Fundraising on Facebook with Causes

Causes is the world’s largest platform for activism and philanthropy. Their team empowers individuals to create grassroots communities called “causes” that take action on behalf of a specific issue or nonprofit organization. Since their founding in 2007, Causes has brought together:
 

Why Use Causes

• Build communities of supporters
• Conduct fundraising campaigns
• Circulate petitions
• Build volunteer capacity
• And, more!

These tools are free and allow nonprofits not just to build a big list, but to empower everyone in your cause community to take actions, get friends involved and expand your reach as an organization through your supporters’ social networks.

How to Get Started

• Step 1. Sign into Your Nonprofit Partner Center
• Step 2.  Start a cause!
• Step 3. Link your Facebook profile to your nonprofit account
• Step 4. Create a project-based fundraising campaign and feature it on your causes and/or create a petition
• Step 5.  Send regular (at least once a week) bulletins to your cause members asking them to take action
• Step 6.  Build relationships with individuals and ask them to help you
• Step 7.  Stay active and work with your cause members to change the world!

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How to Track Your Donations (which are processed by Network for Good!)

Payment for donations made to your nonprofit are sent on the 15th of each month and will include all donations made in the previous month. For example, donations processed in February will be paid on March 15th. Checks will be sent to your nonprofit's address as listed in GuideStar and you will also see how much money each cause raised for your nonprofit.

• Visit this site to change the address listed for your nonprofit profile in GuideStar. Updates to that form will be shared with Network for Good for future payments.
   
• Log into Network for Good’s donation tracking report to access donor information. You will need to establish a login using your charity's nine-digit EIN number. Once you are registered, you will have access to a real-time online report detailing information about your donors who have chosen to share their contact information.
   
• Sign up for electronic funds transfer (EFT) to get your donations more quickly (and to save paper!) and have
  donations sent directly to your organization’s bank account. 

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