Recurring Donations

Getting the Most out of Continue to Give We want to help you reach your goal!  Recurring donations are important for your cause. In this newsletter you can read about how the recurring donations process works and how you can help your donors set one up or manage an existing one.

How to Create a Recurring Donation When a donor is putting in their information to make a donation there is a drop down tab called "Periods." This tab allows the donor to set up recurring donations weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. If they want to only donate this one time the default setting is a one time donation.

How to Manage Recurring Donations If someone has already set up a recurring donation and would like to extent it, suspend/unsuspend it, or cancel it you can tell them how by following these easy steps. Suspending a donation will pause that transaction until it has been un-paused or unsuspended. 1. Direct them to log in and go to their dashboard by clicking the "Home" button on the top right corner of the page. 2. Click on the "Reporting Tools" tab on the left hand side. 3. Click on the "Recurring Donations I Make" tab. 4. Find the recurring donation they want to change and click the "View More" button under the "View/Modify" column. 5. Now they can choose to terminate, suspend, and extend the number of periods for their donation. One thing that cannot be changed is the type of donation period. For example if you had a recurring donation that was $10 weekly, you cannot change it to monthly. To change this simply terminate the existing recurring donation and create a new one.

View Your Recurring Donations You can view your recurring donations anytime by going to your reporting tools. Follow these steps: 1. While logged in click on the "Home" text in the upper right of the website. 2. Click on the "Reporting Tools" tab on the left side. 3. Click on the "RECURRING TRANSACTIONS I RECEIVE" Now you can see who has a recurring donation set up with you.

Missionary Support

Getting the Most out of Continue to Give We want to help you reach your goal!  Missionary support allows you to add missionaries under your church profile! Now missionaries can get the church/non-profit rate instead of the individual rate!

Missionaries What is a Missionary Account? Missionaries are another subset of the church account. The money that is donated to a Missionary flows through the Missionary's Continue to Give profile page into the church bank account. Then the church in turn allocates the money the missionary collected to the missionary.  All donations given to the Missionary are easily trackable by using your reporting tools! In addition, the Missionary has their own profile page, can make their own projects, and have access to all their own tools! This will allow the missionary to take charge of raising their own funds! To be a missionary of a church, go to continuetogive.com and create an individual fundraising page. Then, search for your church and request to be a missionary of that church! Once the your church accepts your request you are ready to go!

How to Set Up Missionary Support Missionary Support is similar to a friends request. 1. While logged into your church Continue to Give account, turn on your missionary support by going into your dashboard and clicking on the "Fundraising" tab 2. Have your missionary set up a missionary profile page and send a request to your church to become a missionary of your church profile. 3. Once you receive that request accept it! Congratulations! You now have missionary support!

Creating Projects

Getting the Most out of Continue to Give We want to help you reach your goal!  Lets get your donors more involved. Do you have a project you want to highlight? Are you building a well in Africa? Does your church need a new roof? If you do then lets set up a project!

Projects What Can I do With My Project Page Projects are a subset of your non-profit. They offer the ability to connect with your donors and let them choose where they would like to help out! ▪ Since projects are their own subset of your overall mission they have their own QR code, badge, and profile page. ▪ This means you can promote your projects separately and highlight more important ones! ▪ In addition anyone can donate to your project on your general profile page by using the drop down box "Earmark this donation for" when filling out their donation information as seen below.

What is a project and how can I use it? A project is a subdivision of your overall mission. It allows you to give ownership to the donor by giving them choices on what they would like to help out with. This may increase your donations because people can take a sense of pride knowing that on top of that monthly recurring donations they helped with the (your project name here) project. Some Project Ideas: 1. Church Tithing 2. New Church Roof 3. Building an Orphanage

How to Set Up a Project You can set up a project anytime by visiting your dashboard. 1. Once logged in click on the "Home" button in the upper right hand corner of the website. 2. Look for the "Create a Project" green box and click the blue "creating a new project" text. 3. Follow the step by step process by naming your project, adding pictures, and creating a goal amount to reach. Congratulations! You have now created a project!

Editing an Existing Project If you already have an existing project you can edit it anytime by going to your profile page. 1. While logged in go to your profile page by clicking on your username in the upper right corner of the website next to the "Home" button. 2. Click on your "Projects" tab and then click on the project you would like to edit. 3. Then click on the "Edit Project" tab and begin your changes.

Promoting Your Cause

Getting the Most out of Continue to Give We want to help you reach your goal!  In this newsletter you can learn how to promote your tools to collect donations. Promoting your tools is very important. People want to give to your cause and now you can show them just how easy giving can be!

Promoting Your Fundraising Goal

Watch Your Fundraiser Meet Its Goal! Promoting Your Fundraiser Lets get your donors on board and informed about what your exciting fundraiser is going to do! Here are some tips on how to introduce your givers to donating through your new Continue to Give easy giving avenues. 1. Make an announcement from the pulpit, in a newsletter, or in your church bulletin that you have a new way to receive donations. 2. Send out an email to your supporters reminding them and showing them the new ways they can easily donate and even set up a worry free recurring donation. 3. Share your Continue to Give profile on facebook. Remember keep your donors up to date on your new giving avenues. Let them know you've made the switch to Continue to Give!

QR Codes ▪ Churches: Print your personalized QR code in your church bulletin so that anytime during the service the congregation can take there time to give right on there mobile phone. ▪ Missionaries, Individuals, Nonprofits: Save money by printing your QR code in your newsletter instead of sending personalized and stamped return letters! ▪ Anyone: Make posters and make sure to print your QR code on them. That way anyone who sees it can quickly use their smartphone to give!

Offering Kiosk ▪ Churches: Set up your kiosk stand right outside your church sanctuary. This will allow your congregation to give before and after the service. ▪ Anyone: Bring your Ipad set up with your Continue to Give giving app and your card reader to a fundraising event. Allow people to give with their credit card right at the event! ▪ Use our point of sale mode for quick fundraising purchases. Now you can sell those candy bars or run your fundraising bake sale and take credit cards! You can also use our point of sale mode for payment of fundraising silent auctions!

Badges ▪ Choose your badge and integrate it to your personal website! Now anyone who visits your homepage can give without being redirected. ▪ You can also set up a giving page on your facebook page! Imagine everyone who likes your page will see and can donate without ever leaving facebook!

Remember only your creativity is the limit to what you can use our free tools for!

Four Easy Avenues to Collect Donations

Getting the Most out of Continue to Give We want to help you reach your goal!  Let's get you started by setting up 4 easy ways for you to receive donations! Once you are set up, donors will be able to give by mobile, online, kiosk, or Facebook avenues. This will allow you to cater to a multitude of preferences.

Four Easy Ways to Get Set Up to Receive Donations!

Click this button on your Continue to Give profile page to get your free QR code! Mobile QR Codes and Text to Donate numbers allow people to easily donate right on their smartphones. Print your QR code and Text to Donate numbers out on your church bulletin or snail mailings so people can find them easily and give on the spot 1. Go to your Continue to Give profile and click the green "Get a QR-Code" button, or copy your text to donate number under your QR code. 2. Choose which QR code size you will need then grab and drag it to your desktop as a png. 3. Print your QR code and Text to Donate number on any type of Media. Congratulations! You are now set up to receive donations through mobile devices. Don't know what a QR code is? A smartphone readable square that allows people to donate to your cause right from there phone!

Click this button on your Continue to Give profile page to get your badge! Online with Badges Badges allow donors to easily donate right on your organization's website without having to be redirected. 1. Go to your Continue to Give profile and click the "Create a Badge" 2. Browse our array of badge styles by clicking on the drop down bars 3. Once you have selected a style you can change the badge color by using the color wheel above 4. Once everything is the way you like it press the "Click here to get the code needed to display this badge on your website!" to get the code you need. 5. Put that code into your organization's website to display your badge Congratulations you now have a quick easy way for people to give right on your website!

Click this image to download the free offering kiosk app! Offering Kiosk App and Stands The offering kiosk app allows donors to give right then and there at the kiosk stand! Great for church tithing and fundraising events! Downloading our App 1. When on your Ipad go to https://www.continuetogive.com/content/learn_more_kiosk.html 2. From there click on the green "Download Now" button Setting Up Your App 1. Click the green "Go to Setup" button on the bottom of your screen 2. Create your security pin. 3. Search for your church, organization, or personal fundraising page 4. At the top choose from either "Giving Mode" or "Point of Sale Mode" and start receiving donations! When on an Ipad or smartphone click the kiosk stand image on the right to download our free app!

Receiving Donations on Facebook Not only can you make a badge so donors can give on your personal website, but now you can make a badge so anyone can donate on your facebook page! 1. Go to your Continue to Give profile and click the "create a badge" 2. Choose the Facbook Instructions badge and follow the step by step instructions Congratulations you can now receive donations over facebook!

Now, no matter which avenue your donors choose you can accommodate them! Churches and Nonprofits receive $100 off your first kiosk stand order, plus a free card reader (worth $100) with each kiosk stand ordered!

Setting Up Your Profile

Getting the most out of Continue to Give

We want to help you reach your goal!

Congratulations! You are now ready to meet your fundraising goal! Let's get started by getting familiar with your profile. In addition, let's get your profile ready for people to view!

Your Home Button

Finding Your Dashboard

When logged in you can visit your dashboard anytime by clicking on the "Home" button in the upper right hand corner of your screen.

While in your dashboard you can edit your profile, upload photos, integrate with your google blog, create a friendly URL, and so much more! Log into your profile atcontinuetogive.com and get started!

Getting Your Profile All Ready for Viewers

Mission Statements, Descriptions, and Friendly URL

Write a mission statement and description to tell people what you are raising money for and how they can help! Create a friendly URL so your donors can easily find your page!

1. While logged in go to your dashboard and click the "Edit Profile" tab 
2. Write a creative interactive mission and description in the text boxes provided
3. Create a friendly URL that everyone will remember
4. Don't forget to save your changes by clicking the "Save Changes" button on the bottom of the page!

Pictures and Videos

Upload pictures and videos that tell your story. Let people feel like they are right there with you making the world a better place!

To upload a picture: 
1. Go to your dashboard and click on the "Photos" tab. 
2. Browse your favorite pictures to add to your profile!

To upload videos from youtube: 
1. Click on your profile name in the upper right hand corner next to the home button to go to your Profile Page. 
2. Once on your profile click on the "Videos" tab 
3. Copy and paste your youtube link, add a description, and click "Save"

Integrate with Your Blog

Keep people up to date on what you are doing by letting your blog post right onto your Continue to Give profile page!

1. Go to your dashboard
2. Click on the "Dashboard" tab
3. Find the "Set Up Your Blog" green box and click the "Click here to grant access"

Share Your Page

Share your page on facebook or twitter with all your friends! Let them know you created a Continue to Give profile page and you are looking to fundraise! Let them help meet your goal!

1. Click on your profile picture/name in the upper righthand corner to go to your profile page.
2. Click on the facebook or twitter icons to share 

Get Started Now! continuetogive.com 

Churches and Online Tithing: A beginners guide to online donations.

In today's age it's important to stay up to date on technology. Computers, Smart phones, Kiosks, Apps, etc. the list goes on and on of what new avenues are coming to light in the church realm. Some churches already do online fundraising and are very familiar with all the new gadgets associated with it. However, there are some churches who have not looked into online giving yet and have no idea how it works and what trap of fees they might fall into. In this article, I'm going to go over what online giving is and how you can use online giving in your church.

Online giving is a way for churches to collect tithes and donations online through a website, on a phone, or on a kiosk.

For online methods: When someone is on your church website there can be a button that allows that person to give to the church. It doesn't have to be big or anything. It can just be another tab that says "Give to the Church." This button will be affiliated with a piece of code that will allow a donor to give right from your church website. This can increase your donations because that same person can set up recurring donations whether it's for tithing or for a new church project. Now just think of this for a second. During vacation season most people forget to tithe to the church because they are on vacation and did not step into the church building that Sunday to drop off their offering in the plate. Now they can go online and give their tithe from a computer whenever they are! In addition, you can always send out an email with a link to your donation page reminding families that they can tithe online. This will increase your reach to your congregation.

For Mobile: Churches should also look into mobile donations. Now-a-days with smart phones people can scan whats called a QR code. This will allow the congregation to give on a mobile device. In addition, there are text to donate numbers that allow congregation members to give through texting methods. (We recommend text to donate links instead of text to donate through phone providers. Be on the look out for our blog on why text to donate through phone providers might run you into trouble.) With QR codes and Text to Donate numbers, you can print them in any media. Now church members can see them in their bulletin and can easily donate anytime before, during, or after the service. These are also great for youth fundraising events or snail mail newsletters. This can also save the church money by printing a QR code and link for online donations instead of sending a self-addressed and stamped envelope.

Kiosk Stands: Kiosk stand are great for church tithing. This is like a virtual offering plate that can sit right outside your sanctuary. Your congregation can go to the kiosk stand and make a donation to the church or even set up their recurring donation. This is also great because it can provide the time and place needed to help out folks that are not technology savvy to get setup with a recurring donation or show them how to make their tithe on the offering kiosk.


Learn More About Online Giving For Churches


https://www.continuetogive.com/home/churches