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Non-profit groups who produce fundraising events. 65% of our customers are PTAs or are affiliated with schools, but we also serve local charities and other non-profits. *NOT for commercial auctions!*
HelloFund partners with all types of organizations to offer award-winning, modern, and efficient fundraising solutions. Events, tickets, fundraisers, donors, an online store, raffles and so much more!
All the volunteers loved using the software - it is intuitive and easy to use. It had all the functions we needed for our auction and the reporting was great.
Unfortunately, we had an outbreak in our organization and had to go totally online.
The site also has very good documentation if you need help. We hooked the software into one of their partner credit card processors (they have many with very good fees as well).
The sponsorship set up was confusing at first. We solicit year-long sponsors, instead of event-specific sponsors.
Tofino is super easy to use, customer services is beyond amazing and the program has great support and tutorials to help everyone along the way.
No option to suppress unavailable physical bidder paddle numbers (when using existing paddles). Silent auction tab sheet doesn’t continue to a second page for more entries.
We have used SchoolAuction.net since 2014 and plan to continue to do so. Its best feature is that the customer service is excellent and the YouTube videos and Help screens are clear and user-friendly.
There wasn't anything that I saw as a negative about this software. I do wish the price was a little lower, but I think in the long run it paid for itself.
It is easy to use, and the customer service is wonderful. Sensitive content hidden] were a joy to work with and I can't recommend them highly enough.
There were truly no aspects of the software that were difficult to use or impaired our event. One feature that would have benefited us to have is more customization with the donation buttons.
I really love the dashboard - it is very user friendly and easy to manipulate from an Administrator perspective. Auction items are incredibly easy to upload and real-time changes are easy as well.
We used it for the first time April 2022 and for the second time April 2023 - there are so many features that I was unaware of and as I continue using the product, I learn more and more.
The donor check-in process is also very user friendly. The reports are also great and thorough and the HelloFund Team is wonderful to work with - big fans.
I don't like that you can't really edit and customize to your brand.
Overall, HelloFund is an excellent fundraising software tool for non-profit organizations. Its user-friendly interface, event support, and excellent customer support make it a great choice.
We did have some difficulty integrating financial reports with our internal accounting system, leading to some frustration since numbers didn't exactly match up.
Nicole W. : Hi. My name is Nicole and I'm a development director in the nonprofit industry, and I give SchoolAuction.net a five out of five. Before we chose SchoolAuction.net we were using Maestrosoft. We found that with that software, number one, it was only located on a few devices, not cloud-based like SchoolAuction.net is. We also found that it wasn't very user-friendly and we also noticed that it was more expensive. So SchoolAuction.net ended up being a really great option for us. We chose SchoolAuction.net number one, because it was very affordable. We noticed that we could run four events on SchoolAuction.net where other software's only offered one. We also chose it because of its great support. I noticed that when I decided to sign on the person in charge of the company walked me through for an hour on the phone about how to use it as well. SchoolAuction.net was very easy to onboard, number one, because of its amazing help system that is easy to search, and online walkthroughs as you were doing each task. We felt that that was a really easy process. As well, they gave a 30 day free trial so we could explore things without committing right away and have time to get used to it. Some helpful tips for those considering SchoolAuction.net are number one, to explore the printed materials because the bid sheets really help stock a lot of the work for you. They're very easy to use and they look great. The other thing is their card readers are given on a donation basis, and so you may want to ask the company about how to access those card readers for your event. The last thing I would say is just to be aware that the credit card processing is a little tricky on the end. You have to process individually and we believe this is for security reasons. It does take some time, so just to be aware of that with this software.
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