Evangelism Fundraisers

What an evangelism fundraiser is here

This category is for a person or a small team funding the work of sharing the gospel, rather than a congregation's building or budget. In practice that's a street preacher covering printing and travel, an apologetics ministry buying studio equipment, or a youth camp covering this year's costs. It's also the podcaster whose audience asked where they could give, the person accepted onto full-time ministry staff with a monthly number to reach, and the outreach team funding a festival or a pop-up event.

No church has to stand behind it. You don't need nonprofit status or an EIN to start. Anyone can start a fundraiser, and one account can run more than one, so the annual camp and the equipment fund don't have to share a page.

Fundraising for ministries: setting the page up

Nothing in the setup assumes a board, a bookkeeper, or a communications team, and the path runs in this order.

• Log in, open My Fundraisers, and click Start a GiveSendGo. Pick the recipient's country first, because it's locked at creation and it decides which bank accounts can receive transfers.
• Set a goal, choose the Evangelism category, and write the story around the work itself: what you do, who it reaches, and what this money pays for. MICA, GiveSendGo's AI writing assistant, can draft it from a short description if you'd rather edit than write.
• Add a photo or a short video, then publish.
• Add the recipient and upload their ID.

Start a GiveSendGo

Nonprofit status, receipts, and what to tell your supporters

Your supporters will ask, so here is the precise answer.

Nothing given on GiveSendGo is tax-deductible unless it goes through GiveSendGo Charities, the 501(c)(3). That includes the Giver Army, which is Charities' recurring giving program. The one exception is a recipient that is itself a verified 501(c)(3). GiveSendGo itself is not a 501(c)(3), does not verify any recipient's tax status, and does not issue tax receipts for a personal fundraiser. When the recipient is a nonprofit, the receipt comes from them, not from us.

So if your ministry does hold verified 501(c)(3) status, say it yourself: state the status, your legal name, and your EIN in the fundraiser story and in a custom thank-you message. The official GiveSendGo donation receipt can't be edited to add it. And if you're not incorporated, say that plainly too, because supporters who know your work would rather read a straight answer than guess.

When a supporter needs the deduction to be certain, GiveSendGo Charities is a registered 501(c)(3) with two programs. A Donor-Advised Fund needs setup and carries a 3% administration fee. Fund a Grant is a tax-deductible gift to a specific eligible fundraiser. Not every fundraiser is eligible for either one.

What it costs, and when it reaches you

GiveSendGo doesn't take a cut. There's no platform fee. What's deducted is the payment processor's fee: 2.7% + 30¢ per gift for US fundraisers, 3.5% + 30¢ outside the US. On a $100 gift to a US fundraiser, $97 reaches you. A $25 gift lands at $24.03, and a $250 gift at $242.95.

Your first gift becomes available 5 days after it's received, and every gift after that on a rolling 3-day basis. Once you request a transfer, it typically lands in your bank within 2 to 3 business days. Request transfers from the Transfers tab whenever funds are available, or set them to go out weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.

The statuses on that tab are worth reading rather than guessing at. Processing means the money is accepted and moving. Paused means it needs information or a review, and you'll get an email before it resumes on its own. Transferred means it has reached your bank, where the bank's own posting schedule of 1 to 2 business days decides when it appears.

Who receives the money, and what gets checked

The recipient must be 18 or older, live in the fundraiser's country, and have a bank account there. If your ministry is an incorporated entity, whoever completes the recipient form can choose the Business bank-account type and enter the legal business name and the ministry's own bank details, so funds land in the ministry's account. Either way an authorized adult completes identity verification before any transfer, and that requirement isn't waived for anyone.

Before funds move, the trust and safety team also checks that the recipient's relationship to whoever the money is for is appropriate, and that the fundraiser's information is consistent and transparent. Monitoring continues after that.

Supporters who have never used the platform usually ask what happens to their card details, and the answer is short. Every gift runs through a PCI Level 1 certified processor, the highest tier in the payments industry, and card details are never stored on GiveSendGo's servers. If anyone offers to boost your fundraiser's reach for a fee, they don't work with GiveSendGo.

Running it as a standing support page

Ongoing support behaves differently from a single ask, and a few choices make a ministry page hold up for years.

• Let supporters choose monthly at checkout. They manage the payment method or cancel it themselves from My Impact, and cancelling stops future charges immediately.
• Name what the money pays for, line by line. Faith and ministry work are explicitly things you can raise for here, and every fundraiser is expected to be transparent about how funds will be used.
• Ask directly, with strong photos or a short personal video, and post updates while people are still giving rather than only when a goal is hit.

Start a GiveSendGo

If you opt in when you add your phone number, someone from GiveSendGo can call and pray with you. And if you'd rather support somebody else's work today, the ministries listed above are each raising money for their specific calling.

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