# App turns Zoom meetings into fundraising opportunities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/04/app-turns-zoom-meetings-into-fundraising-opportunities/
- Published: 2021-08-04T09:40:10+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A new app is making it possible to turn Zoom meetings into fundraising events.**

Created by fundraising platform Pledge, the [Donations by Pledge app](https://www.pledge.to/zoom-app)
allows any Zoom user to add a ‘Donate’ button into their call to raise funds for
good causes, with a choice of more than 2.2 million charities in over 150 countries.

The app is free to use, with money disbursed to charities on a monthly basis, and
it is available worldwide to Zoom users. Charities only pay payment processing fees
with donors given the option of leaving an additional tip for Pledge.

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![Add a donate button to your Zoom calls with Pledge](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.
cloud/2021/08/image-1024x668.png)

To use it, Zoom users have to enable the app in settings, add Donations by Pledge
to Zoom, create a fundraiser and share it with participants.

The app enables people to donate by clicking on a simple Donate button without leaving
Zoom, and donors can also be thanked with an ‘I donated’ background.  It also provides
a real-time donation feed and enables text-to-donate as a back up option for those
attending using their phones.

There are also a number of other opportunities for raising funds via Zoom. Another
app that enables people and organisations to fundraise for themselves during Zoom
meetings is available through [POWR](https://help.powr.io/hc/en-us/articles/360048852393-Donation-Payment-Buttons-for-Zoom).
This offers donation and payment buttons that can be customised and then added to
Zoom meetings and webinars. In addition, Tixoom, which [launched last year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/08/24/zoom-ticketing-platform-lets-event-holders-sell-tickets-collect-donations/),
helps event holders to collect payments or donations. Both are available through
the Zoom official marketplace.

Another alternative is to [add a QR code](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/05/14/the-giving-room-launches-to-turn-video-meetings-into-fundraising-opportunities/),
as offered by The Giving Room. This initiative offers dedicated donation QR Codes
and weblinks to charities and business video conference users wishing to support
those charities.

## More fundraising with Zoom

 * **[Charities – how to make a Zoom background for your supporters](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/04/20/charities-how-to-make-a-zoom-background-for-your-supporters/)(
   20 April 2020)**
 * **[Zoom ticketing platform lets event holders sell tickets and collect donations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/08/24/zoom-ticketing-platform-lets-event-holders-sell-tickets-collect-donations/)(
   24 August 2020)**