Peer-to-Peer activity-based athons let your Participants collect pledges based on what they accomplish during your event — laps swum, miles walked, hours read, and so on. This article walks you through configuring your athon, setting up pledge options, and adding Participants after you publish.
Get Started
- From the Dashboard, click Create and select Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.
- Choose Activity-Based Athon as your fundraiser type.
Basic Info
- Enter your fundraiser name, description, and a contact name for questions.
- Enter your event date and time. Date and time are required for athons.
Motivate Donors
Keep donors engaged and invested throughout your event.
- Toggle on Show Fundraising Goal to display a progress bar on your fundraising page. Enter your goal amount in the field provided.
- Toggle on Show Donor Feed to display recent pledges and donations publicly on your page.
- Toggle on Show Leaderboard to highlight your top fundraising Participants.
Call to Action
Enter custom text in the Button Text field to change what donors see on your main call-to-action button.
FAQs
Click Add FAQ to include questions and answers on your fundraising page. For athons especially, donors often want to understand how pledges work before they commit — address that here.
Click Save to continue.
Participant Options
Registration
Toggle on Public Registration to add a sign-up button directly to your fundraising page. This lets anyone who discovers your campaign sign up as a Participant on their own. If you leave this off, you'll need to share the registration link yourself to control who joins.
To add a personal touch to the invitation, enter a custom message in the Participant Invitation Email field. Participants will see this message when they're invited to create their own fundraising page.
Participant Pages
Choose how much control Participants have over their individual pages:
- Allow Participants to update their display name, or limit it to first name and last initial only
- Let Participants add their own photo or video
- Give Participants the option to write a short note to their donors
- Show a leaderboard on each Participant's individual page
Click Save to continue.
Activity Settings
Choose how Participant activity is tracked after the event:
- Set a deadline for Participants to enter their activity — Participants log their own results by the date you specify
- Participants don't enter their own units — you manage activity entry on your end
Goal Setting
Choose how individual fundraising goals are handled:
- Participants set their own goal — each Participant chooses their own target
- You set the goal — all Participants are assigned the same goal amount
- No goal — Participants raise as much as they can with no target set
Pledge and Donation Options
Activity Unit
Select the unit donors will pledge against from the Activity Unit dropdown. Choose from options like lap, mile, hour, round, or other available units that match your event type.
Donation Options
- Toggle on Allow Flat Donations to give donors the option to make a one-time donation instead of pledging per unit.
- Toggle on Allow General Donations to let supporters give to the overall campaign without selecting a specific Participant.
- Enter amounts in the Preset Amounts field to give donors quick pledge options at checkout.
- Click Add Question to include custom questions donors will answer at checkout.
- Enter a message in the Custom Thank You field to personalize the confirmation donors receive after pledging.
Payment Settings
- Toggle on Allow eCheck if you'd like to offer eCheck as a payment option in addition to credit card.
- Enter a description in the Statement Descriptor field to customize how the charge appears on donors' credit card statements.
- Under Fee Coverage, choose whether to cover some or all transaction fees yourself or pass them to donors.
Preview and Publish
- Click Preview to review how your fundraising page will appear to donors and Participants.
- Click Publish when you're ready to go live.
Add Participants
Once your athon is published, add your Participants. You can:
- Share the public registration link so Participants can sign up on their own (if you enabled Public Registration)
- Add Participants manually by entering their details directly
- Upload a file using the provided template
- Copy and paste Participant details in bulk
You can also create teams and assign individual Participants to them.