Everything you need to launch your first campaign - in one simple toolkit! Click to download our free and zero spam kit to get started raising money for your next online fundraiser.
Once upon a time in the early 2000 teens, Laura, a fundraising superhero, was on a mission to jazz up donations for a grassroots nonprofit. Teaming up with her tech-savvy hubby, Matt—the nerd founder of ClickBid—they whipped up a playful grid of 50 squares. Donors could chip in for a goal while uncovering hidden treasures like funky t-shirts and snazzy hats!
Everyone loved how simple it was to give and track their impact. And voilà! Out of this fundraising fun, Sapling sprouted, ready to help young charities grow and thrive in a world that desperately needs their magic!
Over the years, we have learned that an online giving tool is not where success happens. Success happens when you effectively communicate your cause to your donors. That’s why we are offering a free Launch Kit to help complete with a Communication Calendar in Excel, a document with sample emails, text messages and Instagram stories and some sample artwork to kick off your ideas. Just enter your email and we will send you a secure download link!
Your organization can sign up and start receiving donations in just a few minutes. When donors check out, they have the option to pay the 5% processing fee. Over 80% of donors opt in to pay fees. When your donations settle into your account, Sapling deducts processing from your total. You are never asked to pay for anything.
It's always in the details. Other platforms charge a credit card processing fee + per transaction fees + a request to your donors for a tip. This can add up to over 7% and sometimes over 10%. Your donors can often be turned away by all the added fees. In addition, Sapling doesn't push other services or add-on features. What we build is what you get - for free!
Like any donation platform ever created, Sapling has bills to pay. However, Sapling is a labor of love for Matt and Laura. Having built ClickBid as a premiere fundraising platform with a team of people, M/L are seeking to build a very small, automated tool that does one thing very efficiently. Small charities need the same help as large charities. Sapling is meant to offer that help at as low of a cost as possible.
Great question. Our AI works on a marketing concept called "Convince ____ that ____ because ____." When you can fill in these empty spots a few times, you can start to see what will drive people. Our AI will help craft a well formatted message, email, social post to make it sound like magic!
As a low cost platform, we rely on AI to answer many questions. That said, your questions are handled by Matt and Laura personally with AI assistance. Our goal is to do one thing well (the giving grid) to keep our support minimal and your focus on raising money.