Whether you are trying to raise funds to save the environment or provide the sick and ailing with medical aid, you should consider raising funds online as well as offline. Real world fund raising activities such as holding charity events, sending out letters requesting for aid and telephonic donation collection are expensive and allows you to reach a limited audience. By adding an online donation collection element to your fund raising efforts, you add a relatively inexpensive mode of donation collection that will extract the maximum out of your fund raising efforts. It will also expand your reach to include donors living in other parts of the world.

By launching online, you can gain the following benefits:

Reach More Donors
By launching your social cause online, you can educate people living across the world about your social cause without spending large sums of money. Thus, allowing you to connect with and convince a previously untapped donor audience to support your social cause.

Instant Donation Collection
Once you have convinced about the worthiness of your social cause, secure their commitment instantly by collecting donations online. All you have to do is enhance your online information website to accept online donations. By adding an online donation collection facility to your website, you will gain a global platform to educate global audiences and collect funds easily.

Collect Donations from all Audiences Easily
When selecting an online donation collection solution provider it is extremely important to choose one that has a wide variety of payment options to make it possible for donors of all types to donate. For example, if you choose a provider that only offers credit cards you limit your donor audience to those individuals holding credit cards.

Donations & Data
An online donation collection facility not only helps you collect donations instantly but also helps you compile a comprehensive donor database i.e. an online database that contains all relevant information about your donors such as name, donation amount, contact information etc. The benefit of having a donor database is that you will be able to keep in touch with the donors, thank them for their contributions and even source funds for future endeavors.

Reduce Costs with a Green 'Thank You'
Whether a donor donated Rs. 100 or Rs. 10,000, his contribution should be acknowledged. Send out a sincere ‘Thank You' letter appreciating his contribution to your social cause.

By launching your donation collection efforts online, you can reduce cost – postage, courier etc. and be green by sending out the ‘Thank You' letter by email rather than snail mail. Plus, you will be able to fire an email the minute the donation is received.

These are just some of the benefits of launching your donation collection process online. Good luck and happy fundraising!