Understand: RallyUp Fundraising Activities

Learn about the fundraising Activities that RallyUp offers and choose the one that best suits your needs. Each fundraising Activity offered by RallyUp provides a unique way for donors to engage with your organization. You can run one Activity at a time or combine them to create a multi-Activity fundraising Experience. Raffles Raffles allow donors to...

Insights: Add Storytelling Elements to Your Experience Description

Inspire your donors to give generously by helping them emotionally connect with your cause. Donors are most likely to donate when they feel a strong personal connection to a cause, and when they can clearly picture the impact their donation will have. Telling your organization’s story in the About section on your Experience page can help you connect...

How-to: Format Experience Banner Images

Ensure your banner images are high quality to increase your fundraiser's appeal. The image you choose for your Experience banner should be as crisp and clear as possible to make your Experience look professional and appealing to donors. We recommend the following sizes, depending on which design option you select:  Simple: 960 pixels wide by 640 pix...

Can I Make Changes to My Experience after I Publish?

After an experience has been published, there are still some features you’ll be able to edit or update. Find out which aspects can and can’t be changed once you’ve published your experience below. Once your experience is published, you will be able to make edits to most settings in your experience. With that said, there are a few functions related t...

How-to: Create a Fundraising Experience

Easily create and launch fundraisers that catch the eyes of prospective donors. RallyUp makes it easy to create an Experience so you can start fundraising as soon as possible.  Before You Begin If you haven't done so already, you'll need to first create a RallyUp account and register your organization before you can create an Experience: How-to: Get...

How-to: Preview Your Experiences in Draft Mode

Test drive your Experience Pages before you go live.  Draft Mode allows you to preview your Experiences and test out all the features before you begin fundraising. View your Experience Page setup, make test transactions, and finalize all details before you go live.    Before You Begin  Please note that you won’t be able to accept real donations or p...

How-to: View and Manage Your Fundraisers

Manage all of your RallyUp fundraisers from one centralized location. For your convenience, your fundraisers are all created and managed from a central place within your RallyUp account. To view your fundraising Experiences, create new ones, or manage existing ones, just go to Experiences in the left menu: If you don’t see your Experience listed the...

How Can I Run a Pledge Experience (A-thon) but Take Only One-Time Donations?

Discover the differences between an a-thon and crowdfunding using RallyUp’s peer-to-peer options. With a RallyUp fundraiser, the term “pledge” can mean several different things. People can “pledge” with a one-time donation, a recurring donation, or a per-unit-of-activity donation. There are a couple of options for running a pledge experience, depend...

Understand: Strategies for Promoting Your Fundraiser

Learn tips and best practices for sharing and promoting your fundraiser to reach more donors. Thousands of fundraisers are run on RallyUp every month, and we talk to customers daily about their experiences. We consistently find that the most successful fundraisers always have at least some level of promotion behind them. Promoting your fundraiser is...

Understand: Instant Fundraiser Templates

Use templates to quickly and easily create a fundraising Experience. When you need to create a fundraiser quickly, RallyUp's Instant Fundraiser Templates can save time and effort. Each template pre-selects your Experience settings, so all you need to do is add your organization information and some details about the fundraiser.  Instant Fundraiser T...

How-to: Add Images to Your Fundraiser

Learn the benefits of adding images to your Experience and find out how to add them to different areas. There are several places where you can add images to liven up your RallyUp fundraiser. Adding images or graphic illustrations can help you quickly convey complex ideas, demonstrate your organization's positive effect, and enhance the emotional imp...

Understand: Advocate Fundraising for Non-US and Non-501(c) Charity Organizations

Fundraise for international and non-501(c) organizations even if you’re not directly affiliated with them.  If you want to support an international or non-501(c) charity organization but you’re not an employee or registered volunteer, RallyUp allows you to set up an advocate fundraiser. Advocates are individuals or businesses who aren’t directly aff...

Understand: Experience Customization Options

Create a unique fundraiser with customization options that anyone can use. RallyUp offers a wide array of customization options that can help make your fundraisers look professional and attractive to donors, increasing the amount you raise.   The following links will take you to other Knowledge Base articles showing how to set up each option. Good T...

How-to: Sort Experience Items into Categories

Help donors find what they want by sorting prizes, tickets, and other items into categories. If your fundraising Experience includes many items, such as Raffle prizes, you can sort them into categories to help donors find the items they're most interested in. RallyUp allows you to create categories for the following items: Raffle prizes  Sweepstakes...

Understand: Experience Pre-Registration

Allow donors to create an account and save a payment method before your fundraising Activities begin. If you want to publish your fundraising Experience before one or more of your fundraising Activities begin, consider enabling pre-registration. This allows your supporters to create a RallyUp account and save a payment method before your fundraising...