Frequently Asked Questions/Causes HQ/Features and Updates
Now Accepting Applications - Official Nonprofit Causes
James
posted this on April 26, 2012 05:45 pm
Causes is now accepting applications for nonprofits to claim their cause as official. The extra tools nonprofits previously had available in the Nonprofit Partner Center are now found on the dashboard of Official Nonprofit Causes. This means that nonprofits can now manage their Causes presence all in one place: no extra log in, no extra tab to open, just one place to run and learn from your campaigns.
If you haven’t already designated an Official Cause for your organization, follow these easy steps:
1) Start a Community - If you have one, log into the cause which you’d like to mark official
2) Post a Fundraiser Action – On your community page, click "Post an Action" and select Fundraise. Link the fundraiser to your organization’s EIN (if you already have a fundraiser started, go to step 3)
3) Click on “Manage My Cause” – On the bottom right of your admin dashboard, click “Make this your official nonprofit cause.”
4) Click “Claim This Page” and submit your application
Once your application is submitted, please allow 48 hours for it to be approved by Causes (Tip: Sign up with your organization's email to ensure quick approval). After your application is approved, your cause will be marked as official and you’ll have full access to your nonprofit tools. Your Official Cause will be your organization’s Causes community that you will be able to message and run campaigns with moving forward.
Make sure to add someone from your nonprofit as a leader of your Official Nonprofit Cause. This will allow others to access the dashboard to manage your community going forward. Once you've done that, you're all set!
If you ever need help, please file a request with our Support Team. We’re more than happy to help!
Next Step: Learn about running campaigns on Causes
Comments
Hello. This is my first time using Causes. I just went through the above process, but I am confused. Is it possible to post a Causes tab on my nonprofit's facebook fan page, or is that feature gone? How can I advertise my cause on facebook, only by posting a link on the timeline? Thanks.
Hi Christine,
Great question! Unfortunately due to the recent changes with Facebook Timeline, we've had to temporarily discontinue our Causes Facebook tab for fan pages. In the meantime, you can post your actions on your fan page Timeline to ask your supporters to take action.
You can learn more on running an effective action campaign at www.causes.com/campaigns or here.
I posted my ein number but I do not know how to "link" to my fund raising cause. BTW when I went to Actions, I did not see any place that says "Donate" action so posted it as a note. Plz help!
Hi Cindi,
Thank you for bringing this error to our attention. We've since changed the terminology of our actions in our publisher and I've updated this article to reflect these changes. We apologize for the confusion.
To create a fundraiser, please go "Post an Action" on your main cause page and select Fundraise. Once this fundraiser has been created, you'll gain access to the Official Nonprofit application found under "Manage My Cause".
If you have any further questions, please file a support ticket and we'll be more than happy to help. Thank you for your patience.