How to collect donations with Crowded from your website

We’ve prepared a tutorial on the possible ways to fundraise from your website with Collect links

April 20, 2025
Read time: 4 min

When potential donors and community members come to your website, give them an easy way to support your organization.

You have 3 options for collecting donations on your website:

Link a “donate” button to a Collect link
Embed the Collect widget onto the site
Do both!

With Collect, you can create an ‘Open Amount Collection’ which allows donors to choose the amount they would like to pay. This type of collection is the ideal way to collect donations on your website.

Listen to Crowded’s Product Marketing Manager give a demonstration of how to embed a donation link to your website.

Option 1: Link a “Donate” Button to a Collect link

1. Create a collection on the Crowded platform

2. Select ‘Open Amount’ for collection type

Optional: Add an image, fundraising goal, and description to the collection to inspire more donations!

3. Once you’ve created the collection, copy the Collect link

4. Go to your nonprofit’s website, and edit it. Create a button in a prominent place on the site, label it ‘Donate’ and add the copied url from Collect in the button field.

And thats it! Test it live to make sure it works.

Option 2: Embed the Collect widget onto your site

1. Create a collection on the Crowded platform

2. Select ‘Open Amount’ for collection type

Optional: Add an image, fundraising goal, and description to the collection to inspire more donations!

3. Once you’ve created the collection, copy the Collect link

4. Go to your nonprofit’s website, and edit it. Add a custom HTML block to your site.

5. Paste this block of code into the HTML block:

6. Paste your Collect link in between the quotation marks, and see the Collect widget load on your website

And that’s it! Test it live to make sure it works and play around with the sizing to optimize it for your site.

With a clear way for donors to leave a donation on your website, enjoy a steady stream of funds going straight into your Crowded account. No reconciliation required!

* Crowded Technologies Inc is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A. and TransPecos Banks, SSB; Members FDIC. The Crowded Technologies Inc. Visa® Debit Card is issued by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A. and TransPecos Banks, SSB pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.

There are no fees associated with account opening, but transaction fees may apply; please refer to the Crowded Business Deposit Account Agreement for more details on account transaction fees.

** Accounts are eligible for pass-through deposit insurance only to the extent pass-through insurance is permitted by the rules and regulations of the FDIC, and if the requirements for pass-through insurance are satisfied. There may be a risk that pass-through deposit insurance is not available because conditions have not been satisfied. In such cases, funds may not be fully insured in the event the insured depository institution where the funds have been deposited were to fail.

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* Crowded Technologies Inc is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by TransPecos Banks, SSB; Member FDIC. The Crowded Technologies Inc. Visa® Debit Card is issued by TransPecos Banks, SSB pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.

There are no fees associated with account opening, but transaction fees may apply; please refer to the Crowded Business Deposit Account Agreement for more details on account transaction fees.