Buddy's Give · Donation-only fundraising
All Giving.
No Selling.
Give your school, team, or organization the full Make A Buddy fundraising platform—without asking families to sell a single product. Your group keeps 85% of eligible donations.
Goes to your group
Keep more of eligible donations, with a simple, fixed share.
Products to sell
No catalogs, inventory, order collecting, or merchandise delivery.
Your reward menu
Use the platform to track participation and offer incentives you supply.
Straightforward from day one
Online fundraising without the selling.
Families focus on sharing and giving. Your organization keeps the excitement—and more of the donations.
Create & share
Families register and share their personalized fundraiser pages with supporters through email, text, and social media.
Supporters give
Friends, relatives, and community members make donations online. No products or purchasing decisions are involved.
Recognize participation
Track activity and Buddy Coins, then let students choose rewards supplied and managed by your school or group.
The platform, without the catalog
All the tools. Just donations.
Buddy's Give includes the same fundraising and participation tools used across our programs, with sales turned off.
A reward menu built by your school
Incentives that motivate. Not prizes that drain your budget.
You decide what students can earn. Use school privileges that cost little or nothing, add inexpensive trinkets, or create a mix that fits your community.
School privileges & experiences
Simple incentives can be meaningful without cutting into what your group raises.
Small gifts & custom rewards
Add a few tangible incentives when they make sense for your school's budget.
Explore your fundraising potential
See what your group could keep.
No complicated tiers. No catalog sales. Adjust the example below to see the impact of an 85% donation share.
These are adjustable examples, not fundraising averages or promised results.
Illustrative estimate based on eligible gross donations. Costs of school-provided rewards are not deducted; any applicable processing charges and final terms should be confirmed in the campaign agreement.
The value behind the numbers
85% for your cause. 15% to power the fundraiser.
Instead of paying for fundraising software and building the tools yourself, your school or group gets our complete donation-only fundraising platform and ongoing support in one simple structure.
Your organization keeps 85%
Put more of the donations toward your goals. Your team chooses and supplies any student rewards, including school privileges that can cost nothing.
What the 15% covers
- Fundraising platform, hosting & maintenance
- Personalized participant donation pages
- Email, text-link & social sharing tools
- Buddy Coin and participation tracking
- Custom reward menus & redemption reports
- Campaign dashboard, reports & support
No product sales. No inventory. No separate platform subscription. Just a complete fundraising system built to help your group raise more while keeping 85% of eligible donations.
Good to know
Simple answers, no surprises.
Do families have to sell anything?
No. Buddy's Give accepts donations only. There's no product catalog, shopping cart, or student merchandise selling.
Who supplies the student rewards?
Your school or group chooses, purchases if necessary, and distributes its own rewards. Make A Buddy provides the tracking and redemption tools.
Can we add rewards later?
Yes. Organizers can add rewards to their campaign as needed, using school-defined Buddy Coin amounts.
What does Make A Buddy’s 15% cover?
It covers the fundraising platform, sharing tools, personalized pages, Buddy Coin and reward tracking, reports, maintenance, and campaign support. There is no separate platform subscription for Give. Applicable payment-processing or messaging charges, if any, are addressed in your agreement.
Is there an in-person Buddy Build?
No on-site event is required or included with Give. For a build experience, explore Buddy Builds or Buddy's Palooza.
Raise more. Sell nothing.
Ready to put giving first?
Tell us about your group and fundraising goals. We'll help you set up a donation-only campaign with school-managed incentives.
Your group keeps 85% of eligible donations. Rewards are supplied by your group; applicable fees and final terms will be outlined before launch.