Raise more funds with donation tools that are seamlessly integrated into your ticketing and CRM—no third-party systems required. Whether you’re running a year-end appeal or asking for optional donations during checkout, ThunderTix makes it easy to turn patrons into passionate supporters.
Encourage giving at the moment of purchase by adding an optional donation prompt to any event—an easy way to boost contributions without disrupting the customer experience.
You can choose to accept either:
A general donation that supports your organization as a whole, or
Link the event to one or more specific fundraising campaigns.
If only one campaign is selected, all donations are automatically applied to that campaign. If multiple campaigns are connected to the event, the donor will be prompted to choose which cause they’d like to support—giving them more control and deepening their connection to your mission.
✔ Set suggested amounts or let donors enter their own
✔ Customize donation messaging per event or campaign
✔ All donations are tracked automatically in your CRM
ThunderTix makes it easy to run as many fundraising campaigns as you need—whether it’s a year-round annual appeal or a focused effort to upgrade your sound system.
Each campaign can include:
You can link donation campaigns to specific events, so patrons can choose which cause to support during checkout—or direct supporters to standalone fundraising pages via links or embedded forms on your website.
With ThunderTix, your fundraising campaigns are flexible, beautifully branded, and fully integrated with your ticketing and CRM tools—no separate donation platform needed.
Every donation is automatically tracked inside your ThunderTix CRM—no spreadsheets or syncing required.
✔ View donor history, giving totals, and notes
✔ Segment donors by giving classification level for future campaigns
✔ Use our mass email tool to thank donors or invite them to special events
ThunderTix makes it simple to show appreciation and meet compliance—all while staying on brand.
Every donor automatically receives an automated thank-you email using your custom-branded donation email template. You control the message, logo, colors, and tax-deductibility language, ensuring it reflects your organization's voice and mission.
But for larger gifts, we help you go a step further.
With our customizable letterhead tool, you can design a polished thank-you letter that includes:
✔ Your organization’s logo and billing address
✔ Automatically pulled donor name, donation date, and gift amount
✔ Personalized message with pre-drafted thank-you content
You can also define a donation threshold for major gifts. When a donation exceeds that amount, ThunderTix automatically generates the letter, emails it to the appropriate admin in charge of development, and makes it ready for print. All your staff needs to do is sign and mail it—giving major donors the personal recognition they deserve.
With ThunderTix, you can manage general, campaign-based, and recurring donations—all in one system. If you use Stripe or Square as your payment gateway, patrons can opt into a monthly recurring donation by simply checking a box during checkout or when donating through a standalone campaign page.
Recurring donations are especially powerful for membership-style campaigns. Set specific giving levels within your campaign, and make recurring giving required for select tiers. Patrons will be automatically charged each month, giving you a reliable, predictable stream of support.
Whether it’s sustaining gifts or membership dues, recurring donations help turn one-time supporters into long-term donors—with no extra tools or integrations required.
Show donors exactly how their contributions make a difference with real-time fundraising progress bars. Whether you're raising money for new theatre seats or a community outreach program, visible goals help drive momentum and inspire giving.
Sharing campaign goals and progress keeps your supporters engaged and motivated. ThunderTix makes it easy to build trust and excitement by showing how close you are—and how much every gift counts.
Increasing giving and retaining as much from your donations is key to keeping small non-profits alive. Invite your patrons to cover your credit card processing fees when making their donation, so you retain 100% of the donation given.
A quick and convenient pop-up allows your customers to add to their donations.
Earn even more donations through our rounding-up function! ThunderTix offers you the option to enable a rounding-up prompt for your customers. During checkout, customers will be prompted to donate to your organization by rounding up their order to the nearest $5 increment.
Create your own donation request, something polite yet with the energy to spur action - "Help Us Reach Our Goal To Restore the Historic Theater" for example. You can always change the language of the request later. What's important is that as you accept donations online, the overall experience is more personal using the customized donation fields.
Decide which fundraising campaigns you want to attach to the purchase process of an event. Customers will have the option of picking which campaign they want to donate to.
The key to success with online donations is that it effectively reaches customers while they are ready to spend money. During the checkout process, customers will see a message asking to support your organization, event, or fundraiser along with a field to enter their donation. The process is painless and can dramatically increase your donation revenue. Virtually every venue that has added this module to accept donations online has collected more money than our small monthly subscription price.
Donations can be easily made for a specific patron from their patron record.
Record and track In-Kind donations given by a patron easily from their patron record. The ability to track In-Kind donations on a patron record allows you to gauge the donation history of a patron more accurately.
Enter Gift Cards, Bill payments, goods or services, or other options for the donation. All In-Kind donations will be tracked and summed on the patron's record.
Non-monetary donators can be specially located in your Patron Database with a donation history search.
Easily enter a donation a patron made from a previous date by using the backdate donation feature on that patron's record. Ensuring all donations are entered into your fundraising software is key to retaining those donors and recognizing them for their generosity.
All important for long-term fundraising goals, the online donation feature integrates with ticket purchase order reports and the patron contact information database. All patrons that donate will be classified as a "Donor" in your customer database. Donors can be searched and filtered based on donation frequency, whether they donated just during the purchase process or to a specific campaign, value, and date range to be used for follow-up fundraising efforts, email mailing lists, and invitations to future events. After your event ends, ThunderTix offers you even more utility with patron management.
For every ticket purchased, ThunderTix gathers various types of important data (email addresses, names, phone numbers, donation amounts, etc.) and stores it in your account within your own Customer Database. The data is searchable and can be exported to a spreadsheet anytime. You can search by the following:
From your list of recent orders, click on any patron name to view the patron's record. Included in the information are the number of orders or tickets purchased, total donations made and the time since the last donation, notes to track unique information about a person, gift cards, and flex pass vouchers.
With the rich data sets in hand, you can go about crafting a newsletter or event announcement using one of the popular mailing list managers like MailChimp or Constant Contact, or you can "Send Mass Mail" using our in-house mass email platform for quick communication with donors. The task of accepting donations online becomes easier over time with the ThunderTix features that help you meet your fundraising goals.
Enable Donor Classifications to categorize and reward generous patrons based on donation levels that you define. Set a threshold number of dollars that need to be donated to reach a certain Donor Classification tier such as bronze donors, silver donors, or gold donors. Encourage patrons to donate more by including rewards for different donation levels such as a swag bag, one free cocktail, or including donor names in your program.
