GiveSmart

GiveSmart provides fundraising and donor management tools for nonprofits, schools, and associations. Its platform supports online fundraising, recurring giving, peer-to-peer campaigns, text-to-donate, auctions, and ticketing. Auction tools include mobile bidding, max bids, outbid notifications, item management, and self-checkout. Event features cover seating, group management, contactless check-in, guest communication, and tax receipts; virtual and hybrid fundraising can include livestreaming, chat, donor recognition, proxy bidding, and text-to-donate. GiveSmart also provides campaign reporting, dashboards, exports, automated receipts, and tax letters. Listed integrations and supported services include Salesforce, Google Analytics, YouTube, and Vimeo. The company says its system is PCI and SOC 2 compliant and describes security controls including encryption, restricted access, vulnerability testing, and independent audits. It offers Android, iOS, and web access, and fundraising pages are mobile responsive. Both pricing models include full platform access, unlimited events, and unlimited campaigns. The annual subscription has no per-transaction fees; Pay-As-You-Go has a disclosed transaction rate. Pricing is on request, and there is no free plan. GiveSmart was founded in 2011, is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, and identifies as part of Momentive Software.

GiveSmart brings campaign, event, auction, and donor management tools together, with mobile access and reporting. Organizations can choose between an annual subscription without per-transaction fees and a Pay-As-You-Go model with a transaction rate.

GiveSmart suits nonprofits, schools, and associations organizing campaigns, events, auctions, or recurring donations. Its reporting and donor management tools may also suit organizations that need to review fundraising activity.

GiveSmart is fundraising and donor-management software for nonprofits, schools, and associations. It best suits organizations that run campaigns alongside auctions or events and want to manage those activities together. Its broad toolkit is a strong fit for event-led fundraising, though its custom-priced plans require a direct cost comparison.

Overview

GiveSmart combines online fundraising, donor management, events, and auction tools. Organizations can use it for recurring gifts, peer-to-peer campaigns, text-to-donate, ticketing, and donor segmentation, with advanced reporting and automated receipts. That range can reduce the need to coordinate separate tools across a campaign and its events, but organizations seeking only a focused donor database may find its event and auction capabilities less relevant.

Both plans include unlimited events and campaigns, so there is no stated ceiling on how many of either an organization can run. Both also provide full platform access and support. The financial tradeoff is between an annual subscription with no per-transaction fees and a Pay-As-You-Go model with a disclosed transaction rate; organizations need custom pricing to judge which costs less at their fundraising volume.

Key features

Giving and auctions

Online and recurring giving, peer-to-peer campaigns, and text-to-donate cover several fundraising approaches. Supporters can donate or bid from mobile devices, and fundraising pages are mobile responsive. Auction tools include silent and live bidding, max bids, outbid notifications, item management, and self-checkout. These capabilities make GiveSmart particularly suited to organizations that want bidding and giving to work within the same mobile-facing fundraising operation.

Events and virtual fundraising

Ticketing and guest management cover seating, groups, contactless check-in, guest communication, and tax receipts. Virtual and hybrid events add livestreaming, chat, donor recognition, proxy bidding, and text-to-donate. This is useful for organizations that need to coordinate both attendee logistics and fundraising, though the breadth may be unnecessary for groups that do not run events.

Donor operations and reporting

Campaign management, donation forms, donor segmentation, recurring gifts, and automated receipts support work before and after an event. Real-time campaign reporting, dashboards, exports, and autogenerated receipts and tax letters provide ways to monitor results and handle follow-up. Salesforce and Google Analytics are among the supported integrations; YouTube and Vimeo are also identified. GiveSmart states that its system is PCI and SOC 2 compliant and describes encryption, restricted access, vulnerability testing, and independent audits.

Pricing

GiveSmart has no free plan, and both paid plans use custom pricing. The Annual Fee Subscription includes unlimited events and campaigns and full platform access, with no per-transaction fees. It is the clearer fit for organizations that prefer an annual subscription cost and want to avoid a fee on each transaction, though the custom quote makes budget planning harder until the price is known.

Pay-As-You-Go also includes unlimited events and campaigns and full platform access, but charges a disclosed transaction rate. It may suit organizations that prefer this fee structure to an annual subscription; the right choice depends on the rate and expected fundraising volume. Both models include 24/7 customer support, dedicated implementation support, a Help Center, and an assigned Client Success Manager.

Platforms

GiveSmart is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Mobile bidding and responsive fundraising pages let supporters participate from mobile devices, while web access serves organizations managing their campaigns and events.

Who it's for

GiveSmart is a strong candidate for nonprofits, schools, and associations that combine fundraising campaigns with auctions, ticketed events, or virtual and hybrid programming. Its range of giving tools, guest management, reporting, and support can serve organizations coordinating those needs together. Groups looking for a free option, or those that only need basic donor management, should compare its custom-priced scope with more focused alternatives.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Unlimited events and campaigns on both pricing models make the platform suitable for organizations with recurring or frequent fundraising activity.
• Pros: Mobile auction bidding includes max bids, outbid alerts, and self-checkout, covering more of the bidding-to-payment process.
• Pros: In-person, virtual, and hybrid event tools include guest logistics and donor engagement features.
• Pros: Both pricing models include an assigned Client Success Manager and implementation support, alongside 24/7 customer support.
• Cons: There is no free plan, and custom pricing makes it difficult to compare costs before requesting a quote.
• Cons: Pay-As-You-Go charges a transaction rate, while the annual subscription avoids transaction fees but may not suit organizations that prefer transaction-based costs.

Alternatives

Choose Funraise if a free plan is important: its Free plan is free, billed monthly, for organizations raising under $1 million annually, while its Premium Plans use custom pricing.

Agilon One is another paid option for readers comparing fundraising software with Android, iOS, web, and self-hosted platforms.

Choose CharityEngine if you want a paid fundraising platform with donation forms, giving pages, email workflows, event management, segmentation, direct mail, and reporting.

DonorSnap is a paid alternative with contact-based monthly plans, including $50 a month for up to 1,000 contacts and $70 a month for up to 2,500 contacts.

Choose Beacon if you need a paid option with a free trial and a published Starter plan at £37 a month, including 500–2,000 contacts, 3 users, 10 read-only users, and 0% platform fees on payments.

Bloomerang is a paid alternative whose Bloomerang Fundraising plan starts at $40 a month, billed annually, and must be purchased as part of a bundle with Bloomerang CRM.

DonorDock offers a paid annual plan at $500 a month with unlimited contacts, 5 users, and a 2% platform fee on payments.

Choose DonorPerfect if you prefer a published starting price: its fundraising suites start at $99 a month and include customizable dashboards, online forms, and email marketing.

For focused comparisons, browse Donor Management Software, Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Software, Charity Auction Software, Fundraising Event Software, Nonprofit Text-to-Give Software, and Donation Management.

Verdict

GiveSmart is best for nonprofits, schools, and associations that need campaign fundraising, auctions, and event management in one platform, with mobile participation and dedicated support. Its broad event and auction coverage is the main reason to choose it; custom pricing and the Pay-As-You-Go transaction rate make it harder to assess cost upfront. Organizations without event or auction needs, or those requiring a free plan, should look elsewhere.