How it works
Three roles.
One shared goal.
Organizers launch a month, fundraisers each share a calendar, donors claim days, and progress stays visible until the month fills. Every role is clear. Every dollar is visible.
Get StartedEvery role has a defined responsibility.
MonthFund works because the structure is specific. No one is asked to "just spread the word." Everyone has a job.
Set the stage
Create the campaign. Set the goal month. Recruit your fundraiser cohort: the people in your network who will each carry a calendar. Track fill rate across all fundraisers from your dashboard.
Activate your network
You get a personal calendar page with 31 open days. Share it with friends, family, colleagues. Each person who claims a day commits a dollar amount. A full calendar = $496.
Pick a day and give
Browse a fundraiser's calendar. Claim any open day. Donate the matching amount or more. Optionally cover infrastructure fees. No account needed.
Six steps. One repeatable structure.
Clear accountability at every stage. Each step has an owner, an action, and a visible outcome.
Launch a campaign
Pick a month, set your goal, and create a public campaign page your community can understand instantly. No technical setup required.
Recruit your fundraisers
Invite 10, 20, or 50 people from your organization to become fundraisers. Each one receives their own calendar page to manage independently. More fundraisers = more calendars = more raised.
Claim a day and donate
Donors visit a fundraiser's calendar, pick any open day, and give the matching amount. Day 7 = $7. Day 22 = $22. They can give more than the day's value and choose to cover infrastructure fees.
Track progress live
Organizers see fill rates across all fundraiser calendars in real time. Fundraisers see exactly which of their days are claimed. The month becomes a visible shared scoreboard.
Close and repeat
At month end, funds are disbursed via Stripe. Thank your fundraisers and donors. The structure is already set for next month: recruit and launch again.
This month
Step 1 / 6
Days filled
2 / 31
Full month total
$496
Launch a campaign
Pick a month, set your goal, and create a public campaign page your community can understand instantly. No technical setup required.
Recruit your fundraisers
Invite 10, 20, or 50 people from your organization to become fundraisers. Each one receives their own calendar page to manage independently. More fundraisers = more calendars = more raised.
Share your calendar
Each fundraiser gets a personal calendar link they can share via text, email, or social. Their network sees exactly which days are open and what each one costs to claim.
Claim a day and donate
Donors visit a fundraiser's calendar, pick any open day, and give the matching amount. Day 7 = $7. Day 22 = $22. They can give more than the day's value and choose to cover infrastructure fees.
Track progress live
Organizers see fill rates across all fundraiser calendars in real time. Fundraisers see exactly which of their days are claimed. The month becomes a visible shared scoreboard.
Close and repeat
At month end, funds are disbursed via Stripe. Thank your fundraisers and donors. The structure is already set for next month: recruit and launch again.
Campaign calculator
See what one month can do.
Adjust your fundraiser count and expected fill rate to see your campaign potential before you launch.
Fundraisers
25
How many people will carry a calendar?
Avg. fill rate
80%
What % of each calendar do you expect to fill?
Per fundraiser (floor)
$496
Full calendar at face value
At your fill rate
$9,920
80% of $496 × 25
Campaign total
$9,920
Before donor generosity
Every number is defined before you start.
A single fully-filled MonthFund calendar (Day 1 through Day 31) produces $496 per fundraiser. The structure makes the outcome predictable before you recruit a single fundraiser.
Each day is a unique donation slot. Day 1 = $1 through Day 31 = $31.
The guaranteed floor per fundraiser when all 31 days are claimed at face value.
Floor total across 25 fully-filled calendars. Donor generosity increases this further.
Every fundraiser you recruit adds another $496 floor. There is no ceiling on fundraiser count.
$496 is the floor, not the ceiling.
The base calendar provides structure, but successful campaigns scale past the $496 baseline using three built-in multipliers.
Multi-Calendar Stacking
Every participant you recruit adds another $496 floor. Running simultaneous calendars across chapters or teams (e.g., 25 participants = $12,400) is the fastest way to scale.
Sponsor Matches
Secure a 1:1 corporate sponsor match to double the value of every day claimed. A standard $496 calendar instantly becomes a $992 calendar without increasing participant workload.
Donor Generosity
Donors are not capped at the day amount. A donor claiming the 15th can choose to give $30, $45, or any custom amount. The day value is simply the suggested minimum.
Straight answers.
If something about the model is still unclear, it's probably answered here.
A fundraiser is someone your organization recruits to carry a calendar. They share their calendar link with their personal network and get people to claim days. A donor is someone who visits a fundraiser's calendar, picks a day, and makes the corresponding donation. Fundraisers don't donate: they recruit. Donors don't recruit: they claim.
No. Each donor claims one day on one fundraiser's calendar. They give the amount matching that day (Day 7 is $7, Day 22 is $22), but they can always choose to give more. Most campaigns don't expect donors to fund all 31 days; the model distributes that responsibility across the fundraiser's full network.
Whatever is raised is still disbursed. A partially filled calendar still generates real money. A fundraiser who fills 20 of 31 days still raises over $300. The goal is to fill the calendar, but partial results are always valid. Organizers can see fill rates in real time and follow up with fundraisers whose calendars need attention.
Many peer-to-peer setups give each participant a generic donation page with a personal goal and flexible messaging. MonthFund layers a calendar on that idea: every day has a defined value, progress is visible on a shared grid, and the math is transparent before anyone gives. Teams that want clearer asks and obvious mid-month gaps often run it alongside other tools.
Yes. Organization and Enterprise plans support multiple simultaneous campaigns. Each campaign has its own fundraiser cohort, calendar pool, and reporting dashboard. This is designed for orgs running multiple chapters, programs, or giving seasons in parallel.
No. MonthFund is built for any community with a shared goal: schools, faith communities, mutual aid groups, grassroots campaigns, cultural institutions, and more. The model works wherever you have a defined group of people who want to collectively raise money through structured participation.
Catalog and product sales put inventory, logistics, and vendor splits on your volunteers. A calendar fundraiser distributes the work across participants who each fill a visible month of days instead.
Compare calendar fundraisers to other formatsNot necessarily instead: a calendar fundraiser can run alongside events. Galas concentrate effort on one night; a month calendar builds distributed participation over weeks. Many groups use both, and a month can warm up a 5K or walk team before event day.
See how fundraiser formats compareNew to the pick a date fundraiser format?
Read our complete guide to running a digital pick a date to donate campaign.
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