How to Create a Fundraiser

Step-by-Step Guide: Create a Dedicated Fundraiser for Your Community
Written by Communal Support
Updated 1 month ago

Looking to raise money for your holiday hampers, breakfast club, or other charitable program? Learn how to create a dedicated fundraiser for your community members to donate to. 

  1. Navigate to your Communal Manager Dashboard and on the left hand side under Donations select Fundraisers
  2. Next you will select Create New Fundraiser in the top right hand corner
  3. From there you will enter the Fundraiser Details including a Title, Summary, and in-depth Description of the fundraiser. If you would like to you can also set a Donation Goal which can motivate community members to donate
  4. Next you will change the status 
    Active - means this fundraiser is actively running and collecting donations
    Pending - 
    Disabled - means this fundraiser is not actively running and collecting donations and it is not viewable to users
  5. Next you can choose if you would like to select a Tag. Any donation tagged with the selected tag will be associated with this fundraiser and its amount will be included in the fundraiser's total. To create a Tag please review our article on How to Create a Tag
  6. Lastly, click Save 
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