a live person assist during big events is invaluable.

Incentivized

• Expands audience awareness. Directly connects me with interested persons.
• Grows email list through participation in my donated content.

• Credit card swiping at registration is important to us. It allows our attendees to have the option to make a contribution during our special appeal, purchase silent auction items, etc... without having to make a payment each time.
• The day-of-event registration is so easy. As long as our host has provided us the name of the attendee registration is a breeze.
• The ability to send out post-event tax receipts

Incentivized

• Minor detail, but when you reply to messages the subject line turns blank, and I wish it would populate as re: original message subject.

• [I feel the] auction system is not as sophisticated as other systems
• Staff support structure
• Doesn't come out with updates very quickly [in my experience]

Incentivized

Great for beginners. Easy to get up and running quickly. I did worry a bit about my end-users accidentally changing or deleting data.

You are assigned a rep from the beginning and they are with you from start to finish PLUS are 100% available to you on your Day of Giving.

Incentivized

I've never used anything like this before. I used to do it all one non-profit at a time!

The RNL Scalefunder platform is more suited toward Giving Days and digital types of events. I have found the Greater Giving platform can deliver on that but also gives us great support for in person fundraising, ticket sales, auction tracking and gala events which we do more of throughout the year.

Incentivized

• The reporting improved our abilities to provide accurate information more timely to the finance department - a plus when completing the annual 990 or other information for our auditors.
• We saw an increase in collecting on pledges when we switched from a "text-to-give" platform (from another provider) to incorporating all event elements into Greater Giving. We were able to capture over 95% of gifts within 48 hours of the event compared to less than half that amount in previous years.
• The reports generated by Greater Giving are better received by our board of directors - easier to digest and provide meaningful analytics

Incentivized