What is restaurant fundraiser management software?
Restaurant fundraiser management software helps restaurants receive, review, approve, and manage fundraiser requests in one place. DonationScout also helps teams communicate with organizers, create event pages and flyers, send reminders, manage event calendars, and track fundraising program activity.
Is DonationScout free for restaurants?
Yes. DonationScout’s Free plan costs $0 and gives restaurants tools to receive and manage fundraiser requests, communicate with organizers, create event materials, send automated notifications, and coordinate upcoming events.
How much does DonationScout cost?
DonationScout offers three plans:
Free: $0
Growth: $29 per location per month
Enterprise: Custom pricing based on your brand’s program and implementation requirements
Optional capabilities, such as in-kind donation request management, may have additional costs.
Can DonationScout support multiple restaurant locations?
Yes. Growth and Enterprise are designed for restaurants, franchises, and brands managing fundraising programs across multiple locations. Teams can manage location contacts, users, event pipelines, program history, and reporting from one platform.
Can restaurants create branded fundraiser pages?
Yes. Growth includes a branded fundraising site and guest-facing portal. Enterprise supports fully customized, brand-aligned fundraiser pages hosted on your restaurant’s domain, along with white-labeled email from your brand’s domain.
Does DonationScout automate fundraiser emails and reminders?
Yes. DonationScout can automate event notifications, reminders, calendar invitations, and organizer communications. Growth and Enterprise also provide additional messaging and program-management capabilities, while Enterprise supports custom rules-based messages and on-demand messaging templates.
Can DonationScout collect nonprofit tax documents?
Yes. Growth and Enterprise can support IRS verification and tax-document collection, helping restaurant teams collect and organize nonprofit information as part of the request-review process.
Does DonationScout support digital fundraising campaigns?
Yes. Digital fundraising campaigns are available with DonationScout Enterprise. Enterprise programs can be customized around a restaurant brand’s campaign requirements, messaging rules, branding, and integrations.
Which DonationScout plan is best for a restaurant franchise?
Growth is a strong fit for franchises that want to launch a branded fundraising program across multiple locations using a standardized, turnkey setup. It includes multi-location workflows, team access, reporting, tax-document collection, and advanced program settings.
Enterprise is better for franchises that need a restaurant-owned domain, fully customized branding, digital campaigns, custom integrations, specialized workflows, or dedicated onboarding and support.