Ready to rally your people around a great cause? Whether you’re raising money for a school, team, nonprofit, mission trip, class gift, or community project, a SignUpGenius Fundraising page helps you collect donations, track progress, and make giving simple for your supporters.
Use these steps to create a fundraising page.
Get started
From your SignUpGenius account, go to your Dashboard.
If this is your first time creating a payment page, you’ll see a setup screen with several options to help you get started. You’ll also be asked to provide information needed to collect payments. You don’t need to complete this setup right away, but you will need to finish it before you can withdraw funds.
If you’ve created a payment page before, click Create from your Dashboard, and select Fundraisers.
Add your fundraising page details
Enter the basic details for your fundraiser, including the:
- Page title
- Description
- Contact name for donor questions
If your fundraiser has an in-person component, you can add the date and location. You can also attach files and add FAQs, such as how donations will be used.
Configure goal settings
Goal settings help donors see the impact of their gift and follow your fundraiser’s progress.
You can choose to display:
- Your fundraising goal
- The amount raised so far
- Donor names
When your page details and goal settings are ready, click Next.
Add donation items
Fundraising pages support multiple donation options. You can use donation items to create fixed donation amounts, open donation amounts, or recurring donation plans.
Add a fixed or open donation item amount
Choose the Donation Item option to set up fixed or open donation amounts.
Enter a name for the donation and choose the amount type:
- Fixed amount: Donors give a specific amount you set.
- Open amount: Donors enter the amount they’d like to give.
Add a description and photo, then configure availability and any item-level fundraising goals.
You can also add item-level questions if you need to collect more information from donors.
Add a recurring donation plan
Choose the Recurring Donation Plan option if you want donors to be able to give on a schedule.
You can click Preview at any time to see how your fundraising page will look to donors.
Build your payment form
Next, click the link at the bottom of the items list to build your payment form.
Your payment form includes questions every donor answers, regardless of which donation item they select. For example, you can add a custom question asking whether donors would like to remain anonymous.
You can also add a text block and signature line if donors need to agree to a waiver or policy.
Confirm payment settings
Review your payment settings before publishing.
You can:
- Allow or restrict eCheck or physical payments
- Cover transaction fees for your donors
- Add a shipping fee for mailed items
- Create discount codes
- Schedule your page to open and close automatically
- Restrict access with a code
Publish and share your fundraiser
When your page is ready, preview it one last time. Then click Publish.
You can share your fundraising page by:
- Sending or posting a direct link
- Adding a custom button to your website
- Generating a QR code for printed materials
- Creating a text code donors can send to receive the link
Once your page is published, donors can start giving and helping you move closer to your goal.