“Fund-a-need" is an option available within your auction that allows for your participants to donate directly to your organization for a specific cause or ask. For example, perhaps your animal rescue needs to purchase new travel crates, or your organization is trying to raise funding to sponsor a new program or initiative.
Below, we've given you some steps on how to set up that fund-a-need option as an item within your auction, so your participants can contribute to that need alongside any additional items that they've won.
Step 1: Create a new item for your auction
If you need a refresher on how to add a new item, please check out our step-by-step guide here.
Step 2: Set the item as a "Fixed Price" item, and add a "Buy It Now" price to reflect a set donation price
For the price of this item, you'll want to make sure that the item is set as a "Fixed Price" item, so that the price doesn't increase incrementally like other auction items would.
You'll also want to set a flat rate under the "Buy It Now" price that reflects a standard donation price you'd like to make available for donors.
If you wish to provide multiple donation options, you may want to provide several fund-a-need “items” for various fixed prices (such as $25, $50, $100, etc.) This allows participants to select multiple options to best fit the amount they’d like to donate.
If you are running an event concurrently, you can also direct your participants to donate through the Events page; however, if you want to keep all of your Auctions-related donations aligned with the Auctions campaign in Donor Management for reporting consistency, we recommend the fund-a-need option.
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