Events are one of the most powerful fundraising tools available to downballot campaigns. And starting today, they’re built right into Raise by ActBlue.
In 2024, just under 40% of ActBlue event contributions came from downballot races. But for a lot of small and downballot campaigns, running an event as a Raise user meant either using a different platform or upgrading to a more complex product than you needed. That caused some friction: missed donations, extra overhead, and even skipping events altogether.
With the addition of Simplified Events to Raise, we’ve changed that. If you’re on Raise, events are now part of your toolkit; the same way your fundraising page and contributions dashboard are. And, it was built with the same philosophy as the rest of Raise by ActBlue: clear, approachable, and quick to set up.
What you can do starting today
Here’s what’s waiting for you in your dashboard right now — a full event fundraising workflow, built to move as fast as your campaign does. Starting today, Raise users can:
- Create and publish event forms. Set your event title, date, location (or virtual link), and contact email. Publish in minutes. Share the link anywhere: email, social, texts to supporters.
- Configure tickets. Add ticket types with names, prices, descriptions, and quantity limits. You can also set a maximum number of tickets per transaction, which is useful for managing capacity at smaller events.
- Manage your guest list. After tickets are sold, your guest list is waiting for you: names, emails, ticket types, and purchaser info. Download it as a PDF or CSV before your event.
- Track your fundraising. See total contributions and dollars raised for each event right on your Events dashboard. Event contributions also show up in your standard Raise dashboard, so your full fundraising picture is always in one place.
- Duplicate forms. Running a recurring event? Use any past form as a starting point so you’re not rebuilding from scratch each time.
Get started with Simplified Events
If you’re already using Raise, you don’t need to do anything new to get access. Just log into your Raise dashboard and look for Events in your product switcher. This will bring you to your Events landing page, the home base for everything event-related.
From here, you can see all of your active and archived event forms, create new events, and manage existing ones. For a more in-depth walkthrough of Simplified Events, visit our Help Center.
Not a Raise user? It’s free to sign up, easy to use, and built for exactly the kind of campaign you’re running. Create your account and get started today.
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