Individual fundraising campaigns are a great way to share the impact an organization has had on your life and promote their fundraising efforts during The Big Payback. Gifts made through a fundraising campaign work just like gifts made through the organization's main page and are eligible for prizes throughout the day.

To create a campaign:

1. Go to TheBigPayback.org and sign in as a donor. If you don't already have a free donor account, you will need to create one.

2. Search for your favorite organization and click on the Create Campaign Page button.

3. Create your campaign and click the Submit Campaign for Approval button. It will go live once approved by the organization.

The deadline to submit individual fundraising campaign is April 30. For more information, please see the Engage Your Donors guide on the Toolkits page.

If you have questions about this process, please email thebigpayback@cfmt.org. If you have questions about the status of a campaign you submitted, please contact the organization directly.

You've created your campaign. Now what?

1) Donate to your own campaign. Research shows that people who self-donate to their fundraiser will raise substantially more overall than those who don't. It creates a sense of, "I did it, you can, too!" Even $10 or $20 demonstrates your investment in the cause.

2) Make the ask! Email your family, friends and extended network. Post on your social media profiles. And be sure to include the unique URL link that you made when creating your page. That makes it easy for people to click a link and jump directly to your campaign page.

3) Ask for specific donation amounts. If you ask people to donate $50, you are more likely to get $50 donations than $10 or $20 donations. You could also consider breaking up your goal into bite-sized chunks. If your goal is $250, you could ask 10 people to donate $25.

4) Update your network on your fundraising progress. Regular updates keep people actively involved in your journey.

5) Have fun! If you treat it like fun and keep levity in your communications, you're much more likely to be successful. You are supporting a great cause that you are excited about, so let is show!

6) Remember to thank your donors and supporters. Pay it forward by recognizing those that helped you reach your goal.

Every effort you made to share your story and serve as an ambassador for your organization's mission is raising critical funding and building awareness for the importance of their work. Thank you for choosing to lead by example. We hope you'll continue to spread the fun of philanthropy for years to come.

Create a Campaign