Everything You Need to Run a Powerful Fundraising Event
Services
Donors can cover the platform fee and processing fees if you choose. That means many organizations run live auctions for next to nothing out of pocket.
Each tool below is built to work beautifully on its own—or seamlessly together.
Our Core Fundraising Tools
Event Ticketing
Sell tickets and manage guests without spreadsheets.
Create group or single tickets, set pricing tiers, ask custom questions for attendees, and check in attendees with ease.
Silent Auction
Engage your community with mobile-friendly bidding.
Easily set up items, set your starting bids, bid increments, manage bidders, and track progress in real time.
Live Auction
Host in-person or hybrid events with live giving moments.
Self-assigned paddle assignments, capture paddle raises, and run a smooth, professional auction night. Check in AND out guests in real time!
Peer-to-Peer
Turn your supporters into fundraisers.
Have a large voting event? Want to create some competitive team fundraising? Let individuals or teams rally their networks for your cause. Set the vote amount, the time of the voting, and let the votes come in!
Fund-a-Need
Highlight specific giving opportunities with impact.
Raise funds for equipment, scholarships, or urgent needs—fast. Share and create your most pressing needs with us to 6 different donation amounts as well as an “other” field for guests to donate to your most pressing needs and goals!
Donation Page
Make giving simple year-round.
Accept donations outside of events with a clean, easy-to-use page. You set the amounts that you want people to donate! Brand it to your colors and hex codes!
How does it work?
Process
Step One
Share your fundraising event link with donors
Step Two
Collect donations and deposit straight to your account
Step Three
Celebrate a successful fundraiser with your team 🍋 🎉
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the GiveGrove GiveBack Program work?
With the GiveGrove GiveBack Program, our platform software is completely free for organizations to use. Nonprofits can create a professional-looking event website, add auction items, accept donations, and more—at no cost.
At checkout, GiveGrove asks donors if they would like to leave a voluntary suggested tip. These tips help keep GiveGrove free for organizations. When a donor chooses to tip, GiveGrove shares a portion of that tip back with the host organization as a GiveBack.
You’ll see GiveBack amounts clearly listed per transaction in your event export. There’s nothing extra you need to do—GiveBack funds are automatically deposited into your bank account every two business days along with your regular payouts.
How does GiveGrove Classics work?
With GiveGrove Classic, you don’t pay a dime until you raise money.
We charge 4% of donations that pass through the platform—and once your event hits $100,000 raised, we stop charging. That means the maximum fee you’ll ever pay is $4,000 per event.
You can ask (or require) donors to cover fees.
We have an average cover rate of 85–90%. This means you only pay a fraction of the cost.
Raised $10,000? Your total fee is $400, with donors covering fees? ~ $8 or less.
Raised $75,000? Your fee is $3,000. With donors covering fees? ~1,500
Raised $105,000? Still just $4,000. With donors covering fees? ~1,500
How long does it take to set up an event?
A few minutes! Nonprofits can set up an event in GiveGrove as a demo event or a live event within a few minutes.
What information do I need to input to create an event?
You’ll need the name of your organization, your bank account information, and the details about your event like the start date and time as well as the event name. That’s it!
What will it cost me to use GiveGrove?
Our fee is 4% of any transaction that goes through the platform. So we don’t cost anything to create your event or to demo the system. There are no contracts, so you don’t have to commit if your team goes a different direction!
We also give organizations the ability to ask donors to optionally or require covering the fees for the platform. This means, the event can cost an organization nothing to use our platform.
We also cap our fee at $4,000 per event, after that, we set our fee to 0% on your event.
What data do I get from my donors?
You get the donors name, email, phone, what item they purchased or donated to, if they covered fees, and then the net amount they paid as well as the breakdown of fees and the net to your organization.
Last, we share with you when that transaction was paid out to your organization with a date and timestamp.
What does GiveGrove do with donor data?
Nothing! Donor information is yours and yours alone. We never use or sell donor data. You always have access to past events and any reports associated with your account.
Are there contracts?
There are no contracts to use GiveGrove!
What are the communication features like in GiveGrove?
Every event has a text blast feature where you can communicate with donors who have opted-in to receive communication from your organization.
You also have an export of everyone’s phone and email which you can use to upload to your email client or CRM as needed to communicate with guests!
I have an idea for an event, but I want to talk to someone. How do I do that?
We’d love to chat! Feel free to reach out HERE to schedule some time to chat.
What does “night of” support look like from GiveGrove?
We are on-call during your event. You can use the help button on every page of GiveGrove or reach out to us via email.
After my event is over, what do I receive from GiveGrove?
After every event, you’ll receive an email that gives you an overview of how your event did with the total net to your organization, how many donors covered fees, and your actual cost to use the platform.