How to Create a Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser: A Step-by-Step Guide
Looking for a way to raise more money and reach more supporters? Whether you're fundraising for a school, supporting a local nonprofit, or organizing a community campaign, SignUpGenius Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers makes it easy to expand your reach by turning your supporters into fundraisers themselves.
This video walks you through how to create a peer-to-peer fundraiser with SignUpGenius from start to finish. You'll learn how to customize your fundraising page, set donation goals, invite participants to create their own fundraising pages, configure payment settings, and share your campaign. With everything in one place, you can bring your community together and make a bigger impact.
In just a few steps, you can:
Create and customize a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign
Personalize your page with images, descriptions, fundraising goals, and FAQs
Display fundraising progress, donor activity, and leaderboards
Enable participant registration so supporters can create their own fundraising pages
Customize participant invitations, donation amounts, and donor thank-you messages
Configure payment methods and transaction fee coverage
Preview, publish, and share your fundraiser with a link, social media, or QR code
Add participants, organize teams, track donations, and generate reports
What Goes Into Creating a Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser
Peer-to-peer fundraising helps you reach beyond your immediate network by giving supporters the ability to raise money on your behalf. Each participant can create a personal fundraising page to share with friends, family, and their community, with contributions supporting your overall campaign. With SignUpGenius, you can create and manage your fundraiser, participants, and donations all in one place.
Choose your fundraiser type. Start by creating a new peer-to-peer fundraiser and selecting the type that best fits your campaign. Choose from available fundraising categories and ready-made templates, including flat donations.
Personalize your fundraising page. Add a banner image, title, description, contact information, and campaign dates. Set a fundraising goal with a progress bar, and choose whether to display donor activity and leaderboards. You can also customize your donation button and add FAQs to answer common questions.
Set up participant registration. Allow supporters to create individual fundraising pages that contribute toward your campaign. Customize participant invitation emails and choose which elements participants can personalize, including images, videos, descriptions, and individual fundraising goals.
Customize donation options. Set suggested donation amounts, allow general donations, and add custom questions to collect information from donors. You can also create a personalized thank-you receipt to show your appreciation and encourage continued support.
Configure payment settings. Choose your accepted payment methods, configure credit card statement information, and decide whether donors can cover transaction fees. You can also include a custom message explaining how covering fees helps support your cause.
Preview and publish your fundraiser. Review your fundraising page to make sure everything looks right before publishing your campaign.
Share your campaign and manage donations. Add participants manually or invite them to register using a link. Organize participants into teams, share your fundraiser through social media, a website button, or QR code, and track donations with reports and summaries from your dashboard.
Need additional help with your fundraiser?
For more detailed instructions on customizing your fundraising page, managing participants, or exploring additional features, visit our Help Center at support.signupgenius.com.
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