Make your fundraising mobile with Text-to-Give
- Simple to donate on any smartphone!
- Perfect for on-the-spot donation drives, church services, fundraising events, and conferences!
- Integrate seamlessly with your Donorbox account!
- Select a custom keyword for your fundraising campaign!
- Share an easy-to-remember short code with donors.
Why do Nonprofits Love Text-to-Give?
Easy!
One 60-second initial setup and your donors are ready to give to your cause over and over again with just one text.
Fast!
Put the power of speedy giving in the hands of your donors. Let them make donations by text on the spot.
Flexible!
Don’t wait for donors to give by check or cash. With Donorbox they can donate with any iPhone, Android, or Windows phone.
What is Text-to-Give?
Text-to-Give is a fundraising method that empowers donors to give to organizations via their smartphones. Using their phones’ texting application, supporters can donate to their favorite nonprofits.
How does Text-to-Give work?
- Step 1 You create a Donorbox campaign for your
fundraising project and enable text-to-give. - Step 2 Your donor sends a text with your campaign ID to the toll-free number
1-(855)-575-7888 or your custom keyword to short code 801801. - Step 3 Donorbox replies to your donor with a text message
that contains a link to your campaign page. - Step 4 Your donor clicks the link on their smartphone, fills out the
donation form, and completes their donation. That’s it!
And subsequent donations are even easier. They can be done instantly
using repeat donation — no forms or websites are required. More below!
Create your campaign's Custom Keyword
Use your own Custom Keyword for collecting donations — a unique and catchy word that represents your cause, campaign, and branding!
Your donors can give easily by texting your custom keyword to the toll-free number or the short code 801801.
Use a hasslefree short code number 801801
You can upgrade to the Short Code plan for $50 per month.
With our new Short Code plan, your donors can easily give by sending a text message with your campaign keyword to 801801! You can raise more donations for your US-based organization with this easy-to-remember short code.
Raise more donations with Repeat Donation
Repeat donation allows donors to give again without filling out the donation form or opening any web pages. This is a super-easy way for your donors to continue giving at your regular fundraising events, Sunday church services, and other recurring gatherings!
This Integration Requires
- A Donorbox account
- ½ hour of setup
- Vision and Enthusiasm!
- It’s just that simple.
Get Started with Donorbox Text-to-Give
Enable Text GivingSign up todayResources to Create a Text-to-Give Campaign
How to Enable Text-to-Give on Donorbox
Text-to-Give Fundraising: The Ultimate Guide for Nonprofits
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I create a custom keyword using Donorbox Text-to-Give?
Using Donorbox, you can create a custom keyword for your text-to-donate campaign. Choose a unique and catchy word that represents your cause, campaign, and branding. Make sure it is also easily memorable for your donors!
What is the most effective way to request text donations?
Since almost everyone has a smartphone, text donations have become one of the best ways to solicit charitable contributions. Unlike phone calls, most people open their texts. A short and catchy text-to-donate solicitation will catch their attention and make it easier for them to support their favorite cause.
You can also simply display your text-to-donate information on viewers’ television screens during media appearances. Or, put it up on the screens in your lobby at your next event!
Text donation campaigns connected to your other events or campaigns have the most success. Text-to-donate should be seen as one of many ways to make a donation, allowing donors to choose the best way for them to give.
What’s the difference between text-to-give and text-to-donate?
Text-to-give and text-to-donate are both mobile fundraising methods that let your supporters give via SMS, but they work slightly differently. With text-to-donate, the donor texts a unique code to a phone number and then receives a link to donate via the nonprofit’s mobile-optimized donation form. The donor completes their gift by entering their payment details on that page. It’s the most common method today, as traditional text-to-give methods have become outdated.
Text-to-give traditionally referred to donations that were added directly to a donor’s mobile phone bill (also called carrier billing). The donation amount would appear as a charge or deduction handled by the mobile carrier. This worked for small, fixed donation amounts, but it resulted in slower payout timelines and less donor data collected.
Because of these limitations, many nonprofits now use “text-to-give” as a catch-all term, even when they’re technically using text-to-donate. For example, our feature would technically be classified as a text-to-donate mechanism, but we call it Text-to-Give.
How are others using Donorbox’s Text-to-Give platform?
The ways to incorporate a text-to-donate strategy are as infinite as your imagination! Whether you’re a church, nonprofit, business, or individual, text-to-give is an excellent way to collect cashless donations anywhere. Here are a few ways others are using text-to-give:
- Church offerings
- Concert fundraisers
- Conference donations
- Outdoor event fundraising
- Media opportunities
My organization is based outside the U.S. – can I use Text-to-Give?
Donorbox Text-to-Give is available in the United States and Canada. Any supporters in those two countries can use this feature. Our short code works in the U.S. and the toll-free standard telephone number works in either country. If supporters text from outside the U.S., they could be susceptible to additional carrier charges. There is no additional charge to your nonprofit.