BetterWorld

Online Fire Department Fundraising tools

A state-of-the-art online fundraising platform for fire departments to raise money quickly and efficiently

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An amazing suite of tools to supercharge your fire department fundraisers

Auctions

Raise more funds with less effort with BetterWorld’s online and mobile auctions

Giveaways

Engage donors while raising money for the fire department with fun online raffles and giveaways

Ticketing

Sell more tickets with our easy-to-create event pages

Crowdfunding

Focus on a specific project with crowdfunding for firefighters

Donations

Collect more donations through increased donor engagement with professionally designed and custom branded donation pages

Impact Giving

Show your donors exactly where their money is going with engaging impact giving pages

How It Works

Our easy-to-use and intuitive platforms are ideal for fire department fundraisers.

1. Set Up Your Fire Department Fundraiser

Our online platform makes it easy to start collecting donations for fire departments! In just a few minutes, you can set your organization up with one unified place to manage all of your fundraising campaigns.

2. Build Diverse Campaigns

Run unlimited campaigns with auctions, giveaways, or ticketing for in-person events. BetterWorld’s platform is a great place for all volunteer fire department fundraising!

3. Spread the Word

Our pre-created templates and social media integrations make it easy to share your fire department fundraising campaign with your entire community. All of our pages are optimized for mobile and desktop viewing with no additional apps to download!

Fire department fundraisers that work in-person & online

Whether your fundraising is in-person, virtual, or a hybrid, just share the link and you're done! No extra apps to download or pre-registration required!

In-Person

BetterWorld’s intuitive mobile-optimized pages and text message notifications let your donors give directly on their phones.

Online

Let your donors participate from anywhere! Our interactive platform enables participation in real-time. Add excitement to your fire department fundraiser with engaging videos and livestreams.

Easy & profitable fire department fundraiser ideas

Ticketed Events

Sell more tickets and collect RSVPs with BetterWorld’s easy-to-use event platform.

Raffles & Giveaways

Grab your community’s attention for your fire department fundraiser with online raffles and giveaways.

Online Store

Sell t-shirts and other merchandise to your community with an easy-to-use online store.

Monthly Giving

Create consistent and predictable support with a branded donation page that allows for monthly donations.

Tournaments & Outings

Firehouses host the best events! Use BetterWorld’s online platforms to organize community functions such as golf tournaments or chili cook-offs.

Community Auctions

Get your entire community involved with online auctions! People will love bidding for items during this fire department fundraiser.

Why BetterWorld?

Always 100% Free

BetterWorld will always remain 100% free and over 95% of donors choose to cover credit card fees (2.9% + $0.30).

Impressively Designed

Our campaigns are designed to beautifully present your organization. All of our sites are optimized for mobile or desktop usage.

Easy to Use

With our easy-to-use online donation platform, you can create a donation quickly and easily. Allowing you to dive straight into raising money for your fire department!

Seamlessly Interconnected

We offer everything you need to launch a successful auction, raffle, giveaway, or ticketed event – all seamlessly interconnected.

Thoughtfully Automated

Our online donation tools are designed for fire department fundraisers! Our automations are designed to save you time so you can focus on helping your community.

Create a Fundraiser

With our easy-to-use online donation platform, you can create a donation site in just minutes. Host a beautifully designed campaign that raises more money for your organization!

Always Included

  • 5-Minute Set-Up — get your campaign started in minutes.
  • Encrypted & Secure — BetterWorld is fully PCI-compliant. All financial data is encrypted to PCI DSS Level 1 standards.
  • Unlimited Everything — simultaneously run as many campaigns as you want — all the time, any time.
  • Never Sell Donor Data — your information is always secure with BetterWorld!
  • Automated Payments & Receipts — save time on time-consuming tasks with automated payment collection and bookkeeping.
  • Easy to Export — take your most important data wherever you go!
  • No Advertising — banner ads go against our principles and we will never sell advertising space on your fire department fundraiser page.

Loaded with features for easy fire department fundraising

  • Video Integration — drive excitement with embedded videos and livestream options right on the page
  • Text Message Notifications — keep your bidders coming back with optional outbid notifications via text
  • Consignment Items — populate your campaigns instantly with high-quality consignment items from our partners
  • Popcorn Bidding — raise more at the end of the event with optional extended bidding
  • Image Library — our built-in library of millions of high-quality photos helps you find the perfect image in an instant
  • Online Item Donation Form — save time by allowing donors to upload items directly to your auction
  • Automated Fulfillment Center — no more end of auction chaos! Connect people to their items with simple shipping and communication
  • Fund-A-Need — raise more by letting donors bid and give in the same place by embedding Impact Items right into your auction
  • One-Click Checkout — charge the winners and send receipts with a single click — say goodbye to long checkout lines!
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BetterWorld is backed by an amazing support team to ensure your campaigns are successful. For anything that comes up along the way, we're here to help!

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"transforming the charitable giving space by offering nonprofits a free platform of fundraising tools where they can keep 100% of the dollars they raise"

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