Virtual, Hybrid, and Socially Distanced Customer Examples
Nonprofits are raising money with creative virtual, hybrid, and socially distanced ticket events that are both fundraisers and ways to engage their communities. GiveSignup provides the technology that enables nonprofits to both sell tickets and grow donations with a purpose-built ticketing platform that's a modern alternative to Eventbrite, Classy, Crowdrise, and Blackbaud.
Margaritas, Munchies & Masks
The El Paso Holocaust Museum (EPHM) is virtually celebrating a community of togetherness with a virtual Flights & Bites event that support EPHM and its fight to combat prejudice and intolerance for a more peaceful future. Ticket options feature Munchies from local restaurants and Margaritas provide the ingredients for a perfect margarita, with a live mixology class via Zoom! In addition to selling tickets, EPHM makes a soft ask for donations that have already raised an additional $2,000.
PALS Pet Cotillion and Voting
Pets Are Loving Support (PALS) held a virtual Pet Cotillion to find their Fall 2020 "spokespet" and raise money to provide free pet food and low-cost veterinary care to the pets of Atlanta area persons living with disabilities and the elderly. PALS set up one ticket event for pet registration with a $25 dollar fee and integrated donations. Then they featured 8 pets in a voting competition. GiveSignup's flexible platform lets PALS create "tickets" that each featured a pet with a short bio, and voters paid $1 per vote. PALS had more than 2,000 votes and also raised more than $1,000 in extra donations through the event.
14th Annual Comfort Food Classic: A Virtual Culinary Showcase
Grief's Journey, a nonprofit whose mission is to help those experiencing grief find hope through support services, grief counselor education, and awareness, hosted an online cooking show with chefs from local restaurants. The ticket fee included a link to the online cooking festivities, a bottle of wine, and a gift card to one of the local restaurants.
MATS 30th Annual Turkey Smoking
The Ministerial Association Temporary Shelter (MATS) in Morristown, Tennessee is raising money by selling fresh smoked turkeys and pre-cooked hams for Thanksgiving dinner. Ticket purchasers choose their items as well as a time when they will pick up their turkey or ham up from the MATS parking lot to ensure a socially distanced event.
Louisville Zoo - Virtual Flutter Fest
The Louisville Zoo hosted a virtual release of 1,000 tagged monarch butterflies to coincide with the annual monarch migration. Attendees bought tickets to watch the live-streamed event online. People who donated $5 when they bought tickets received a tag number of a butterfly to follow its journey.
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado - Gala At Home
Instead of cancelling their annual gala, the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado is selling tickets and collecting donations for a Gala At Home. How does it work? Free tickets are available to the gala livestream event. With GiveSignup, free events are free so neither the nonprofit nor the attendees pay anything - and Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado gets the benefit of collecting supporter information AND making a soft-ask for an optional donation. Paid tickets are available for a Gala in a Box party pack that comes with wine and a prepared dinner.
The Asservo Project - Paintball-A-Palooza
The Asservo Project hosted a socially distanced paintball event to raise awareness and money to combat human trafficking and child exploitation. In addition to selling paintball tickets to participants, they also raised money by selling spectator tickets at a lower price of $10. Optional donations helped raise an additional $500 for the nonprofit.
Chemo Buddies - Golf Scramble
The Southwest Indiana Association of Health Underwriters held their annual golf scramble to raise money for Chemo Buddies. GiveSignup's flexible ticket holder information collection lets them collect information for each member of teams as well as sell individual tickets for those without a group.
Kentlands Foundation - Musica Viva @Home Concert
The Kentlands Foundation took their concert series virtual this year. Registration is free with optional donations. Their most recent virtual concert raised $2,000. Kentlands Foundation uses GiveSignup's free email marketing to send the private Zoom link to ticket holders ahead of the virtual concert.
J-Hawk Aquatic Club - Wine Tasting Fundraiser
The J-Hawk Aquatic Club is hosting a wine tasting fundraiser to raise money to provide free swim lessons to disadvantaged youth in their community. Ticket purchasers must live within a 30 mile radius of the aquatic club. Ticket holders receive samples of 6 different wines and a link to an online Zoom wine-tasting hosted by the owner of the vineyard. GiveSignup's 21+ ticket settings only allow legal adults to buy tickets to the event.
