What is a GroupRaise Fundraising Challenge?

A GroupRaise Fundraising Challenge is an exciting and dynamic opportunity for organizations to boost their fundraising efforts through friendly competition. These challenges are designed to incentivize participation and increase engagement by offering bonus donations and special rewards to top-performing campaigns. Here's a general overview of how these challenges work:

How do Fundraising Challenges work?

Challenge Eligibility: Fundraising challenges are typically held around key holidays, special seasons, or significant events throughout the year (e.g., Giving Tuesday, Back to School, Valentine’s Day). To qualify, your fundraising campaign must be active on the challenge day and meet specific criteria such as fitting within a particular organization category (e.g. K-12, college, nonprofit, etc).

Challenge Structure: Each challenge is generally structured to reward the groups that sell the most orders during the challenge timeframe. Some challenges may also include bonus rewards for additional milestones and achievements accomplished during the challenge.

Rewards and Incentives: Challenges usually offer bonus donations and other incentives to encourage participation. For example:

1. Top Performers: The top groups or individuals with the most sales receive additional donations or rewards.
2. Special Prizes: In some cases, individual team members who excel in certain categories may also earn personal rewards or gifts.

Challenge Duration: Challenges generally run for a 24-hour period from 12:00am PST - 11:59pm PST, though the exact timing can vary. During this window, all eligible fundraising activities are tracked to determine the winners.

Leaderboard and Tiebreakers: Results are tracked on a leaderboard that updates throughout the challenge. This leaderboard will be sent via email to all eligible organizers to share with their community and help drive support for their campaign. If there is a tie for a position, the ranking is determined based on the order in which participants achieved their final score.

How do I participate?

Fundraising challenges tend to happen around major holidays and seasonal events throughout the year, and we will notify GroupRaise organizers who have hosted or are currently hosting fundraisers when there is a new one coming up! Watch for email notifications about upcoming challenges, and you can always start by searching for a participating partner offering fundraising campaigns near you to launch a campaign (look for ✅ Digital Campaign in your local listings)!

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How to Get Involved

1. When you get an email notification of an upcoming challenge, make sure you have an active eligible campaign for that date!
2. Promote your campaign and encourage your community to contribute during the challenge period.
3. Monitor the leaderboard and stay engaged with the challenge to maximize your chances of winning!

Fundraising challenges are a fantastic way to energize your supporters and amplify your impact. Keep an eye out for upcoming challenges and make the most of these opportunities to drive your campaign’s success!