FAQ

Answers to our most-asked questions from restaurants and retailers.

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Force4Good runs on a monthly subscription model per participating location. In most cases, it pays for itself after just one fundraiser per year. See our pricing page for more details

Switching to Force4Good pays for itself after the first fundraiser. Our partners typically see an increase of up to 35% in fundraiser turnout, and an increase of 73% in fundraiser ROI, compared to using an alternative fundraising platform. Check out some of our case studies →

Fundraisers are an amazing, untapped marketing channel with astounding ROI – higher than most marketing, notably due to the low cost of execution (6x less than traditional advertising). Schedule a demo and we’ll walk you through our personalized calculator so you can see the ROI potential for yourself.

Our Pro partners are up and running in minutes. Our Enterprise partners are typically launched within 2-4 weeks.

Our Pro tiers are available for any store or business, including single-unit locations. Our Enterprise offering is available for stores from 20+ unit chains.

Yes, you can take advantage of our Pro offering without any support from your franchiser.

No… although we predict they’ll want to after seeing your participating locations earning more, building relationships with the community, and saving so much time.

We’ve handled all the complicated stuff by covering all tax exemption verification and compliance requirements. We gather and store all the critical documents (tax exemption document and donor acknowledgement letter), so at the end of the year you simply write off the donation total.

With Force4Good, you could host fundraisers every day if you wanted to! You’ll find that hosting a fundraiser only takes a couple of minutes of administrative time, so how many you host depends on your community outreach.

Some of our locations host 3 fundraisers a week, while others do only 3 a year.

To help you maximize your ROI, we’ll send you tips and tools for recruiting nonprofits, schools, and community organizers. We also provide ongoing outreach marketing to spread the word about your program.

We’ve worked hard to make the process as easy as possible for organizers – so easy they can submit an application in as little as 3 minutes.

From making scheduling simple to providing tools and updates in a centralized place all along the way, our goal is to equip organizers in running a fun, easy, effective fundraiser.

Your real-time reporting dashboard enables you to run reports at any time for any segment of your locations. Weekly email reports also keep you up-to-date regarding approvals, upcoming events and recent results. Lastly, if you enroll in our donation delivery service, you will receive an annual donor statement.

All stores enrolled in our program receive ongoing marketing benefits including placement in geotargeted awareness emails, Google and Meta retargeting ads for local nonprofits and email retargeting after successful fundraisers.

Additionally, we provide tools to help you spread the word about the program including print marketing templates, digital asset templates and training resources. (See all these great tools here!)

Lastly, we offer our Fundraiser Jumpstart Package for ambitious brands which includes finding and calling schools, churches and nonprofits to drive fundraiser demand on your behalf. Contact us for more details.

Nope! You can definitely run a fundraiser program on your own, but keep in mind that the easier the experience is, the more participation you’ll have from your stores and organizers.

There’s a reason over 300,000 fundraisers have run on Force4Good. Force4Good is an enterprise-level platform optimized for helping restaurants grow their fundraising program, save time, and become more profitable.

We can’t wait to hear. You can submit feature requests on our Contact page.

We love this question! In 2024, we launched force4giving.org – our very own public charity. We also host ongoing events through our Community Marketing Consortium for marketers keen on putting fundraisers at the forefront of their marketing strategy.

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