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No matter their size, nonprofits shouldn’t sacrifice their means to satisfy their missions. So we build powerful and practical fundraising solutions that are free for nonprofits and intuitive for donors. We reimagine the future of nonprofit fundraising by disburdening nonprofits of costly fundraising software. Free with membership, our mobile-ready tech includes online appeals, event- and peer-based campaigns, donation by text and more. Relied on by 7,500+ nonprofits and 2.5+ million donors.
Provider
Give Lively
Located In
United States
Foundation
2015
Open API
Unverified
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Mobile Apps
Android, iOS
Training
Documentation, Webinars, Live Online, Videos
Support
Chat, FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base
U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) (public charities and private operating foundations) tax-exempt organizations of all sizes and budgets.
Content Source: Give Lively
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Give Lively Reviews
Pros
My overall experience with Give Lively has been positive, and it has fulfilled my basic online giving platform needs.
I love the text to give an option that is customizable and tied into a campaign and the ability to have multiple campaigns is awesome.
I recommend Give Lively to every nonprofit that I am in touch with. You can’t beat the ability to useful and powerful features at no cost.
Cons
Does that mean I am to expect it not to work. The tech support is horrible.
If you are a faith-based organization your application will be denied. When I inquired why they denied my application, this was their response.
Some may not wish for this to be public, and once posted there is no way to reverse the visibility.
Most Recent Video User Review for Give Lively
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Give Lively Review: Free Donation Software for Non-Profits!
Svetlana I.
"This is the best free fundraising software"
Overall: I love the text to give an option that is customizable and tied into a campaign and the ability to have multiple campaigns is awesome.
Pros: When I found out about this, I didn't actually believe it was free. It's pretty great to not have to pay a monthly or annual fee for a fundraising product where you can text to give and support a peer to peer fundraiser.
Cons: There are a few add ons that I think would be helpful, like a CRM integration or the ability to message out from this platform. The offerings are basic but FREE so I'm really not complaining.
"Give Lively is great, highly recommend"
Overall: I continue to use Give Lively and continue to have a good experience with their products
Pros: Love the low cost and ease of use. It integrates well with our websites.
Cons: More customization and automatic donor matchs for companies would be great.
"Free is not always free."
Overall: My biggest issue is the tech support. there was no way to find support once you are logged in. you have to go to the main page not logged in to see the chat option. I did this two different times and both times the response was the same. "I will have to send this onto an engineer" at one point I was told that "this was a fee product". Does that mean I am to expect it not to work? The tech support is horrible.
Pros: At first glance it does many of the things that the other commentators do. It is easy to set up things on a basic level.
Cons: The Events and live display is not worth wasting time on. in an event setting the text to donate makes it hard for a donor to give more than once. Although there is a check bo for saving the cc info it did not work. on top of that the Apple Pay froze on the computer and did not even show up on my phone. there is now way to just guest lists once someone has purchased a ticket, its just a stoic spread sheet. All in all the events module is not worth the effort.
"Fundraising Guru"
Overall: My overall experience with Give Lively has been positive, and it has fulfilled my basic online giving platform needs.
Pros: The platform is super easy to use and set up. It makes your giving page look professional and user-friendly.
Cons: Some features are not customizable. Not all donor data is collected on every transaction due to the payment options some donors select.
"Give Lively"
Overall: Love Give Lively! Would definitely recommend this for non-profits who are trying to fund raise.
Pros: Love this donation software. It's perfect for our small non-profit. It's great that they take only a small percentage of our donations and don't charge huge yearly fees. The donation campaigns you can design with this software look great and it's easy to connect to our website!
Cons: There's really nothing bad about this software from our perspective. Does what we need for a small non-profit and doesn't cost a ton.
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