Every dollar of platform revenue funds Life's Big Adventures

The charity event platform
that beats them all.

Golf depth. Auction depth. Donations, raffles, sponsors, IRS letters, day-of ops, year-over-year reporting. One platform. Flat $500 per event. 100% of proceeds support kids.

No transaction fees from us Live in days, not weeks Your data, your domain
24
Built-in Modules
22
Pre-built Reports
$500
Flat per Event
100%
Proceeds to Charity

Built on the tools you trust

Stripe
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay
PayPal
PayPal balance & Venmo
Resend
Transactional email
Twilio
SMS alerts & 2FA
Golf Genius
Live scoring partner
Azure
Per-event isolated infra
EVERY FEATURE INCLUDED

Six categories. Twenty-four modules. Zero compromises.

Other platforms make you pick golf or fundraising. We do both, deeply, in one product.

Registration & Ticketing

Open the doors. Get teams, sponsors, and guests in fast, paid, and confirmed.

Foursome & Individual Registration

Online team and single-player registration with custom fields, dietary preferences, shirt sizes, and team captain workflows.

Tiered Sponsor Packages

Title, gold, silver, hole, beverage cart, swag bag. Every tier you sell, with logo capture and recognition placements.

Add-On Cart

Mulligans, skins, putting contests, dinner-only tickets. Bundle anything into the registration flow.

Hole Assignments & Tee Sheet

Drag-and-drop hole assignments, shotgun starts, tee times. Pairings handled before the first ball is teed up.

Auctions & Raffles

The fundraising engine. Real proxy bidding, real raffle sales, real time.

Silent Auction with Proxy Bidding

Full proxy engine, anti-snipe time extensions, buy-now pricing, watchlists, photo galleries, mobile-first bidding.

Live Auction Display Board

Full-screen auctioneer mode for in-room live bidding. Show the lot, the leader, and the room reaction.

Raffle & 50/50 Sales

Digital raffle ticket sales, prize catalogs, drawing tools, and real-time pot tracking for 50/50 drawings.

Outbid & Winner SMS / Email

Real-time outbid alerts, winner notifications, payment reminders. Bidders never miss their lot.

Donations & Sponsorships

Give every donor a path to give. One-time, recurring, in-kind, peer-to-peer.

One-Time & Recurring Donations

Cash gifts, monthly recurring, designation to specific funds. The donation form lives anywhere on your site.

In-Kind Donation Tracking

Donated items, services, gift cards. All tracked with donor attribution, FMV, and acknowledgment letters.

Peer-to-Peer Foursome Pages

Each foursome gets its own fundraising page. Teams compete to raise the most. Shareable on social.

Sponsor ROI Dashboard

Sponsors see their logo placements, recognition mentions, and post-event impact. Renewals get easier.

Day-of Operations

Event day is chaos. Your platform should be the calm center.

QR Check-In

Print or text QR codes. Volunteers check players in from a phone. Welcome bags assigned in seconds.

Mobile-First Bidding

Guests bid from the phone in their pocket. No native app to download. Full PWA experience.

Volunteer Coordination

Assign volunteers to roles, send shift reminders, track attendance. Keep the day running smooth.

Live Display Mode

Big-screen leaderboards, top bidders, donation thermometer, sponsor reels. The room sees the energy.

Receipts & Compliance

IRS-ready, automated, audit-friendly. Finance teams love this part.

5 IRS-Compliant Letter Formats

Cash, in-kind, sponsorship, raffle (non-deductible), auction (FMV split). Generated automatically, sent on trigger.

Automated Receipt Delivery

Email plus PDF plus portal download. Every donor gets a tax receipt the moment payment clears.

Admin Action Audit Log

Every refund, impersonation, batch send, and config change is logged. Your finance review is already done.

PCI-Compliant Payments

Tokenized payments through Stripe and PayPal. We never touch a card number. Your nonprofit risk profile stays clean.

Multi-Year Continuity

Your event is annual. Your data should be too.

Year-Over-Year Reporting

Compare this year to last. See returning donors, repeat sponsors, growth in average gift, retention curves.

Returning Donor Recognition

Lifetime giving totals, recognition tiers, named giving levels. Donors see they are remembered.

Annual Data Import

Have years of Excel records from past events? Upload, preview, validate, import. Bring history forward.

Clean Annual Reset

New event year, fresh dashboard, history preserved. No tangled data, no manual purge.

HOW WE STACK UP

No platform does what we do.

We studied EventCaddy, GolfStatus, BirdEase, GiveSmart, and Givebutter. Here is the honest comparison.

CapabilityEventsForGoodEventCaddyGolfStatusBirdEaseGiveSmartGivebutter
Tee sheet & pairings
Silent + live auction
Raffle & 50/50
Recurring donations
Peer-to-peer foursomes
Sponsor ROI dashboard
IRS letters (5 formats)
Year-over-year reporting
Stripe + PayPal + Apple Pay
Flat, transparent pricing
Per-event isolated database
REST API + webhooks
100% proceeds to charity
Full support Partial / unclear Not offered
22 BUILT-IN REPORTS

Stop running spreadsheets. Start reading dashboards.

We audited every Python script we wrote for our own events. Then we turned each one into a real, productized report. Twenty-two of them, all included.

Lifetime Participant Summary
Across-event view of every donor, sponsor, and player.
Annual Event Summary
Revenue, attendance, top performers, board-ready.
Year-Over-Year Comparison
Growth, retention, returning donor curves.
Data Audit Trail
Every record change, who and when.
Bulk Correction Workflow
Fix imported records in batches, with preview.
Batch Letter Campaign
501(c)(3) letters in 5 formats, sent on trigger.
Donor Recognition List
Named giving levels for printed program book.
Sponsor Recognition List
Logo placements, recognition tiers, ROI roll-up.
Email & SMS Campaign Report
Open, click, delivery tracking by segment.
Refund & Correction Log
Audit-ready ledger of every adjustment.
Data Reconciliation Report
Cross-source totals match? Find drift fast.
Contact Deduplication
Fuzzy-match duplicate donors, merge with confidence.
Email Validation Queue
Bounces, typos, missing addresses surfaced.
Annual Data Import Pipeline
Upload Excel, preview, validate, import.
Database Health Audit
Schema drift, orphans, structural integrity.
Mass Email Campaign Builder
Schedule, preview, A/B, deliverability tracking.
Realtime Account Aggregation
Sub-second dashboards via change-feed processor.
Migration & Schema History
Every structural change tracked over time.

Plus full CSV exports, custom date ranges, and segment filters across every report.

SIMPLE PRICING

One price. Every feature.

No transaction fees from us. No monthly subscription. No tiers. No surprise.

Best Value
EventsForGood
$500
per event

Flat fee, all features, all year. No transaction surcharges from us.

All registration, auction, raffle, donations, sponsor modules
Stripe + PayPal + Apple Pay + Google Pay
Email + SMS notifications (Resend + Twilio)
IRS-compliant tax receipts (5 formats)
Unlimited bidders, donors, and sponsors
Custom branding (logo, colors, hero)
QR check-in & day-of operations
22 built-in reports + CSV exports
Year-over-year data continuity
Per-event isolated Cosmos database
Backup & disaster recovery (7-day point-in-time)
White-glove setup support for first event
Reserve Your Event
What others charge
For comparison
EventCaddy~2.9% + $0.35 / txn
Fees passed to registrants
GolfStatusTransaction fees
Passable to golfers ~90% of the time
BirdEase$299 / $498
Closest to our model
GiveSmartDemo-gated
Enterprise sales required
Givebutter$0 / $29 mo
Donor tips fund free tier
Most platforms either bury fees in transactions, gate behind enterprise sales, or fund a free tier through donor tips. We just charge $500.

Up and running in days

We configure the platform to match your event. You focus on your cause.

01

Configure Your Event

Tell us your event name, date, venue, and goals. We configure registration, sponsorship tiers, auction items, and raffle, tailored to your event.

02

Go Live

Registration opens, the auction launches, and the raffle activates. Participants register, sponsors sign up, bidders compete in real time.

03

Celebrate & Give

Collect payments, auto-generate IRS acknowledgment letters, and direct every dollar of proceeds to your cause, with full reporting to show for it.

See it running live

EventsForGood powers the LBA Golf Classic, a real charity event. Explore the platform below.

golf.lifesbigadventures.org/auction
❤️ Silent Auction
Life's Big Adventures Golf Classic, browse real auction items powered by EventsForGood
Browse Live Auction

Questions, answered.

If something is missing, email Stan directly.

Golf is the depth case, but the platform runs any charity event with registration, auctions, raffles, sponsors, and donations. Galas, walkathons, banquets, hybrid events all work. Golf-specific modules (tee sheet, hole sponsorships, scoring) turn on per event.
The why behind EventsForGood

Every event.
Every dollar.
For kids.

EventsForGood is a sister organization of Life's Big Adventures, a nonprofit dedicated to giving children and teens celebrating medical milestones the adventure experiences they deserve.

Every dollar generated through EventsForGood platform licensing and hosted events goes directly to support Life's Big Adventures, dollar for dollar, no exceptions.

So when you run your event on EventsForGood, you are not just helping your cause. You are helping ours too.

Life's Big Adventures
Swing BIG for inspiring kids
Kids celebrating medical milestones
Life-changing adventure experiences
Powered by your event revenue
Every dollar tracked and reported
EventsForGood proceeds
100%
goes to Life's Big Adventures

Ready to run your best event yet?

We will set up your event, configure the platform, and support you every step of the way.

stan@lifesbigadventures.org