Team member fundraising on Givebutter is what’s often referred to as “peer-to-peer fundraising” by folks in the nonprofit industry. Team members can receive credit for donations by sharing their custom link, and any donations made will automatically be credited to them. Without using the link, donors still also have the option to assign a donation to a specific team member, to ensure credit goes to the correct party.
If you are looking to donate to a campaign, click the Donate button in the upper right corner of the campaign page. You do not need to join a campaign to donate!
Team members are not admins, and do not have campaign edit access. If you need to be added as an admin or editor, please contact an existing admin.
Ways to join a campaign as a team member ➕
Receive an email invitation from the campaign organizers
Follow a direct link shared by the campaign organizers
Click the Fundraise button on the main campaign page
If the campaign you'd like to join doesn't have a Fundraise button, you'll need to join the campaign via an email invite or a direct link shared by the organizer. Please contact the organization operating the campaign – Givebutter staff are not able to add you to a campaign on behalf of the organization.
Creating a member profile 👤
Once you click the Fundraise button or link to join a campaign via a direct link, you'll be asked to create a Givebutter login. If you already have one, click Sign in at the bottom of the pop-up window instead of entering new information.
You can use a JPEG or PNG as your profile photo, but this signup flow also supports animated GIFs for team member profile photos!
Sign in or fill out the details for your login and click Sign up. On the next screen, add a few more details such as your fundraising goal and your personal story, then click Join this fundraiser.
You'll be taken to your newly created team member page! Make a note of the web address - that's your personalized link. Share this web address to receive credit when other people make a donation because of you!
If the campaign you'd like to join doesn't have a Fundraiser button, you'll need to join via an invite or a direct link shared by the organizer. Please contact the organization operating the campaign. Givebutter staff cannot add you to a campaign on behalf of the organization.
Creating multiple team member logins 👪
If you need to sign up for multiple team member profiles on behalf of others (most often in the case of a parent needing to sign up for multiple children), you'll notice that you can only use a single email address to sign up for one team member profile. There are two ways around this.
Using multiple email addresses
If you have access to multiple email addresses (such as work and personal, or parent 1 and parent 2, etc.) this can be a simple option for signing up on behalf of multiple team members.
Using the same email address
To sign up for multiple team member profiles using the same email, try this trick!
First profile – use your email address as normal, ie. example@gmail.com
Second profile – add "+1" before the @ symbol, ie. example+1@gmail.com
Third profile – add "+2" before the @ symbol, ie. example+2@gmail.com
Emails sent to [email protected] and [email protected] will all go to the parent email address of [email protected].
You can also use words instead of numbers after the "+". For example, [email protected] and [email protected] will both forward emails to [email protected].
Please note that this works for Gmail addresses but may not work with other email providers. Test at your own discretion!
Using this "+1" trick allows you to register the same email address multiple times, as our system recognizes them as separate logins.