Givebutter wrapped: 15,472 votes. 180 features. 1 year.

Thanks to the thousands of Givebutter users who requested and upvoted new features, shared their feedback, and wrote reviews this year, we’ve launched more new and updated tools than ever before. 

Read on for the full spread on all that we were able to achieve together, including a top ten countdown of our biggest releases of 2024! 

Givebutter 2024 by the numbers 

One question guides everything we do here at Givebutter: How can we make life smoother for busy nonprofits? 

The easiest way to find out? We ask. 

Together, this year, we turned 15,472 votes on our community roadmap into 180 new features. With their input and upvotes, nonprofit users equipped our product and engineering teams with the insights needed to transform helpful feedback into tangible results for everyone.

This year’s 10 biggest releases and most requested products

From small yet significant feature improvements to the biggest release in Givebutter history, 2024 was full of exciting developments. Before the ball drops, let’s count down the top ten tools we brought over the finish line this year. 

10. Fundraising thermometer 🌡️

Is it getting hot in here? Nothing says, “Help us reach our goal!” better than an embeddable fundraising thermometer. With a whopping 283 votes, we were delighted to deliver this highly requested widget for use on campaign pages and as easy embeds on any website. 

9. Signup form widgets

Another sought-after widget, signup forms made their debut in April, making it easier than ever to capture emails from supporters as they peruse your website—without having to leave your website. Contacts are automatically added to your Givebutter CRM, saving you time and taking care of at least one item on your to-do list! 

8. Ticket bundling 🎟️

Seeing 730 votes for ticket bundling quickly moved this feature upgrade up on our engineers’ queue, and we jumped for joy when it went live at The Spread, our big launch event in September. 

Now, you can streamline the ticketing process by packaging groups of tickets into bundles, selling multiple ticket types, custom quantities, sponsorship, tables, groups, and more.

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See everything we churned out at The Spread, our biggest Givebutter launch event to date →

7. Mobile app ticket sales 🤳

Event ticketing got another enormous improvement alongside bundling: Mobile app ticket sales! This feature enables easy at-the-door ticket sales to accommodate last-minute attendees, assist guests unable to purchase tickets in advance, and bring in even more funds at your events.

We launched this feature in September—just in time for nonprofit gearing up for a busy, year-end fundraising events season—and we've already seen 10.7K tickets sold through the Givebutter mobile app!

6. Fiscal sponsorship 🏘️

Our highest-rated request to date, fiscal sponsorship launched this fall, finally enabling multiple accounts to share the same Employer Identification Number (EIN)! Churches, groups with multiple chapters, and small nonprofits with parent organizations can now enjoy all of the perks and benefits of being a Givebutter Verified Nonprofit without the need for their own EIN.

Over 360 fiscally sponsored organization have since made Givebutter their fundraising home!

5. Pledges 🖐️

Pledges are finally here! Now, you can manage, track, and accept payment for all of your pledges, sponsorships, matching gifts, and other committed donations in one place! Smooth as butter. 

“As a one-man show, Givebutter has made it very easy for me to secure and fulfill pledges right from my dashboard. In just a few weeks, I’ve been able to secure $1.3M in funding for the first endowment for medical students in India.”

– Sanjay Bindra MD, Co-Founder, GOSUMEC Foundation USA

Along with this launch, we also released some helpful resources like pledge card and pledge agreement templates to kick your next campaign into high gear. 

4. Matching donations 👯

Coming in at 375 votes, matching gifts functionality was a long-awaited feature we launched early in the year alongside our March Matchness campaign, in which we gave away $20K in donations to boost momentum for four engaging campaigns across the country.

Since then, more than $10.3M in donations have been matched—talk about multiplying impact! 

3. Mailings 📬

End-to-end direct mail campaigns, all from the comfort of your Givebutter dashboard? We made it happen! 

Mailings was a huge product release we couldn’t wait to share with the world—and not just because there are so many great mail-related emojis. This new feature makes the entire process of writing, segmenting, personalizing, sending, and tracking a breeze. 

2. 24/7 support ⛑️

This one is a biggie. Yes, we have a helpful AI chatbot and an extensive help center, but we’re also fully staffed with real, awesome human beings available for the support you need every hour of every day—even holidays!

1. Givebutter Plus ➕  

Released just in time for the year-end giving season, Givebutter Plus offers an entire suite of advanced features designed to take your fundraising to the next level. 

With time-saving automation for workflows and task management, deeper donor insights, a new drag-and-drop email editor, and a whole lot more, this release makes Givebutter the true all-in-one home for nonprofits.  

What’s next for Givebutter

2025 is looking to be another legen-dairy year. 

"Our product, design, and engineering teams are already gearing up for another incredible year of new feature releases. Get ready to be wowed by the innovative ways we'll be helping nonprofits elevate their fundraising efforts with improvements across our fundraising, CRM, and marketing tools. Butter yet, our 2025 roadmap will continue to deliver features that nonprofits have asked for in our community roadmap."

– Jesse Saldana, Director of Product at Givebutter

Be sure to check out the full roadmap and changelog to see where we’ve been and where we’re headed in the months to come. 

Keep churning out change with Givebutter

The Givebutter team and our growing community of nonprofit changemakers go together like butter and jelly on toast. If you haven’t already made it official, sign up for your free Givebutter account to access all the buttery goodness we launched this year and be the first to hear about upcoming features, improvements, and integrations. 

And don’t forget—we’re butter together! Keep sharing feedback, vote on feature requests, and reach out anytime you need support. Raising a toast to the end of a fantastic year and all the ways we’ll work together next year to churn out better tools for a better world.

Cheers to you, changemakers! 🥂