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Nonprofits

Social Media Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Nonprofit

If you’re not using social media to promote and grow your nonprofit organization, now is the time to start. Read on for some tips that will help you create a better social media content strategy to increase engagement, donations, and more.

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Philanthropy

Ways to Spark Philanthropy in Your Kids

Sparking the spirit of philanthropy in our youth and kids is important. We’re sharing some ideas on how to engage your kids to give back.

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Community

Tim Fern Announced as the New CEO of Kambeo

Kambeo is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Fern as its new Chief Executive Officer. Tim will be leading Kambeo into its next chapter of growth and change.

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Community

10 Ways Volunteering Can Change Your Life

No matter what opportunity you choose, you’ll find that volunteering comes with an array of benefits for yourself and your community.

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Fundraising

Are Your Fall Fundraising Plans in Place?

Fall represents an incredible time to organize and host lots of exciting fundraisers.  We’re here to help you plan your fall fundraising calendar.  

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Community

How MADD Canada Used Kambeo to Effectively Fundraise

2020 was a challenging year for everyone – including nonprofit organizations – and MADD Canada was no exception. The national organization found itself in the challenging situation of needing to raise funds and continue to serve their communities, yet unable to do so in the traditional in-person ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Community

Keller Williams Uses Kambeo To Surpass Their Fundraising Goals

When Keller Williams set their Red Day campaign goals, their aim was to raise $20,000. By the end of their Red Day campaign, not only had they achieved their goal but surpassed what they expected to raise. Here’s how they did it with the help of Kambeo.

FAQs

Here are some common questions the community is asking.

 Kambeo is completely free to get started. You can join, create events, run auctions, volunteer, manage online stores, and much more all free of charge. We only charge small fees on a select few process on our platform. You can find our pricing here 

Our Technical Support team is here to help. You can open a support ticket here 

 

Yes. Currently, Kambeo integrates with Stripe, Strava, and Twitch.

  1. Kambeo uses Stripe to process all payments made through the platform. All organizations on Kambeo must have a fully authorized and connected Stripe account to accept payments such as donations, and store item sales. Click here to watch a video that takes you through how to set-up a Stripe account.
  2. With the increase in virtual events, many peer-to-peer fundraisers have also gone solo.  Individuals participate on their own and document their activity to support their cause.  Kambeo has listened to our users and added a Strava integration to make it simple for your fundraisers to track their activity directly on their fundraising pages. 
  3. You can use your Twitch account to host Livestreams and eSports tournaments with ease.  We have taken our integration to the next level and embedded it directly into your peer-to-peer fundraisers as well.  Easily drop a live stream on to any event, or enable your fundraisers to live stream as well when they set up fundraising pages. 

Not to worry, if you don’t receive an item from an auction, it’s best to reach out directly to the event organizer. They will be able to deal with all logistics for their eventYou can learn how to view the event organizers information here. 

Kambeo allows tax receipts to be auto-generated. If you have not yet received a tax receipt, please contact the event organizer. 

Yes, Kambeo supports silent auctions.

Kambeo has all the tools you need to create and run a successful online auction. Using Kambeo makes the process of online event management effortless. If you’re ready to host your own online auction, you can get started by clicking here. 

First, you must have a campaign that is monetized. Then go to your group’s Settings on the management page and turn on the Accepting Donations option. And that’s it. You are ready to start accepting one-time and recurring donations. 

All management of donors and donations can be done on your group management page. Donors can be viewed and managed in the “Donors” tab and specific donations can be viewed and managed from the “Transactions” tab. 

Kambeo offers 3 options. 

  • The first is joining as an individual. Donations to this fundraiser will not be included in any team progress bars. Learn more about setting up Peer to Peer (P2P) Fundraising here. 
  • The second option is joining as part of a team. Donations to this fundraiser will be added to the team’s grand total. You can track your individual progress, in addition to your entire team’s progress. 
  • The third option is to create your own team. As a Team Captain, you will set your individual and team fundraising goal, the team story, and set up the team page’s profile 

Yes! Crowdfunding pages are custom branded pages that tell a story and inspire donations for a cause or initiative. Kambeo is a platform all about giving back and fundraising for people, organizations, and communities in need. You can set up a fundraising page in support of your cause, organization, or event in a matter of minutes. 

Definitely! Increase efficiency, reduce stress, and eliminate paper with Kambeo’s online volunteer management tool. Track volunteers, schedule and verify hours while staying connected through Kambeo’s in-platform messaging system. Click here to watch a video on how to track and manage volunteer hours with Kambeo.