Nonprofit Organizations | Sponsors | Fund Raisers
What is BEEx?
BEEx.org is a community fundraising service that helps people mobilize their networks to raise money for their favorite nonprofits. Our first service is designed for people performing personal challenges to raise money for a cause.
What is a challenge?
A challenge is an action oriented fundraising initiative. To perform a challenge, an individual pledges to perform an action if a certain amount of money is raised for the nonprofit of his/her choice. Charity walks are the most common type of challenge.
All challenges on BEEx conform to the following formula: I/we will x if y is raised for z nonprofit.
There are generally four broad categories of challenge:
1) The Self-Improvement Challenge where you do something your friends and family want you to do.
Ex. Quit smoking to raise money for a lung cancer nonprofit.
2) The Multiplier where you get people to give to charity in support of your ‘goodness.'
Ex. Volunteering if people raise money for the nonprofit you're helping out.
3) The Self-Deprecating Challenge where you do something embarrassing or unexpected to show people you don't take yourself too seriously.
Ex. Wearing a chicken suit to work everyday for a week to raise money for an organic farming collective.
4) The Stunt is an action that is simply outrageous. Make sure it's not illegal, physically dangerous or pornographic because then we'll have to take it down and we will not refund the money people donated. Sorry, we've got to be strict about this.
What is a cluster?
A cluster is a collection of multiple challenges involved in a single activity. While each challenge within a cluster operates independently, they all share certain conditions controlled by the cluster creator (administrator). These conditions are often but not limited to items like date, time, benefiting nonprofit, fundraising goal, etc.
Ex. An individual running in a marathon.
When you invite people to join a cluster you've created, you're participating in community organizing. For some tips, check out our blog.
Can you help me produce a more successful challenge?
We're creating a large knowledge resource around the topic of internet and social media fund raising. Right now, this content lives in the 'Advice' section of the BEExBlog.
For more info check out the Learn More sections specifically addressing People, Nonprofits and Sponsors.