Ticketing with Donations: Raise More with Your Events

Ticketing with donations built-in for maximum revenue, minimum reconcilliation.

Donations integrated into purchase-path
Standalone donation collection
Highlight top donors and donation goals
Incentives to boost donations

Why You Want Donations Built Into Your Event Ticketing

Capitalize on Excitement

By including ticketing with donations in your purchase path, you make an ask at the moment supporters are most engaged (and generous).

Provide an Alternative

With a sticky donation button on your event website, supporters who can’t make it to your event can also donate (instantly).

Create a Personal Touch

Donation details and custom donation levels bring your work to life, turning event attendees into long-term supporters.

Donations: No Cost

Why pay for (and manage) two systems for one event? Integrated donations makes event reconciliation easy (and free).

Technology to Raise More

Custom Donation Ask

Raise more with personalized, custom donation ask (during & outside purchase).

Include your logo and inspiring details about your nonprofit with the ask
Add donation levels to encourage donations of all levels
Personalize your donation levels by tying them to the specific good your nonprofit does

Ticketing with donations integrated in the purchase path

Learn More

All the Ways TicketSignup Helps You Raise More

Raise More with Integrated Donations

“We add the donation into the purchase path and edit the default amount per event and we’ve raised quite a bit of money using that feature. Thousands of people sign up for the event, so if even a percentage decide to donate, it brings in a good amount of money.”

Betsy Sorensen — On Broadway

“I thought I was being really ambitious by structuring our donation goal at $2,000, and then to more than double that was mind-blowing.”

Allison Cummins — Taste the Town

“As a nonprofit, TicketSignup has been a wonderful tool for us to use at our events. Proceeds raised go towards supporting education, conservation initiatives, and animal welfare.”

Stacy Wallin — Miller Park Zoo

$3,600 raised by the Dungeness Crab Festival, many from the donation checkbox at checkout.

23% of ticket purchasers made a donation during the Haunted Stage Stop purchase path.

Donation goal tripled by Taste the Town, with 61% of ticket purchasers adding a donation to their ticket.

Scholarship funded by donations to Dallas Parks & Recreation’s Totality event.

Ticketing with Donations: TicketSignup vs. Eventbrite

See how donation tools compare across both platforms.

↔ Swipe to view full table

Feature	TicketSignup	Eventbrite
Donation Setup	Customizable donation collection	Donations set up as tickets
Donation Levels	Set up custom donation levels with open-ended options	Open-ended donations only
Donate Checkbox at Checkout	Easily enabled	No checkbox option
Recurring Donations	Donors can opt to make donations recur	No recurring donations
Ask to Cover Fees	Absorb fees, pass them on, or ask donors if they want to cover them	Absorb fees or pass them on; no option to ask donors to cover
Donation Leaderboards	Multiple displays to feature donors on your event website	No public donor list option
Payout Schedule	Pays weekly throughout ticket sales	Payout 6-8 days after event

Get Started: Create Your Donation Event Today

To see if TicketSignup is for you, get started creating your event today – it’s free, with no long-term contract. Still have questions? Schedule a call with our sales team.

Create Your Event Schedule a Call

FAQ: All About Ticketing with Donations

Can supporters donate without buying a ticket?

Yes. Events can setup their donations so that anyone can donate via the donate button, even if they aren’t buying a ticket.

What are the fees for donations?

Donations have a flat 4% fee, inclusive of all credit card processing and service fees.

Can donations be setup as a recurring gift during ticket purchase?

Yes, donors can opt to make an even bigger impact with recurring donations.

Can I discount ticket purchasers who make a significant donation?

Yes, you can reward donations by giving ticket discounts based on donation amounts Donation displays remind ticket purchasers of the benefits of donating.

Can I send donors a “Thank You”?

Nonprofits can customize the notification that’s sent after a donation to include your key information (like nontaxable amount and your EIN).

Additionally, flexible information collection and accessible reporting makes it easy to send more personal thank you follow-ups for significant donors.

Special Use Case: Collect Standalone Donations

For event organizations and nonprofits that want to streamline their technology and collect donations year-round (even when no events are upcoming), it’s easy to use TicketSignup for a standalone donation page.

When only collecting donations you still need to create a ticket event within the Ticket Wizard
Hide the default event ticket tiles on your info page
Hide the “Sign Up” button so no donors can access any of the placeholder tickets you made within the wizard
Delete the default “Buy Tickets” page within your website builder

All the Latest Blogs on Ticketing with Donations

July 30, 2026

Flexible Donation Display Settings for Ticket Events

Raising money alongside ticket sales just got easier with flexible donation display settings for ticket events. TicketSignup now gives you independent control over each donation ask in your ticket purchase path, so you can decide exactly where and how you invite supporters…

Calendar-Based Ticketing: The Perfect Fit for Season-Long Concert Series

TicketSignup’s calendar-based ticketing gives Historic Boston-Edison Association (HBEA) one place to manage a season-long concert series. HBEA has spent 100 years preserving one of Detroit’s most storied neighborhoods, and to mark the anniversary, the 17th season of Concerts in Boston-Edison brings five…

July 14, 2026

Top Donors Component for Ticket Event Websites

There’s a new Top Donors component for event websites. Ticket events with donations enabled can now feature their most generous donors directly on their website, built and customized in the Website Builder like any other component. Donor recognition is one of the…

May 22, 2024

Tickets for Nonprofit Events with TicketSignup

The origin story of TicketSignup is that it was initially conceived up to help the many RunSignup customers who were nonprofits manage additional types of events. Since those early days, the product has matured and new features have been added that have…

April 26, 2024

Import Offline Donations

Ticket events can now import offline donations. You can manually enter one or several offline donations or import a CSV of offline donations. This helps nonprofit ticket events keep track of online and offline donations in one place. Additionally, nonprofits can use…

February 19, 2024

Tips for Ticketed Dinner Events and Galas

Need to sell tickets for your dinner event, banquet, luncheon, or gala? Like every event on TicketSignup, dinner events automatically include free websites, free email, an event day app, and more. You can learn more about all the TicketSignup features for dinner…

Community House of Moorestown

About the Community House of Moorestown The Community House of Moorestown, established in 1926, is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission to serve as the hub for community activity and to nurture the growth of local nonprofit organizations. Receiving no funding…

January 23, 2023

TicketSignup for Organizations with Multiple Events

TicketSignup, RunSignup, and GiveSignup are purpose-built for organizations that put on multiple events per year. For TicketSignup customers, these events may all be tickets, or a mix of tickets and endurance and/or peer to peer fundraising events. Examples of organizations using TicketSignup…

Selling Tickets to (All Kinds of) Music Events

Music is life itself. Louis Armstrong There is nothing that brings people together for a collective experience quite like music! The best thing about it? There is no limit to the ways you can incorporate music into your event schedule. Check out…

May 18, 2022

Hide Sign Up Button on Ticket Websites

You can now hide the Sign Up button on ticket websites. This gives you flexibility to use your ticket website beyond selling tickets, whether that’s hosting year-round content, accepting year-round donations (like in the example below), and more! It’s easy to hide…

Sip & Savor

Sip & Savor is being held on April 27, 2022 at Park 31 in Spring Branch, Texas. It is a tasting event with entertainment and local vendors put on by Kendall County Women’s Shelter as one of their annual fundraising events. KCWS is an emergency…

April 14, 2022

Ticketing with Donations: Raise More with Your Events

Why You Want Donations Built Into Your Event Ticketing

Capitalize on Excitement

Provide an Alternative

Create a Personal Touch

Donations: No Cost

Technology to Raise More

All the Ways TicketSignup Helps You Raise More

Branded Donation Ask

Custom Messaging

Track a Donation Goal

Enable Recurring Donations

Customize Donate CTA

Display Donors

Encourage Donors to Cover Fees

Custom Donor Information

Attribution Options

Donation Checkbox at Checkout

Automated Receipts

Donation Discounts

Donation Imports

Donation Reporting