Big Nest comes with a custom donation engine designed for families and grandparents — simple, fast, and frustration-free. No confusing steps. No accounts to create. Just a clean flow that donors actually finish.
Because when giving is easy, people give more. And that means more money for your school and less stress for your volunteers.
Parents can donate in a few clicks using credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. At checkout, you can turn on optional microdonations that help cover processing fees.
Many platforms make donors click through long, multi-step forms so they can collect extra data. Big Nest keeps things focused: a clean, single-page form with just the information you need.
You can still customize each campaign — add your own images, story, goal amount, and optional progress thermometer or class leaderboard — without slowing donors down.
Fewer fields, fewer clicks, more completed donations.
Big Nest connects each donation to the right student, class, and teacher so you can run fun runs and read-a-thons without spreadsheets.
Show live class rankings to keep kids motivated, and if you’re doing a T-shirt fun run, Big Nest can collect shirt sizes for the whole school as part of your fundraiser — no extra tools or add-ons required.
You can also log cash and check donations alongside online gifts so your totals are always complete.
Online donations, cash, checks, pledge collections — log everything in Big Nest so you have a true picture of your fundraiser.
Your fundraiser dashboard shows how much you’ve raised, how much went to card processing fees, how much came in as microdonations, and your net income after fees.
Need to do deeper analysis or share numbers with your treasurer? Export all donation data to Excel with a click.
Every Big Nest site comes with two money-making pages:
Wealthy parent groups almost always have a strong sponsorship program. Big Nest makes it easy to follow their lead — highlight sponsor tiers, collect logo files and payments online, and show businesses exactly how they’re supporting your school.
Schools typically cover the $299 annual plan during their first fundraiser — and keep raising money all year.
We help you set up your own Stripe account, so donations are deposited directly to your organization. Big Nest doesn’t take a cut of your funds.
Turn on optional microdonations at checkout — flat-fee or percentage-based. Percentage options consistently bring in more and often cover processing fees entirely.
With Apple Pay, Google Pay, and card payments, parents can donate in seconds. Fewer abandoned checkouts means more money for your students.
Ready to run a fundraiser that’s simple for parents and powerful for your school?
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