Mobile Giving & Fundraising
Accept donations via text-message! Mobile Giving has arrived for 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organizations. We work with the Mobile Giving Foundation to easily enable text-message donations that show up on donors’ mobile phones.
How it Works
A user sends a text message to a Shortcode with a keyword.
They receive a confirmation message from a Mobile Giving approved shortcode and respond “yes.”
Next, they receive a final confirmation message. At the end of the month, the donation shows up on their wireless phone bill. The Mobile Giving Foundation remits payment to the organization in 60-90 days.
Mobile Commons provides an intuitive platform with shared shortcodes, powerful reporting, APIs, and easy ways to add more reach to your mobile programs.
How to Get Started
Mobile Commons runs text message donation programs in partnership with the Mobile Giving Foundation. To qualify, your organization must be a recognized 501(c)3. To start the approval process immediately, fill out the form and we’ll get started! (or send us an email at info@mcommons.com
Special Features & Benefits
To get the most out of your mobile programs, you need to tie them into everything else you do: from the web, to print, to live events, to advocacy alerts. The strength of the Mobile Commons platform is that it allows you to easily grow into all of those uses while still providing a clean, intuitive control panel for whatever current programs you’re running.
The Whole Wide Web
In addition to having people text in their donations, it’s easy to collect credit-card free donations from the web. The Mobile Commons platform helps you create completely branded:
- Facebook Applications
- MySpace Widgets
- Flash Widgets for the rest of the web
The widget to the left is fully functional. Enter your phone number and you’ll receive a text message asking you to confirm the donation just as if you had started with a text message.
If you’re interested in combining mobile with the web, contact us and we’ll show you all the applications beyond fundraising you can create on our platform to drive engagement and improve results.
Real-Time Integration with Your eCRM
You’ve worked hard to build your list and your community, Mobile Commons works hard to support that by making sure your data gets back to your CRM of record with real-time syncing. Most clients with an integration turned on see consistent list growth in excess of 7% per month.
Other Ways of Mobile Fundraising
Mobile Commons supports multiple ways of running mobile fundraising campaigns in addition to Mobile Giving by text message.
Using our VoIP tools, our clients have run calls to action that connect people to call centers so they can place donations larger than $5 or $10.
Using an integration with their eCRM, our clients have been able to segment their list by online and email donation history to send special SMS reminders and seen online donation responses lift by 77%!
