How It Works 
for Nonprofits
Individuals
Nonprofits
Foundations
CorporationsOnline Fundraising
Campaigns
Reduce cost, improve yields and reach new constituents with online campaigns
givezooks! allows you to easily put your Annual Fund, Capital Campaign, Alumni Appeal, etc. online in a matter of minutes. givezooks! distributed campaign management capabilities also allow campaigns to be sub-divided into smaller appeals that can be managed by your volunteers.
Actual givezooks! Campaign examples:
- Marymount Annual Fund
- Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County
Annual Funds, Capital Campaigns (especially the “clean up” phase), Alumni Appeals, Disaster Relief Funds, Corporate sponsored challenges
Wish Lists
Identify directed giving opportunities that meet your needs and your constituents’ needs
Many donors prefer to direct their giving to very specific projects or physical items that can benefit your organization. For instance, a donor may prefer to buy blankets for a homeless shelter instead of giving to a general campaign. givezooks! provides you with a very simple way to publish such a Wish List. Again, this process is similar to posting items on eBay. Your Wish List can contain items of any value, and donors can purchase all or part of a Wish List item. You also have the opportunity to provide feedback to your donors about how their funds were used – a feature donors really value.
Actual givezooks! Wish List examples:
Events
Increase Promotion, simplify event management online
givezooks! provides a way for your organization to easily create an online presence for any event. givezooks! can also facilitate online registration and sponsorships for fundraising events. givezooks! can even provide support for walk/runs where registrants are responsible for raising funds from their friends and families.
Event Examples:
Walk/runs, auctions, dinners, fashion shows, golf tournaments
Grassroots Fundraising
Expand your fundraising staff — mobilize your constituents as fundraisers (New!)
givezooks! enables your constituents to create personal web sites that raise funds for your organization. For instance, one of your constituents may prefer to have her friends and family donate to your organization in lieu of gifts for her 50th birthday. Another of your constituents may want to climb Mt. Everest to raise money for your organization. Or a client could also want to give back and organize a personal fundraiser with his/her family and friends. These Grassroots Fundraisers allow your constituents to become more involved and dedicated to your organization's ongoing success.
Grassroots Examples:
Celebrations, Tributes, Events, Illness
Promote your Cause
Your Website
givezooks! provides you with an easy way to advertise your fundraisers on your own website using "Widgets". These highly configurable Widgets can display real-time fundraiser information on animated thermometers and donor lists.
Example Widgets:
givezooks! Local
givezooks! Local offers a community-focused marketing venue to raise awareness for your organization. Once you create an online fundraiser, it can be featured in any of our online givezooks! communities. For instance, if your organization serves the Santa Barbara community, then your organization profile and fundraisers will be prominent at santabarbara.givezooks.com. To see which communities are available today, click here.
Social Networks
Your constituents can electronically share your online fundraisers with their friends and family via the social networks that they already are members of. For instance, fundraisers can be shared in Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Reddit and 20 other sites.
Download the Nonprofit Spec Sheet
768kb PDF File
givezooks! allows you to upload and manage your email lists so that you can notify your constituents electronically about your online fundraisers. givezooks! then allows you to see who has opened your emails, visited your online fundraiser and/or donated. givezooks! members are automatically granted up to 10,000 emails per month through our partner Vertical Response.
Accept Donations
When donors come to your online fundraisers, they will be able to easily make a donation to your cause. You can configure which forms of payment that you will accept (such as Credit Card, ACH, Checks, Stock Transfers, Wire Transfers and Pledges). Individuals that donate will automatically receive an electronic thank you note and tax letter that you configure. All donations will be immediately deposited into your organization’s PayPal account.
