For museums, galleries & arts nonprofits

Fundraising for Museums and Arts Nonprofits

Put a donation QR code at the entrance or in an event program, and keep the campaign's donation records in one place. ScanRaise also supports memberships, gala tickets and auctions. Connect your organization's payment account to receive donations there.

Start Your Organization's Account

What arts organizations run on ScanRaise

Memberships. Configure named monthly or annual membership tiers. Members check out through Stripe and use a link ScanRaise emails them to update payment or cancel.

Annual fund and capital campaigns. Run a public campaign for the annual fund, an acquisition, or a renovation, with a goal and a progress bar. Board members and volunteers can share their own fundraiser pages.

Gala tickets. Sell ordinary ticket tiers such as general admission, patron, and table. Email early announcements to your member mailing list.

Mobile auctions. List lots with up to 12 photos plus medium, dimensions, year, estimate, and provenance. Bidders use their phones, with optional reserves and buy-now prices.

Donors, outreach, and the shop

Donor records

Completed gifts, tier, tags, and notes for each donor, with CSV export. Tiers count completed donations only; ticket and store purchases show in history without changing the tier.

Mailing lists

Send previews and appeals to the mailing lists you keep, or include all past donors. Broadcasts do not filter by tier or giving history.

Shop and editions

Sell prints, catalogs, and numbered editions, with the edition number assigned to each order. Owners and admins can manage products and inventory from Products on the organization page.

QR codes in the building

Put a donation QR code on wall labels, at the admissions desk, or in the gala program.

Who uses it

Museums

Membership programs, the annual fund, acquisition campaigns, and the benefit gala.

Galleries

Benefit nights, phone-bid auctions with full lot details, and print sales. The gallery handles any separate payment to artists.

Arts councils and multidisciplinary nonprofits

Year-round annual-fund campaigns across programs, with board members and volunteers sharing their own pages. Theatres running production campaigns can use the performing arts page.

What it costs

ScanRaise keeps 2.5% of each donation, and Stripe charges a card-processing fee. There is no setup fee, monthly fee, or contract.

You can set up your organization's account online without a credit card.