Managing Your Team’s General Fund

General funds are useful if you want to let donors support your efforts without necessarily having to choose a specific team member’s fundraiser to receive the donation. For example, if your organization is hosting a bike race, but some of your regular supporters may want to support the organization and its event, but might not know any of the individual fundraisers on the leaderboard. Giving them the option to donate to the General Fund includes these donors in the bike race.

Viewing the General Fund on Your Team Page

To view the General Fund for your team, go to your team page by following these steps:

1. Login at mightycause.com/login. 
2. Click your name in the upper right corner.
3. Select "Managed causes" on the dropdown menu.
4. Scroll to the Teams page.

Once you’re on your team page, click “Settings” then "Beneficiary Settings" on the dashboard. 

You will see the General Fund is toggled on. If you prefer not to have the General Fund enabled, simply toggle it off. 

General Fund for ‘One Cause’ Teams

If your team is fundraising for one nonprofit organization on Mightycause, General Fund donations will automatically be directed to that organization. 

General Fund for ‘Multi-Cause’ Teams

If your team is fundraising for multiple causes, you can designate one charitable organization to receive funds from your General Fund. 

Initially, your General Fund will be toggled off. As team members create fundraisers for organizations, the organizations will be listed in the Beneficiary Status section. You may select one of these organizations to receive the funds from your General Fund. To do so, toggle on the General Fund and select an organization within the popup to receive your funds. 

The selected organization will then show within the General Fund section. 

To finish, choose to customize the donation levels (or leave them as they are!) and you’re set to go!

Donating to a General Fund

When donors visit your team page, they can now donate directly on the team page. After clicking “Donate,” donors can use the dropdown menu to choose from any fundraiser on the leaderboard. To donate to the General Fund, the donor will click “Donate to the team General Fund” as their designation.

The donation process continues as it would with any other fundraiser on Mightycause.

Note: Donations to the General Fund are added to your team’s total on the display counter, but are not added to any individual fundraiser’s total on the leaderboard.

Have more questions on teams? Email support@mightycause.com