A step-by-step playbook for schools, PTAs, booster clubs, and youth sports programs.

Quick Answer

Schools raise more money through walk-a-thons when they lift participation, widen each participant's donor network, simplify the ask, and keep families engaged for the whole campaign. Four moves carry most of the weight:

• Set the goal from the number of students you expect to participate, not total enrollment

• Give every participant a personal fundraising page they share by email, text, and social

• Open donations three weeks before event day, not on event morning

• Run the campaign on a fundraising platform that charges no platform fee

The first three moves widen your donor pool far past the neighborhood. The fourth keeps the money your families worked for.

Why walk-a-thons outperform product sales

Product fundraisers hand a large share of every dollar to a catalog vendor. A walk-a-thon removes that middle step and turns effort into donations.

• Students sell nothing, so families skip order forms, delivery day, and awkward asks around the neighborhood.

• Donors give straight to the cause, so a far larger share of each dollar reaches your program.

• Every grade takes part, and every family finds a role: walkers, water stations, cheer squads.

• Grandparents, aunts, and former neighbors across the country pledge conveniently.

• One strong campaign can cover a full year of goals, which spares your volunteers three or four smaller drives.

9 Ways to Raise More Money With a Walk-a-Thon

1. Set a clear fundraising goal

2. Give every participant a personal fundraising page

3. Start fundraising before the event

4. Ask for donations through email and text

5. Make social sharing easy

6. Encourage participants to contact more donors

7. Keep families engaged with regular updates

8. Add friendly fundraising competitions

9. Choose fundraising tools that help you keep more of what you raise

Let's break down each strategy.

1. A clear fundraising goal: set one number, then repeat it everywhere

A specific goal gives your community something concrete to work toward. Instead of simply announcing a walk-a-thon, connect the fundraiser to a meaningful outcome. A school-wide total impresses adults and motivates everybody in a classroom, so break the goal down until a second grader can picture it.

• Divide the goal by expected participants, not enrollment. Few schools reach full participation, so plan around the number of students who actually sign up. A school of 400 students that expects 300 participants needs $100 per participant to clear a $30,000 goal. Dividing by all 400 produces $75, which leaves you short before the campaign even starts.

• Use your own history. Look at last year's participation rate, then set this year's target slightly above it.

• Name what the money buys: field trips, uniforms, classroom technology, playground repairs, tournament travel.

• Repeat the number everywhere: print it on the flyer, say it at the assembly, repeat it in every email, text, and morning announcement.

• Post progress daily. A live thermometer and class leaderboards pull in the families who otherwise wait until the final week. Celebrate every milestone along the way.

A visible fundraising goal motivates students, families, teachers, and donors to push a little harder.

2. Give every participant a personal fundraising page

Personal fundraising pages create the single biggest jump in walkathon fundraising totals. They give every student, athlete, or participant a place to collect donations. A paper envelope reaches four households. A shared link reaches forty.

• Each page carries the participant's name, photo, goal, and a one-tap share link.

• Families send that link by email, text, and social, which reaches donors well outside your zip code.

• Corporate matching doubles gifts, so prompt parents to check whether their employer matches donations.

• Team and class pages roll individual totals into standings, which sparks friendly competition between grades.

• Donations flow to the same place from every page, so your treasurer tracks one clean total.

What sets PledgeStar's participant links apart

Most platforms hand every donor the same generic family link. PledgeStar goes a step further and ties the link to the individual donor.

• When a family adds grandma to their donor list, they enter her first name, her last name, her email, and what the child calls her.

• Grandma then opens a page showing the child's photo and greeting her by name, and the donation form already carries her details. The ask feels personal instead of generic.

• PledgeStar also records exactly who donated, so later reminders reach only the people who have not donated yet. Platforms that share one family link cannot tell the difference, so they either skip reminders or pester the people who already gave.

That personal connection between participant and donor generates more donations than a general school fundraising page, because donors respond to people they know.

3. Start fundraising early: open donations before event day

Committees that collect only on the morning of the walk leave most of the money on the table. Give families enough time to contact their networks and follow up with people who want to donate later.

Three weeks works best. A longer runway drains urgency: families postpone the ask, then forget it. A single week leaves no room for reminders.

• Launch three weeks out with a kickoff assembly and a parent letter that links straight to the pages.

• Send a mid-campaign nudge with the class standings and a reminder of the per-participant goal.

• Walk, then post photos the same afternoon while excitement runs high.

• Keep pages open for a week after the event. Late donors add a meaningful slice of the total.

A simple timeline looks like this:

3 weeks before the event

• Set the fundraising goal

• Announce the fundraiser

• Distribute fundraising instructions

• Register families and participants

2 weeks before the event

• Send the first donation requests. PledgeStar sends them as soon as a family registers and adds their donors.

• Encourage email, text, and social sharing

• Share early fundraising results

1 week before the event

• Send the first reminder, to donors who have not given yet. PledgeStar handles this automatically because it knows who already donated. Without that, a school can only ask parents to follow up with their own family and friends.

• Highlight class and grade progress

• Share the event countdown

• Encourage participants to contact more donors

Event week

• Share the final fundraising push

• Celebrate progress

• Remind families about the event

• Continue accepting donations

After the event

• Share the final results

• Thank donors. PledgeStar sends thank-you notes and receipts automatically.

• Celebrate participants

• Keep pages open for a week so late donors can still give

4. Ask for donations through email and text

Each channel reaches someone the others miss. Email-only outreach loses the relatives who answer texts and ignore their inbox. Text-only outreach loses the ones who read every email. Social reaches a third group entirely. Run all three and your donor count climbs.

• Hand parents a message they never have to write. With PledgeStar, the school writes the message once inside the platform, families personalize it if they want, and PledgeStar sends every email and text. Parents copy nothing and paste nothing.

• Ask each family to reach ten contacts on kickoff night. More contacts translates more donations.

• Reach relatives in their own language. PledgeStar sends requests and reminders in 50+ languages, so a relative abroad reads the ask in the language she speaks. Families texting from their own phones have to translate everything themselves.

• Follow up with a thank-you after each gift. Donors who hear back give again next year.

Keep in mind that a short personal message often works better than a generic announcement. And PledgeStar does all this for you, so you don’t need to do anything. And, here’s an example:

“I walk in our school walk-a-thon next week to raise money for our school programs. Would you consider making a donation?”

Then include the participant's fundraising link.

5. Make social sharing easy

Social media expands the reach of a walk-a-thon fundraiser far beyond the school community. Most parents skip the post because nobody handed them the words. Remove that friction and your reach multiplies.

Two kinds of sharing, two different audiences

• The organization shares. Your PTA page, booster club page, and coach accounts reach the people who already follow your organization.

• The families share. Each family reaches a completely different circle: their own friends, relatives, and coworkers, none of whom follow a school page. PledgeStar lets families post their participant page straight to their personal profiles, so both circles see the ask.

How families share with PledgeStar

Families never write a post if they don’t want to. The family page carries a share button: a parent taps it, signs into their social account, and PledgeStar loads a finished post. They add a personal line if they want, or send it exactly as it stands.

• Ask families to share more than once. A parent taps the button again in seconds. Once or announcing the fundraiser, another time for sharing progress, and the last one to create urgency before the event.

• Every repeat post puts the ask in front of people who scrolled past the first one.

What the organization posts

• Ask the PTA page, the booster club page, and coaches to reshare participant posts. Local pages carry the ask into whole neighborhoods.

• Post one photo carousel mid-campaign and tag the classes leading the board.

Each update gives another group of people an opportunity to donate.

The ready-made captions and the branded photo frame are gone, since the button removes the need for both.

6. Encourage participants to contact more donors

One of the biggest fundraising opportunities sits inside the participant's own network. Skip the vague instruction to “ask for donations” and give families a target. Reach drives the total more than any single gift size.

• Set a contact target alongside the dollar target. “Reach at least 10 people” motivates a child far more than “raise $100”.

• Hand out a prompt list: grandparents, aunts and uncles, godparents, neighbors, family friends, former coaches, out-of-state cousins, and a parent's coworkers.

• Remind parents to forward the link at work and to check whether their employer matches donations. Corporate matching doubles those gifts.

For example, if 200 students each contact 10 people, your fundraiser reaches 2,000 potential donors. Not everyone donates, but every extra person who hears about the fundraiser adds another chance at a gift.

7. Keep families engaged with regular updates

A single fundraising announcement rarely produces maximum results, and momentum fades in silence. A predictable update rhythm keeps the campaign visible on every family's phone for the whole fundraising period.

• Plan five touchpoints: kickoff, midpoint, final 48 hours, event day, thank-you.

• Share real numbers each time: percent to goal, dollars raised, classes leading the board.

• Post a live thermometer on the event page. Progress pulls in the families who otherwise wait until the last week. PledgeStar updates yours automatically as donations come in.

• Send one final update after the walk with the total, the photos, and the thing the money funds.

For example:

“We've raised $18,500 toward our $25,000 goal!”

That message gives families a reason to share again. Progress creates momentum.

8. Add friendly fundraising competitions

Competition costs you almost nothing and drives a surprising share of the total. Keep it at the class and grade level, where it motivates without creating pressure.

Why group challenges beat individual leaderboards

Most schools avoid ranking students against each other, for good reason. One student whose parent rallies an entire office raises ten times what anyone else can, and the kids who tried hardest walk away discouraged. Classes and grades compete on far more even footing, and every child contributes to a result the whole room celebrates.

Consider challenges such as:

• Top class

• Top grade

• Most new donors per class

• Most creative fundraising post

• Biggest one-day fundraising increase

You can also create small milestones:

• First class to reach $1,000

• Every class past 50% of its goal

• School-wide goal reached

• New fundraising record

And if you want to push the creativity and fun further:

• Run a class-versus-class challenge, a grade challenge, or a teachers-versus-students race. PledgeStar includes a class leaderboard, so you can compare classes without building one yourself.

• Unlock a principal stunt at each milestone: duct tape, a pie to the face, silly hair color.

• Reward whole classes rather than individuals: extra recess, pajama day, a dance party.

• Announce a matching hour with a board member or a generous family, then tell families that every gift counts double until 8 p.m.

Keep the emphasis on participation, teamwork, and supporting the school.

9. Pick a fundraising platform that keeps the money in your program

Plenty of committees run a flawless walkathon and then hand a chunk of the result to their fundraising platform. The right platform cuts administrative work while helping families reach more donors. Compare fundraising platforms on total cost, not on the headline feature list.

• Check the platform fee first. PledgeStar's free plan charges zero platform fees.

• Check where the money lands. Donations flow directly into your organization's own Stripe or PayPal account, and your own credit card processor handles the transaction. A full-service fundraising company works the other way: donations land in the company's account, and the company mails your school a check once it takes its cut. PledgeStar never holds or transfers your funds.

• Budget for card processing. Your credit card processor charges a fee on every card donation, usually 3% to 5%, whichever platform you choose.

• Test before you commit. Create a private test event, walk the full flow, and activate it only once your committee approves. Nothing goes public until you decide, and neither step costs you anything.

Free school fundraising only counts as free when the platform fee reads zero. A platform that helps you raise more but takes a large percentage of your donations shrinks what your school ultimately receives.

Also look for platforms and tools that support:

• Online participant pages

• Email and text donation requests

• Social sharing

• Online donations

• Real-time fundraising reports

• Automated reminders

• Multiple language support

• Corporate donor matching

• Simple event management

Bonus 1: Recruit sponsors and matching gifts

Sponsors lift the ceiling on a walk a thon without adding a single ask to your families.

• Ask local businesses for flat sponsorships, then offer logo placement on shirts, banners, and lap cards.

• Invite one lead sponsor to cover shirts and supplies so every donated dollar funds the program itself.

• Approach the businesses your families already visit: the orthodontist, the pizza place, the local realtor, the auto shop.

• Prompt parents to submit employer matching forms during the campaign instead of months later.

Bonus 2: Choose incentives that cost you almost nothing

• Set a prize budget before you shop. Cap the prize budget at 10% to 15% of what you expect to raise. Anything beyond that eats the result your families worked for.

• Principal stunts, duct tape, a pie to the face, and silly hair color beat prize catalogs and cost almost nothing.

• Class rewards motivate whole grades at once: extra recess, pajama day, a dance party.

• Unlock a new reward at each milestone so participants keep sharing after they clear their first goal.

• Skip prize vendors that take a percentage of your total. Those prizes cost far more than they return.

Mistakes that shrink walk-a-thon totals:

• Setting the per-participant goal by dividing the total by enrollment, which assumes a participation rate no school reaches.

• Collecting cash and paper envelopes only. Paper loses donations, and nobody can thank a donor they cannot name.

• Opening donations close to event day, which gives the links no time to travel.

• Stretching the campaign past three weeks, which drains the urgency families need.

• Paying a platform fee that exceeds 10%.

• Skipping thank-you notes. Donors who hear back give again next year, often more.

How Much Can a Walk-a-Thon Raise?

Your fundraising potential depends on several factors:

• Number of participants

• Number of donors per participant

• Average donation

• Campaign length

• Participation rate

• Donor outreach

• Event structure

• Fundraising tools

• Platform fees

For example, imagine a school with 300 participants. If each participant reaches 10 donors and each donor gives an average of $25:

300 participants × 10 donors × $25 = $75,000

Increasing donor reach makes a dramatic difference. If each participant reaches 15 donors instead:

300 participants × 15 donors × $25 = $112,500

The lesson matters more than the example: more donor connections create more fundraising revenue.

How to Get Parents More Involved?

Parents often drive the success of school fundraising campaigns. Make their job simple. Give parents:

• A ready-to-send donation message

• A personal fundraising link

• Simple instructions

• Email and text sharing options

• Social-sharing options

• Progress updates

• Clear deadlines

• Easy access to fundraising results

Avoid giving families a complicated process. The easier you make fundraising, the more families complete the steps that generate donations.

How to Get Students Excited About a Walk-a-Thon?

Students turn a routine fundraiser into a community event. Build excitement around the walkathon event itself. Try:

• Class challenges

• Grade-level competitions

• Music during the walk

• Themed walking days

• Costume themes

• Milestone celebrations

• Class leaderboards

• Principal challenges

• Teacher participation

• A celebration when the school hits its goal

Connect fundraising progress with the event. When students see how their effort contributes to the school, they gain another reason to participate.

How to Promote a Walk-a-Thon?

Use multiple communication channels instead of relying on one announcement.

Before the fundraiser

• School newsletter

• Parent email

• Flyers

• Classroom announcements

• School website

• Social media

• Text messages

During the fundraiser

• Fundraising updates

• Social posts

• Participant reminders

• Class competitions

• Progress announcements

• Countdown messages

After the event

• Final fundraising total

• Photos

• Student highlights

• Thank-you messages

• Impact stories

Repeated communication keeps the fundraiser visible without asking families to remember everything from one announcement.

What Makes a Successful Walk-a-Thon Fundraiser?

Successful walkathon fundraising combines a great event with a strong fundraising strategy. The event creates excitement. The campaign creates revenue. The technology connects the two. Focus on five priorities:

• Participation: Get as many students signed up as possible.

• Reach: Help every participant contact more potential donors.

• Convenience: Make donating and sharing simple.

• Momentum: Keep families engaged throughout the campaign.

• Net revenue: Choose tools and pricing that help your organization retain more funds.

What Should You Look for in a Walk-a-Thon Fundraising Platform?

Before choosing a platform, compare the features and the total cost. Look for:

• No upfront costs

• Simple participant registration

• Personal fundraising pages

• Email and text fundraising

• Social sharing

• Online donations

• Real-time reporting

• Corporate matching

• Multilingual pages

• Easy school administration

• Transparent fees

If your school searches for free school fundraising options, pay particular attention to the word “free.” Some platforms advertise free fundraising while adding fees elsewhere. Compare the complete fee structure before choosing a platform.

Start your walk-a-thon with PledgeStar

Set your goal, launch participant pages in minutes, and keep the platform fee inside your program where it belongs. Create a private test event, try the full flow, and activate whenever your committee gives the word.

Standard payment processing fees apply.

Walk-a-thon FAQ

Walkathon, walk a thon, or walk-a-thon: which spelling wins?

All three describe the same event, and families use them interchangeably. Pick one spelling for your flyers so parents searching for your school find one clear page.

Can a walk-a-thon work for school fundraising?

Absolutely. A walk-a-thon gives schools a flexible fundraising event that involves students across different ages and ability levels. Schools adapt the format around their community.

Can I try different walkathon formats?

Yes. The format matters less than the fundraising strategy behind it. You can try:

• A walk-a-thon around a track

• A neighborhood walk

• A fitness-focused event

• A themed walking event

Do walk-a-thons work outside schools?

Yes. Booster clubs, youth sports programs, PTAs, and nonprofits all run them. Sports teams often swap the format for a hit-a-thon, shoot-a-thon, serve-a-thon, or goal-a-thon and keep the same mechanics. Jog-a-thons, fun runs, and read-a-thons follow the identical playbook.

How long should the campaign run?

Plan about six weeks start to finish, and keep donation pages open for the final three. A window longer than three weeks drains urgency and families postpone the ask.

Can we run school fundraising with no platform fee?

Yes. PledgeStar's free plan charges no platform fee. Standard payment processing fees apply.

Quick answer: PledgeStar offers schools two ways to fundraise. 

The FREE plan charges no platform fee and never sends your school an invoice. Your school covers only the standard credit card processing fees on donations. 

The Standard plan applies a low 7% fee, capped at $1,195 per campaign, and lets your school suggest a percentage that donors can add to their donation at checkout. Anything donors add goes straight into your school's account, where it can offset the platform fee, credit card processing fees, or other campaign costs. 

Both plans deliver the same core tools: unlimited campaigns, automated outreach, real-time tracking, and secure payment processing. The deciding factor is usually how each plan handles credit card processing fees.

At a Glance: Free Plan vs. Standard Plan 

What the Free Plan Offers

• No platform fee, ever! Schools can use the entire PledgeStar platform without paying upfront or ongoing costs.

• No invoice. Your school is never billed for using the free plan.

• At checkout, donors are given the option to add a small contribution that supports PledgeStar and helps keep the platform free. That contribution goes to PledgeStar directly. It does not pass through your school’s account, and it has no effect on what your school receives.

• Your school still pays standard credit card processing fees on donations. The free plan does not include a way for donors to cover those fees.

• Includes the same tools as the paid plan: unlimited campaign types, automated email/text/social outreach, real-time dashboards, and secure payment processing.

 

What the Standard Plan Offers?

• A low, capped platform fee: 7% of funds raised, never more than $1,195 per campaign, regardless of how much the school ultimately raises.

• Donor Fee Coverage: your school sets a suggested percentage that donors can add on top of their donation at checkout. Any amount donors choose to add goes directly into your school’s account, where you can apply it to the platform fee, credit card processing fees, or other campaign expenses.

• One invoice, at the end. Your school is invoiced once, at the completion of your event.

• Larger schools often choose this plan because they expect enough donors to opt in to cover both the platform fee and credit card processing fees.

Which Plan Should Your School Choose?

• Start with the FREE plan if your school runs a smaller campaign or explores online fundraising for the first time. No required fee removes risk, just plan for credit card processing fees, since the free plan has no option for donors to cover them.

• Choose the Standard Plan for larger fundraisers when a predictable, capped expense matters. The donor coverage option still gives the option to cover credit card processing fees along with the platform fee.

In both cases, funds move directly into your school’s merchant account. PledgeStar never holds or transfers funds, so your team avoids payout delays.

Why Schools Choose PledgeStar over Other Fundraising Platforms?

• Raise 50% more. Other platforms charge 30-50%. Schools using PledgeStar consistently outraise traditional pledge drives through automated, multi-channel outreach.

• No event required. PledgeStar's Pledge Drive format works entirely online, eliminating the need of organizing an in-person event like a jog-a-thon, walk-a-thon, read-a-thon etc. You can, but you don’t have to.

• Works for any fundraiser format. Schools can run a Pledge Drive, Jog-A-Thon, Walk-A-Thon, Read-A-Thon, Fun Run & Color Run, or a custom “Anything-A-Thon,” all on the same platform.

• Live in minutes. No lengthy setup process; a fundraiser site can go live almost immediately.

• Reach Every Family. PledgeStar’s availability in 50+ languages makes it easy to reach every family in a school community, regardless of language.

Ease of use: How PledgeStar works?

1. Get the word out. The fundraiser site goes live instantly. Families receive a registration link and follow simple on-screen instructions for entering their supporters.

2. Donations flow in. Supporters follow their personalized link, enter an amount, and pay securely using cards or digital wallets.

3. Track in real time. Organizers log in anytime to monitor progress through an easy-to-read dashboard and reporting tools.

 

Built-in Features that make Fundraising Easier

Outreach tools

• Automated email requests

• Text message requests

• One-click social media sharing

• Online contact import

• Optional pledge request video for a personal touch

Engagement and motivation

• Flexible pledge types (per-lap, per-mile, flat donation, etc.)

• Smart goal meters for individual participants

• School-wide goal meter

• Leaderboards to encourage friendly competition

• Personalized fundraising pages for every student

• Automated sign-up and donation reminders

Payments made simple

• Cards, PayPal, and digital wallets (Apple Pay and Google Pay) supported, depending on the payment processor your school chooses

• Online check option for donors who prefer not to pay online

• Funds go directly to the school's own merchant account, no waiting on PledgeStar to release funds

• No setup or monthly charges for the merchant account itself

Support for the whole community

• Corporate matching gift support

• Sponsor recognition tools

• Translations for 50+ languages

• World-class customer support

The Verdict:

Both the Free Plan and the Standard Plan unlocks schools full access to the same fundraising platform. The difference comes down to how each plan handles platform fees.

• The Free Plan keeps costs at $0 for schools, with no invoice at any point. Donors may optionally contribute a small amount to PledgeStar directly. Your school covers credit card processing fees.

• The Standard Plan offers a capped fee that never exceeds $1,195, while still giving donors the option to cover that cost.

Whichever plan a school chooses, PledgeStar's automated outreach, real-time tracking, and multi-channel payment support help schools raise more with less effort (even without needing to plan an in-person event.)

Ready to get started? Start Raising Funds or see a demo to explore both plans firsthand.

Schools shouldn’t lose a chunk of their hard-earned donations to platform fees. That idea drove the launch of PledgeStar FREE: a simpler, smarter way to fundraise without platform fees.

With this new option,  organizations run a full feature PledgeStar fundraiser without platform fees, built to help your community raise more

A Truly Free Way to Fundraise

PledgeStar FREE removes fundraising's biggest barrier: cost.

Instead of charging platform fees, PledgeStar invites donors to add a small optional contribution during checkout to help support the platform, leaving your school with the full intended donation.

No forced fees, just a transparent system where donors choose.

Full Access, Not a “Lite” Version

Many “free” platforms limit features. PledgeStar takes a different approach.

 PledgeStar FREE unlocks the same complete toolset used by thousands of successful schools and teams:

• Automated email, text, and social outreach

• Real-time dashboards and reporting

• Secure payment processing

• Mobile-friendly donation pages

You don't sacrifice power for price. You get everything needed to run a high-performing fundraiser from day one.

Why This Matters

Every dollar counts during a fundraiser.

Fundraising companies and platforms often take 30-50% of the donations you receive. PledgeStar FREE flips the script. Instead of pulling funds away from your goal, it gives your community the option to support the platform voluntarily.

That approach creates three major advantages:

1. Lower risk: Launch a fundraiser without worrying about fees cutting into results.

2. Higher returns: When donors choose to contribute, your school keeps more of what it raises.

3. Greater transparency: Families see exactly where their money goes, with no hidden deductions.

Built Around Real Fundraisers

 PledgeStar FREE works across every major fundraising format:

• Jog-A-Thons

• Walk-A-Thons

• Read-A-Thons

• Fun Runs

• Pledge Drives

• Custom “Anything-A-Thons”

Whether you run a quick campaign or a large community event, the platform adapts without adding complexity.

How PledgeStar FREE Works

Getting started takes minutes:

1. Launch your fundraiser: Set up your campaign and share your registration link with families.

2. Families invite supporters: Parents and participants reach out through email, text, and social sharing tools.

3. Donations roll in: Supporters give through a simple checkout experience and choose whether to add a small platform contribution.

4. Track everything in real time: Organizers monitor progress through a live dashboard without spreadsheets or manual tracking.

Backed by a Proven Model

PledgeStar built its platform around one simple goal: help raise more while doing less.

With automated outreach and digital-first fundraising, many schools outperform traditional methods like paper pledge forms.

Now, with PledgeStar FREE, access that same system without worrying about platform costs.

Who Should Use the FREE Plan?

The FREE plan fits organizations wanting:

• A no-risk way to try online fundraising

• A simple setup without budgeting for platform fees

• A modern alternative to paper-based campaigns

• A way to maximize what each fundraiser brings in

For many, this plan delivers everything needed to run a successful campaign, without spending a dollar.

Smarter Fundraising Starts Now

Fundraising shouldn’t come with trade-offs. PledgeStar FREE paves a clear path: launch quickly, reach more supporters, and raise more, all without paying platform fees.

Start your next fundraiser today and see how far PledgeStar FREE takes you.