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GiveSmart

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What is GiveSmart?

GiveSmart, a Community Brands company, offers a full-service event management platform supporting event website, event registration, attendee tracking, donor management and data insights, and full customer service for entities wishing to raise funds via an auction or charity event. The…

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What is GiveSmart?

GiveSmart, a Community Brands company, offers a full-service event management platform supporting event website, event registration, attendee tracking, donor management and data insights, and full customer service for entities wishing to raise funds via an auction or charity event. The platform…

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Product Details

What is GiveSmart?

GiveSmart is an online fundraising and donor management platform designed to elevate fundraisers. From mobile-friendly silent auctions to dynamic peer-to-peer events and guest management to donor engagement, the solution helps to turn mission into something that moves donors.

The vendor states that their software has helped thousands of nonprofits raise $6.2+ billion. The full GiveSmart suite of solutions and expert support helps exceed fundraising, event, and donor management goals, and helps users focus resources and make an impact all year round.

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GiveSmart Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesCanada, United States

Frequently Asked Questions

GiveSmart, a Community Brands company, offers a full-service event management platform supporting event website, event registration, attendee tracking, donor management and data insights, and full customer service for entities wishing to raise funds via an auction or charity event. The platform also integrates technology from Community Brands brand Gesture to provide a comprehensive suite of services. GiveSmart replaces the former 501 Auctions, a platform to support charity auctions, mobile bidding, and general event management with automation for nonprofit fundraising.

OneCause, Greater Giving, and Eventbrite are common alternatives for GiveSmart.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of GiveSmart are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart for online donations, fundraising campaigns, and fundraising events. We needed a software that allowed us to engage our current donor base and enable fans of our organization to crowd-fund for us. GiveSmart has diverse features that allow us to communicate with and engage with our donor base in several helpful ways. The event side helped us save money on printing tickets for our biggest fundraising event, and it was straightforward to set up raffles, silent auctions, instant sale items, and more. The platforms make tracking donations, votes, tickets, etc., easy and provide attractive web pages for crowd-funding events.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We opted for GiveSmart when we were combining to have one event/content management system. The GiveSmart event platform (and auction feature) has worked well for us for many years. We now have fundraising and our donor database through GiveSmart as well. While it has taken some time, the integration is becoming much more smooth and over time will certainly make it easier for our nonprofit - with minimal staff to function efficiently.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our donor database was outdated and the functionality caused simple office tasks to take much longer than needed. So outdated that it would no longer receive updates or support. We needed a user-friendly, more advanced software to maintain our donor information for accurate record-keeping, fundraising, event management, and marketing. GiveSmart offers a comprehensive solution with its three modules: Fundraise, Events, and DonorCRM.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We just signed a contract with GiveSmart in December. It was bumpy at first because there was a delay in getting started because of staff transitioning out of GiveSmart. So, we are still in the begining stages with getting our data converted. We will be using it for our donor management, events, and more!
February 26, 2024

A true one stop shop.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use this platform for auction items and checking in with people attending our fundraising events. We also use it to collect donations and other ticketing sales. This addresses and solves the problem of having many platforms for each event. GiveSmart allows us to be a one-stop shop when hosting fundraising events, silent auctions, and collecting donations.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart Fundraise primarily as our online donation software. We have also used it for event pages for different fundraising events and were users of MobileCause before it was bought out by GiveSmart. It serves as an event fundraising platform as well as point of service credit card processor when you use it alongside the MobileCause app. We have also used it for hybrid and live-stream events effectively.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our school uses GiveSmart as an online giving tool. The form embeds nicely into our webpages keeping the look and feel of our current website. The forms are very pleasing to the eye and user friendly both on a computer as well as on a mobile phone. The software allows text to give which we also take full advantage of during our giving events. The setup and reporting are very intuitive. We also are very happy with the fair pricing of the software. Overall it has been a great experience.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have used GiveSmart for ticketing at our events, for silent auctions, and for fundraising. We selected the program because it could handle all of these functions. Previously, we had been using a number of programs to accomplish these tasks.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart for fundraising and to communicate with donors and potential donors. GiveSmart gives us many options for fundraising campaigns and makes it easy for donors to connect with and support our organization. We are able to create newsletters, message through social media and accurately receive and acknowledge contributions.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart for our nonprofit. We setup several different types of forms depending on what the funds are being collected for. GiveSmart allows us to tailor a form for a specific need or fund. It helps us to not only collect donations, but important information to follow up with donors in the future.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart to fundraise for our events and to facilitate online auctions. GiveSmart helps us organize ticket and item auctions to benefit our programs. It helps streamline the movement of money between our donors and our organization. Guests are able to make their own accounts, view items available for purchase/auction, and even choose how they would like to pay for their purchases. On the backend, GiveSmart batches reports and helps us keep track of fulfilled and unfulfilled pledges. In addition, I've found that their support team has been a great resource in times when we've needed to troubleshoot an issue.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart for fundraising through static gift forms, the creation of crowdfunding campaigns for both short (~24 hour) and midrange (~3 month) campaigns, and for event registration and management. We have recently begun making use of the text features as well to great success, by uploading lists and using them to send potential donors to existing gift forms.

Our previous vendor was very static, visually unappealing, and lacked a great deal of overall flexibility and did not allow us to do Days of Giving at all. Using Givesmart has given us both flexibility and powerful reporting, as well as the ability to create and use the gift and registration forms we need when we need them with a minimum of fuss.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Givesmart as the main source of how our donors give to support our mission. We also use the fundraising platforms for in-person events and virtual campaigns. This allows our organization to raise the necessary funds to operate how we care for orphaned and vulnerable children in Honduras.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart to create event pages and GiveSmart Fundraise to create select campaign donation forms. One of our largest fundraising events requires a user-friendly peer-to-peer platform and GiveSmart worked well for this. The home page was easy to design and received well by our audience.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
GiveSmart is the platform that captures our online donor activity. It allows users to make credit card and paypal donations directly to us. Users are able to designate their donation as well as leave notes for memorial gifts. The back end of the site allows for quick reporting and custom donor detail.
July 15, 2023

Good Entry Value

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Givesmart has been used as a primary online fundraising tool. We create personalized donation landing pages for donors from different companies and accept online credit card donations. We also use Givesmart to collect pledges from donors and transfer them to our internal database.
Clarissa Ayala | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use GiveSmart as our main fundraising software. Fundraising plays a crucial role in supporting the operations and mission of nonprofit organizations.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used GiveSmart for a fundraising Gala to support my school. GiveSmart made our auction process so much more professional. It allowed us the opportunity to share our auction items with alumni all over the country, therefore with people who could not attend the gala to purchase items. This increased our revenue significantly. Also, at the event, it allowed our guests to bid throughout the evening rather than hopping up and down to write their names on a traditional bid sheet. We are already securing auction items and will use GiveSmart again!
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