# YouTube Nonprofits – new useful tools overview

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/10/youtube-nonprofits-tools-overview/
- Published: 2013-06-10T21:49:35+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Now that you have signed up for free to [YouTube’s Nonprofit programme](http://youtube.com/nonprofits),
what can you do? **

Here are some suggestions of how to use the free tools:

 1. **Call-to-action overlays:** video overlays that can be used to raise donations,
    enlist volunteers, drive viewers to a petition or promote a fundraising event and
    more.
 2. **Annotations:** allow you to layer text in a hotspot on your video, offering further
    information. They can link to other YouTube videos, YouTube channels or other websites,
    and can be used to link to your social media presences, drive subscriptions or 
    promote other fundraising activities.
 3. **Google Wallet Donate Button:** you can ask for donations right from your YouTube
    videos

_[Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FhVO3WdNMM no longer available]_

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