Grow with GiveSmart Events 

Expanding your fundraising event strategies to help you raise more 

From large, global nonprofits to smaller, local operations, we've helped them all meet and exceed their event fundraising goals. 

Adding event fundraising unlocks award-winning silent auctions, ticketing, guest management, gamification opportunities, and more so you can enhance your galas, golf outings, and other celebrations.   

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Make Your Mission Your Movement

GiveSmart Events is the foundation of the GiveSmart platform, the award-winning fundraising and donor management tool that’s secure, scalable, and the donor-centered choice to help you turn your mission into something that moves donors.  

Powering billions in fundraising since 2008, GiveSmart Events’ modern, user-friendly tools make fundraising efficient and easy. 

Benefits

Inspire and engage donors with simple, smart tools  

  • Mobile bidding and silent auction features with automatic bid increases and outbid notifications to drive engagement 

  • Stand out from the crowd with raffles, voting competitions, instant buys, and other revenue enhancers 

  • Customizable ticketing and guest management solutions, such as seat assignment and meal preferences to keep you organized  

  • Celebrate your mission and find support with our tools from anywhere such as on the course, in the ballroom, at a performance venue, or on your couch 

  • Backstage management allows you to view all aspects of the event from one screen, including streaming, chat, and leaderboards making managing your hybrid or virtual event easy 

  • Leaderboards and progress thermometers increase giving and excite your supporters 

  • Auctions that create engagement with gamification and automated communication for increased, real-time giving activity 

  • Immediate, unlimited access to all fundraising tools under one contract, eliminating the need to juggle complicated a la carte add-ons and multiple points of contact 

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Donor-Centered

With the ease of bidding from your phone, your auctions are accessible from anywhere. Automated communication means your bidders won’t miss out on any items they desire. And, self-checkout automates the payment and acknowledgment process, leaving more time to engage and connect with your supporters. 
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Live Stream

Our one-screen experience for live stream virtual events allows you to run your program and direct donors to donate, bid, and participate in fundraising activities without leaving the presentation. And, your supporters can live chat to be in on the action. Our live leaderboard, which displays leading bids, paddle raise donations, and calls to action drive interest and excitement with your supporters, no matter where they are sitting. 
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Contactless Check-in and Checkout

Give your guests more time to connect with your event and advancement staff. Self-check-in and checkout simplify the guest experience, as well as the payment and acknowledgment process, leaving you more time to engage and connect with your supporters. Your campaigns are donor-centered from start to finish. 
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Tailored for you

Easily create custom questions for guests to answer when they purchase their tickets to determine meal preferences, allergies, seating requests, and more. And, you can add varied ticketing options, recurring giving asks, merchandise sales, and more to your order form. Raise more from the onset. 
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Sponsorship Activation

With GiveSmart, you have a fully customizable homepage, where you can add videos, live streaming, sponsor logos and links, and more. This coupled with sponsor activation offerings as a part of your auction, voting competition, raffle, or merchandise store allows you to better steward your sponsors. 

Resources

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State Raffle Regulations

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Golf Tournament Fundraiser Guide

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30 Silent Auction Items That Don’t Cost A Dime

Find our full suite of resources here.