CrowdRise is a popular crowd-sourced fundraising platform that focuses solely on charitable causes. This makes it very popular among non-profit organizations and charities. Like most crowd-sourced fundraising options, the site has pros and cons.
One of the biggest advantages of CrowdRise is the platform is very user friendly. It is clean and simple and makes it easy to track donors, donations, and thank yous. One of the downsides of their platform is CrowdRise does not offer many options to customize the look and feel of the page. Organizations using CrowdRise can choose to have the funds donated in real time, which is a real advantage, or they can choose to have a check issued every month.
Responsiveness
CrowdRise has a quick and responsive support team in the event that questions or technical issues arise. Individuals or organizations can use CrowdRise without paying an annual fee, but the free account does limit features. In order to get full functionality, individuals or organizations would need to upgrade to a paid account with an annual fee. With either account, CrowdRise deducts 5% of the amount that is raised, in additional to the standard charge for credit card processing fees. However, this is in line with other crowdsources fundraising platforms.
All in all, CrowdRise is one of the best options for charitable fundraising. In fact, many reputable organizations including the American Red Cross and UNICEF use CrowdRise in their own fundraising efforts.
