# Facebook enhances Donate button and adds ‘Fundraisers’ function

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/19/facebook-enhances-donate-button-and-adds-fundraisers-function/
- Published: 2015-11-19T11:10:01+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Facebook has improved one of its charity fundraising tools and added a new one
to its platform. Currently over 150 million users are connected to a cause by the
site, but the company sees “a huge opportunity to help charities raise awareness
and funds directly on Facebook”.**

The two functions announced this week are ‘fundraisers’ (in the sense of fundraising
events rather than people who fundraise) and a new Donate button. They are initially
being made available only to US nonprofits.

## 󠀁[Fundraisers](https://fundraising.co.uk/)󠁿

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The new fundraiser function is “a dedicated place to raise funds from a nonprofit’s
Page for a specific campaign”. Organisations can use the facility to tell their 
campaign’s story, collect donations through Facebook and track and report on progress
towards their fundraising goal.

The function includes the facility to thank donors and tell them about the impact
their donations have made.

Fundraisers are designed for a specific campaign, rather than, for example, ongoing
or core costs.

![Facebook Fundraiser function](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/
2015/11/facebook-fundraiser-mobile.jpg)

There is of course a social element. Facebook users will be able to encourage friends
on Facebook to join a fundraiser, share the fact that they have donated, and opt
in to receive updates via Facebook from an organisation.

Naomi Gleit, vice president of product management, [blogged](https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/11/introducing-new-tools-for-nonprofits/):

> “Nonprofits can tell their campaign story, rally supporters, collect donations
> and visibly track progress toward a goal for year-end drives, themed campaigns
> and special projects such as building a clean water well or funding a clothing
> drive”.

## Improved donate button

 

![facebook-ms-society-mobile-fundraiser-screenshot](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/
wp-content/uploads/2015/11/facebook-ms-society-mobile-fundraiser-screenshot.jpg)

Facebook offers a prominent Donate button

 

Facebook has also updated its ‘Donate’ button which charities can add to their organisation’s
Page and posts. The button was first tested in 2013.

Facebook announced that “Adding a Donate button to a Page will give a nonprofit 
a consistent place to collect donations, even as they update their Page’s content”.

The donate form is a one-page form on Facebook. The platform also offers a Donate
Now call-to-action on Pages and link ads that redirect people to the website of 
your choice.

## Not for UK charities yet

The features are not yet available to all US nonprofits, but interested organisations
can [find out more and register](https://donations.fb.com/). They are being tested
by 37 nonprofits including American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, We Day, 
Mercy Corps, and National MS Society.

The roll-out to other eligible US nonprofits will take place “over the coming months”
so it is unlikely UK charities will be able to use these soon.

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