To start a GoFundMe campaign:

• You need to remember that people want to help!  
• You need to care about something deeply
• You need a sense of humor (we all have it!)

GoFundMe Requirements (as of Summer 2019)

Contact Information 

• ​Name
• Email Address

Campaign Information 

• ​Campaign Amount goal: $ (can be changed later. If you’re not sure, most campaigns start with $1,000)
• Campaign Title (50 characters)
• Are you raising for yourself or an organization?
• Zip
• Category
• Photo
• Tell your story / Explain why you’re raising money
  • Description
  • Video (optional)
  • Link (optional)

GoFundMe charges 2.9% transaction fee plus $.30 per donation. (as of Summer 2019)

Additional Information:

GoFundMe Link

• Make sure your Link is short, and easy to remember.
• For a personal campaign: use your name as part of the link.
• For the charity campaign: use keywords as part of the link

For a charity, consider GoFundMe Charity List

• How to start Charity Fundraising
• Getting on GoFundMe Charity List

Write / Get Feedback / Adjust

• Consider using you passion and personal story
• Consider adding humor
• Write your first draft of the GoFundMe campaign text
• Ask a couple of people you trust for the feedback.
• Adjust your campaign based on the feedback.

Share!

• Share that you really care.
• Share with as many people as you can through as many different channels as you can.
• Share your GoFundMe page your Instagram, your FaceBook, your city FaceBook…
• Share with a story, passionate and personal
• Consider provide something useful to your donors.
  • Add a link to a helpful article
  • Add a link to your website with useful info.
  • Get creative!
• GoFundMe: Fundraising Tips – Sharing

Be Grateful

• Thank everyone
• Share updates
• Share how the money you collected helped others!

Categories: Do Good, GoFundMe, Inspiration

Tags: Do Good, GoFundMe