How to Make a Fundraising Page
MonkeyPod makes it pretty easy to set up an unlimited numbers of fundraising pages, check out this article to show you how.
How do I set up an Online Fundraising Page in my MonkeyPod?
To make your first fundraising page, go to Fundraising then Fundraising Pages.
If it is your first time setting up a fundraising page you will be asked to connect or create a Stripe account.
How do I set up Stripe in my MonkeyPod?
When you go to setup your fundraising pages for the first time, follow the prompts to connect your Stripe account so that you can receive online donations and have them automatically recorded for bookkeeping! You can also use the fundraising pages to track offline donations.
After Stripe is connected, how do I add a fundraising page in my MonkeyPod?
After you set up your Stripe account, you can find everything you need in the Fundraising menu under Online Fundraising.
From here, choose Fundraising Pages and you will see all of your pages listed.
To create a new page click Add a Fundraising Page.
Here you'll see basic fundraising page settings where you can add a description, change the URL for the page, set a financial goal, and determine when the page should go live.
When ready, click "Next: Add An Image" to go on to your Visual Design. Here you can upload an image or a YouTube video to your page.
Next you will be asked to select your Giving Options.
After choosing your Giving/ Donation Options, you can specify who will cover the processing fees for the payment processing through fundraising pages as well as the receipt text that will be sent to the donor!
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I put markdown in the description to my campaign?
- Yes! When you are describing your campaign, you can use basic markdown to add formatting to your descriptions. Check out this link here to see what markdown is supported.
- What if I want to embed a simple donation page on my website?
- We have an option to embed a super simple donation page here.
- What happens if someone donates who *isn't* in my MonkeyPod already?
- Since MonkeyPod is also your CRM, a new donor record will be created for the new donor.
- Is there an option for donors to cover the credit card processing fee?
- Yes there is! Research shows that donors are more likely to cover the credit card processing fees if you give them the option, so we give you a few options on how to present this to them!
- Can someone make a recurring donation through a fundraising page?
- You bet! You can give multiple donation options through fundraising pages.
- How do I account for all of this!?!
MonkeyPod allows you to create unlimited fundraising campaigns for your organization. Each campaign has a dedicated web page where you can receive donations. You can choose which donation options are available and customize many other aspects of the page as well.
Automated Bookkeeping
Any donations you receive through a MonkeyPod fundraising page will be automatically recorded for you. We'll create a record of the donation for bookkeeping purposes and will add a record for the donor who made the gift (or attach the gift to an existing donor, as appropriate).
Accounting Logic
Much of the accounting logic we'll use to record your online donations is configurable by you. Each donation option is associated with a contributed income account, which we'll use to record the contributed income associated with the gift. If you indicate that there is a non-deductible portion of the gift (i.e. because the donor will receive something of value in exchange for the contribution), then you'll select an earned income account to use for that part of the transaction.
Each fundraising page may be associated with a class. These are optional, but if designate a class for a particular page, then we'll classify those gifts accordingly.
Tags
Every gift received through a fundraising page will also be tagged with the name of the page. You may optionally configure the page to receive off-line gifts as well. In that case, just use the same tag when manually recording a donation, and the page will be credited with the gift for reporting purposes.
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