A New Tool That Multiples Charities’ #GivingTuesday Impact

This is the time of the year when #nonprofit organizations actively plan for their #GivingTuesday fundraising campaigns. It is the single largest day of the year for charitable donations. However, it's quite surprising that many charities are still using traditional outdated methods that are not producing successful results.

Giving Tuesday has been held for years and is one of the biggest #fundraising days in the not-for-profit sector. But, did you know about the new approach your charity can use to engage more people in #givingback and multiply your campaign impact? We at Kits for a Cause can help non-profits make Giving Tuesday hugely successful with our simple and custom fundraising platform: Kits For a Cause's Wishlist Fundraiser and we can do it all year round too.

What is a Wishlist?

Our Wishlist Fundraiser is a convenient online platform to help provide charities with an easy crowdfund-like way to raise money for their most urgent and immediate needs. Just imagine having a wedding registry which lists the items that are wanted and the amounts that are needed for each item. Not only is our #Wishlist easy to navigate, but it also provides a way for new and current #donors to #donate to the charity of choice from the list of items that #charities have told us they need. It's an easy donation purchase from a click of a button to provide the #donations in real time making it more impactful instead of the traditional way of giving to charities the wrong items or items they already have received donations of and don’t need more of. And the best part, every donation gets a tax receipt too when a donor grants a wish on the Wishlist. (Donors usually don’t get that when they go to a retailer to buy products to donate). We encourage charities and non-profits to put up their Wishlists for their Giving Tuesday campaigns and if you are a DONOR looking for a Wishlist, contact us for one.

Why a Wishlist??

In collaboration with the UNITY VALUES Foundation, our Wishlist fundraising program allows charities to share their most urgent needs and for donors to fulfill those needs through our online platform solution. Donors want efficiency and ease!

Wishlist is customizable and always up-to-date

While the traditional in-kind donation program is most likely to always be outdated, Wishlist offers charities a solution by letting them customize the list of donation items anytime, anywhere in real-time.?

Inventory is automatically updated online

Once any Wishlist has wishes granted, the Wishlist is automatically updated. By doing this, charities can ensure their list is 100% fully controlled by them such as the number of donations per item and they don’t receive donations that they have too many of and no room to store them. This solves so many problems for charities.

Right items at the right time

The traditional way of donating often causes donors to donate the wrong items due to the often generic and outdated donation lists most charities have on their websites. However, thanks to the customizable feature that Wishlist offers, charities now can share the most updated wishes with donors and make sure they can donate the right donations to them in real-time. Charities also can decide to keep their Wishlist campaigns ongoing all year round or to close them once they reach their goal.

100% virtually & contactless

In the old model, people would have product drives and encourage their community/offices to go to retailers or shop online to obtain donated items. With our Wishlist program, at the click of a button, anyone can grant a wish, from anywhere and get a tax receipt at wholesale prices from the comfort of their home or office. No need to visit a store to shop and pay retail prices.

Shareable on the website and several social media platforms with one click

Charities and donors can easily embed the Wishlist on their websites with the provided code. Not to mention, you can share Wishlist across multiple social platforms with just a click of a button to grab more eyeballs to your campaign. Many non-profits have used this feature and successfully gained both returning and new donors. In addition, your donor gets sent out a tax receipt when they grant a wish from your Wishlist campaign*.?

Now, it’s the time for charities to sign up and use Wishlists to get your donations in real time to save time, energy, and effort as well as gather many new donors for no cost. Thanks to the optimization of the Wishlist Fundraiser program, many that have used the Wishlist have achieved their fundraising goals and surpassed them in just a few weeks.?

This Giving Tuesday, we are helping charities from coast to coast launch their Wishlist. If your non-profit wishes to maximize your funding campaign, you know where to go! “Kits For A Cause has the resources and know-how to help make this happen.” - recommended by CanadaHelps and GivingTuesday Canada .

We at Kits for a Cause will continue providing the service for charities to create their Wishlist and get donors to help crowdfund the list of what is needed the most. Don’t wait, start your Wishlist Fundraiser Campaign right now! If you are non-profit and don’t have a Wishlist, please register ?HERE or contact us at 1-877-868-5655 or email us at [email protected]

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*Tax receipt is available in Canada only.