A supporter's fundraiser page looks like this.

Start raising money with a fundraising page

You can make your own fundraising page on Firstgiving to raise money for any nonprofit organization.

Email your page to friends, family and colleagues, who donate by credit or debit card in an easy, secure online transaction.

We send all the donations to your nonprofit, minus our small transaction fee.

Firstgiving transaction fee

Our users consistently tell us that Firstgiving helps them raise more money with less effort, and we're proud to play a small role in that success. Thousands of nonprofits have teamed with Firstgiving as a way to reduce administrative costs. At Firstgiving, we strive to provide an excellent service at a low cost. That's why Firstgiving deducts a total fee of 7.5% on donations made to fundraising pages.

For example, with a $25 donation:
  • - 1.88 (7.5%) -> Firstgiving fee
  • $23.12 goes to the nonprofit

The 7.5% Firstgiving fee covers:
  • Securing and hosting the site so you can take comfort in leaving your credit card details
  • Vetting 501 (c) nonprofits associated with GuideStar
  • Processing your donations securely
  • Providing exceptional support - when you contact us, you speak to real people (we are fundraisers and donors, just like you!)
  • Ensuring the transfer of money raised to the nonprofit

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email support@firstgiving.com.

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In-house or Firstgiving?

Officer Hugh Miller of Police Unity Tour of Florida said his board of directors was concerned about the cost of Firstgiving's service and looked into building a fundraising solution in-house:

"We reviewed the cost of hiring people to build and support the platform, maintenance, all the credit card processing, refunds, charge-backs, and customer service, and decided - there is no way we could do this as well in-house."

With Firstgiving their donations jumped from $43,960 in 2007 to $75,616 in 2008.

That's a 75% growth!