Manually add any funds raised in the form of paper checks or cash to the Campaign Page totals, including its progress bar.

Manually add any funds raised in the form of paper checks or cash to the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising page totals.

To assist donors who file U.S. taxes, we provide easy and secure access to a full summary of the donations they made during that tax year to the nonprofit organizations that use our Give Lively fundraising platform. This article summarizes how to navigate the User Portal and make the most of your tax summary.

In anticipation of giving season, we wanted to share a few examples of inspirational GivingTuesday fundraising.

A helpful overview of the new custom objects and fields of Give Lively’s Salesforce app. They allow greater access to Give Lively data without ever leaving Salesforce. Additionally, this new version of the app bundles a pair of permission sets that facilitate the process of granting access to users, and fully supports the syncing of donations from peer-to-peer and team fundraising pages.

Read the motivation for, calculus behind and importance of Give Lively helping nonprofits save money on digital fundraising technology.

Learn how to view up to three years of your donation history and receipts, and access your annual tax summary in the Give Lively User Portal.

Everything you need to know about the fees and payment methods associated with use of Give Lively technology. We don't charge you anything, but third-party processors do.

Learn what information is available in the Giving Basket donor data.

After more than eight years with Give Lively, Brooke Currence is moving on. We sat down with her one more time to get her take on Give Lively, the nonprofit community, the challenges of today's world and exercising hope at a defining moment.

Donors can select the beneficiaries of unfulfillable Giving Basket donations through a reallocation tool in the User Portal.

A look at 2024 and how we, our member nonprofits and their donors drew strength from one another. Look out 2025!

Understand how donors can elect to cover third-party transaction fees on donations made through Give Lively.

You create a specific Campaign Page when you want to fundraise around a specific occasion or appeal, such as Giving Tuesday, a walk-a-thon, or an annual fundraiser. A Campaign Page is not the same thing as your Core Profile.

This article details how PayPal handles and displays voluntary donor tips, referred to as “Partner Commission” by PayPal, when processed through Give Lively donation forms.

Learn about the third-party payment processing fee added to every transaction and how you can help nonprofits by covering that fee.

Understand the difference between Give Lively's two generations of payment forms. At present, the new, second-generation payment form is in use on all of our products except Event Ticketing.

Learn how Stripe processes and displays tips to Give Lively made through Give Lively donation forms.

Stripe is an industry-leading payment processor trusted by over 100,000 companies and nonprofits. To use Give Lively technology for fundraising, you must have an activated Stripe account connected to Give Lively. A fully effective account is also enabled for ACH (bank) transfers and has applied for Stripe’s nonprofit discount. Learn how to set it up.

Learn why you may not receive the full refund for your Giving Basket donation.

Learn what donor data is available for member nonprofits.

Learn about what fees you can expect as an international donor.

An explanation of how Shift4 processes and displays voluntary donor tips to Give Lively (called “Splits” by Shift4) made through Give Lively donation forms.

Learn what donor data is available for member nonprofits taking part in the “Line Items (All)” donor data. This includes an explanation of updated column headers and additional new data in the Line Items (All) on-screen report and downloadable CSV, as well corresponding Mapped Fields in Salesforce.

Add a link to your fundraising page from a "Donate" or "Get tickets" button on your website, with instructions on how to do so from the most popular website-building services: WordPress, Wix, and SquareSpace.

In honor of 9/11, here is a sampling of Give Lively member nonprofits supporting first responders across the country.

See the word cloud generated from the mission statements of our member nonprofits.

Learn which payment method maximizes the amount your nonprofit gets.

Our step-by-step guide to using Give Lively for GivingTuesday is here to help.

Our fundraising tech has been in regular development since 2015, propelled by direct collaboration with our nonprofit members. Here’s what makes our solutions special.

Give Lively products facilitate fundraising during virtual events, campaigns and appeals. They can accommodate livestreaming, which is especially effective in conjunction with Donation Widgets, Live Display, Text-to-Donate and Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

What the women's rights movement can teach nonprofit fundraisers about the power of many voices.

Our commitment to nonprofits goes beyond their fundraising efforts. Our platform is for nonprofits that make the world a better place by elevating marginalized voices, striving to meet the needs of the underserved, imagining a safer future for their communities and advocating for equality. We personally review every membership application to ensure each nonprofit member aligns with our values.

Understand how DAF giving works and how to take advantage of it.

Tap into donor psychology to increase GivingTuesday donations.

Practical and heartfelt ideas for nonprofits to honor their volunteers this Volunteer Appreciation Week – and beyond.

Learn about how often the Live Display updates the donation numbers.

Inspire donors to give generously by tracking and presenting contributions in real time, especially at fundraising events. Watch the dollars flow to your cause!

Learn how these nonprofits seek to delay and potentially prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s and dementia while supporting those living with the disease.

Answers to common questions about giving from outside the United States through the Give Lively platform.