Fundraising for Venues
Turn ticket buyers into donors — in the same checkout.
Donations during checkout, standalone fundraising campaigns, monthly recurring giving, and a donor CRM — all in one system, with funds deposited nightly into your bank account. No third-party fundraising platform required.
- Donations at checkout
- Monthly recurring giving
- Donor CRM built in
Online Donations
Ask while patrons are ready to give
The key to online donations is reaching customers at the moment they're already spending. ThunderTix puts a customizable ask in every checkout — and gives you dedicated campaigns for everything else.
Donations during checkout
A customizable ask on every event
The donation prompt appears as its own field alongside ticket quantities, so patrons can add any amount to their order. Write your own request — “Help Us Reach Our Goal To Restore the Historic Theater” — and customize it per event, so each production can raise funds for a different cause.
- Patrons enter any donation amount and choose which campaign it supports
- The donation request is editable per event — different charities, different language
- No patron-facing fees added on top of the donation amount
Fundraising campaigns with levels and goals
Annual giving, capital projects, and everything between
Create as many campaigns as you need — one for standard annual giving, another to replace your theater seats or fund a new sound and light system. Each campaign supports suggested giving levels with rich descriptions and images showing what patrons receive at each tier.
- Embed campaigns on your website with the same embed codes as events
- Donate during checkout or on a standalone campaign page
Monthly recurring donations
One checkbox turns a gift into sustained giving
With Stripe or Square as your payment gateway, patrons make any donation monthly recurring by checking a single box — during a ticket purchase or on a fundraising campaign. General donations, campaign donations, and recurring gifts all live in one system.
- Set a goal with a progress bar patrons see — sharing progress increases giving
- Patrons can keep donating even after the goal is met
Membership-style campaigns. Let patrons select their membership tier from your campaign levels, set recurring donations to required, and each member is automatically charged their tier amount every month.
Round-up donations
Small change on every order adds up
Enable a round-up prompt and customers are invited to round their order up to the nearest $5 increment as a donation during checkout. It's a politely worded ask at the exact moment patrons are already spending — and collected across every order, that small change becomes real fundraising revenue.
- One setting enables the prompt across your checkout
- Rounds to the nearest $5 increment — an easy yes for patrons
Small Asks That Add Up
Boost every gift
Polite, well-timed prompts that grow donation revenue without disrupting the customer experience.
Patrons cover the card fees
A quick pop-up invites donors to cover your credit card processing fees with their gift — so your organization retains 100% of every donation given.
Donor classifications
Define donation thresholds for tiers like bronze, silver, and gold — then reward each level with a swag bag, a free cocktail, or donor names printed in your program.
Complete Donation History
Every gift on the patron's record
Online or offline, monetary or in-kind, today or years ago — every donation lands on the patron record so your donor history is actually complete.
Donations from the patron record
Process a donation for a specific patron directly from their record — phone gifts, mailed checks, and box office donations all captured in seconds.
In-kind donations
Record gift cards, bill payments, goods, and services as in-kind gifts. They're tracked and summed on the patron record, and in-kind donors are searchable in your patron database.
Backdated donations
Enter gifts from a previous date so historical giving is never lost — complete records are how donors get properly recognized and retained.
Donor Management
Fundraising data that's already organized
Every patron who gives is automatically classified as a donor in your customer database — searchable, exportable, and ready for your next appeal.
Donor segments built for development work
Search and filter donors by frequency, value, campaign, and date range — then export to a spreadsheet anytime, sync to Mailchimp or Constant Contact, or send mass email directly from ThunderTix.
- LYBUNT — donors who gave Last Year But Unfortunately Not This year
- SYBUNT — donors who gave Some Year But Unfortunately Not This year
- Top 100 donor leaderboard and all first-time donors
- Donors by classification, date range, dollar threshold, or gift count
The full picture on one record
Click any patron name to see orders and tickets purchased, total donations and time since the last gift, notes, gift cards, and flex pass vouchers — donation history and ticketing history together, because your donors are your audience.
- Infinitely searchable
- Export anytime
- Mass email built in
AI-Powered Insight
Ask your donor data anything
Because donations live in the ThunderTix patron CRM, you can ask plain-language questions about giving — and get answers from your own data, ready to act on.
More from the ThunderTix platform
Fundraising is one capability among many. Here are the features performing arts and live-event venues most often use alongside donations — all built natively into the same box office.
Patron CRM
Donor profiles, purchase history, seat preferences, LYBUNT and SYBUNT segments, and auto-tagged lifecycle stages for every patron.
Build deeper patron relationshipsMembership Management
Auto-renewing memberships with tier benefits, member-only pricing, and presale windows for reserved seating events.
Grow your membership programSeason Packages
Subscriptions, flex passes, punch cards, and mini-seasons — with first-dibs renewal so last year's holders keep their same seats.
Sell more season subscriptionsEmail Marketing
Mass emails with opens-and-clicks tracking, plus Mailchimp and Constant Contact sync — segment patrons and measure tickets sold per campaign.
Reach your audienceBox Office Sales
Process orders in seconds with one-screen workflow, instant exchanges, and complete patron history at a glance.
Streamline box office operationsReserved Seating
Pixel-perfect seating charts for any layout — theaters, tables, outdoor venues, and hybrid configurations — with best-available seat selection and ADA support.
Design your seating chartStart turning ticket buyers into donors
Explore how ThunderTix can help grow your donor base — donations, campaigns, recurring giving, and donor management in the same system that sells your tickets.