A Crowdfunding campaign has one donation page that anyone with the link can give on. No program or players are involved. Complete Raise > Configurations > General first, then follow these steps.

Create it

1. Go to Raise > Dashboard and click Create Campaign.
2. Under Campaign type, choose Crowdfunding.
3. Enter a Campaign name, Subtitle, Description (200 characters or fewer), and Goal amount.
4. Check the Payment gateway. It starts as your default.
5. Set the Start date and End date. The campaign closes at 12:00 AM on the end date, so pick the day after your last day of giving.
6. Enter one email address in Copy to. It gets a notice of every donation.
7. Leave Raise Campaign Active on to open the campaign on its start date, or turn it off to keep it as a draft.
8. Click Add Tier to add suggested amounts between $1 and $10,000, each with an optional What This Gift Funds label. The Allow custom donation amount switch is in the same panel.
9. Review the Campaign banner and Thank-you message (200 characters or fewer).
10. Set Allow anonymous donations and Show donor list.
11. Click Create New Raise Campaign.

Example tiers:

Check it and share it

1. On the Raise Dashboard, find the campaign under Active, or under Draft if it starts later.
2. Once it's active, click the View Public Page icon and review the page as a donor would.
3. Click Copy link on the page and share it by email, social media, and your website.

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