GiveSmart

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.

Our donor database was outdated and the functionality caused simple office tasks to take much longer than needed. So outdated that it would no longer receive updates or support.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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We use GiveSmart as our main fundraising software. Fundraising plays a crucial role in supporting the operations and mission of nonprofit organizations.

I use it as a user to pull donations into our Database.

We oversee a high-end event with over a million dollars in transactions and GiveSmart has consistently helped us manage with minimal issues.

We primarily use the text-to-donate functions. We do 2 specific fundraisers a year and then use the donate function on our website. We have used the ticketing function also.

We are using Givesmart as our software for an upcoming dinner event with a live and silent auction.

We use this software for texting, text to give, event registration, and bringing in new member information. The opt-in campaign is likely the hardest part, and that i not to do with the software, but rather getting people to do the simple sign up. For event registration, such as our annual golf tournament, we are able to add graphics to create a great looking platform. The system allows us to capture specific details needed for the event, and to then generate reports for check-in.

Originally, I chose GiveSmart Events when I was the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization that supports a public school system. We were migrating from another CRM to Salesforce and needed an event platform that could accommodate a variety of event types. GiveSmart was compatible with Salesforce and was easy to learn with responsive support. After retiring, I started a consulting company that support nonprofits and one of my clients asked for a recommendation for an upcoming event. We chose a package that included both GiveSmart Events & Fundraise and I've now used both platforms. It would be great if GiveSmart could merge the two platforms. Fundraise is far more versatile and attractive from a user perspective. Events, however, is your only option for an online silent auction. The support team at GiveSmart is extremely responsive and when we approach them with an issue, it is usually easily resolved or a workaround is suggested. Over the past three years, I have also seen improvements made based on user recommendations.

We use GiveSmart to fundraise through auctions, raffles, merchandise sales, and donation pages. The platforms offers us a sophisticated way to hold auctions during all of our events. GiveSmart offers us the ability to reach a group beyond those who are attending the event. Through September to April, we hold multiple auctions weekly raising ~$3,500 each.

We use it at events for fundraising purposes. GiveSmart makes it easy to reach more people and therfor raise more money.

Our organization is nonprofit and we use GiveSmart software for the auction fundraising at our annual Gala event. GiveSmart handles the mobile bidding (silent/live auctions, raffle, wine pull, etc), check in and check out, and paddle raises/fund a need at our event. This software has replaced our need for bid sheets and additional staff at registration and has taken away A LOT of the stress of having to manage these functions on our own. Their support staff is very helpful in helping set up your campaign and in running reports post-event.

We have three minimum large fundraising events a year and have used give smart for two. We use all of the bits and pieces for event registration, silent auction and raffle, individual fundraiser profiles, donations, text communication, etc. Like most event registration companies today, givesmart does not provide staff for event registration - but they do have recommendations for companies, one in particular I have enjoyed working with is GOAT (who is an event solutions company) as they really know the system well for event day. Another bummer we have found with givesmart is though the text ad email capabilities with patrons is amazing, their "sending templates" are limited and you cannot include images in the body of your email. These limitations force our company to use other sending platforms like mailchimp.

Right now, we primarily use it for our events and silent auctions. We were using it for P2P and generally year-round giving but have stepped away from those implementations.