Wizathon is a web platform and service for nonprofit peer-to-peer fundraising around running, biking, walking, and swimming events. It provides event websites, registration, personal and team fundraising pages, and reporting. Organizations can set ticket prices, participant goals, and survey questions, enable team registration, and count registration fees toward fundraising goals. Participants and team captains personalize pages with photos and cause information, then share through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or email. Timed matching campaigns can run for 24–48 hours, with reports covering funds raised and donor statistics. Donor information can be exported for CRM import. Branding supports organization logos and colors, customized registration text, notifications, receipts, and welcome emails. Included features list premium support, a branded website, registration, fundraising tools, reporting, segmented email blasts, and a content management system. Stripe processes card transactions; Wizathon says card details are encrypted in transit and not stored on its website. The first-time setup fee is 495.00 USD, with additional listed transaction, reset, and check-entry fees.
Who it is for
Wizathon suits nonprofit organizations running athletic or similar fundraising events. It fits teams that need branded registration, participant fundraising pages, matching campaigns, and donor reporting.
What is good
- Supports running, biking, walking, and swimming events
- Personal and team fundraising pages
- Timed 24–48-hour matching campaigns
- Donor data export for CRM import
- Branding and customized event communications
What to know first
- No free plan
- Setup fees are non-refundable
- Additional transaction and check-entry fees apply
- May charge 5% for smaller event goals
Verdict
Wizathon combines event registration, peer fundraising, matching campaigns, branding, and reporting for nonprofits. Budget for the setup fee and listed transaction charges when evaluating an event.
Wizathon plans and pricing
All plansCompared on nonprofit fundraising software
- Free plan
- No
- Donation forms
- Yes
- Peer-to-peer fundraising
- Yes
- Event fundraising
- Yes
- Campaign reporting
- advanced
- Payment processing
- separate
