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“Donations suddenly come to a halt.”
Here a donation repeats every month. Someone who joins in the first week is still giving for the days they walk in the third month, until they choose to stop.
“So many posts asking for money.”
One post can be enough. Everyone who joins gets their own link to pass on, so the walk keeps reaching coworkers, neighbors and people you have never met.
“It feels like modern day begging.”
People sign up to walk, and their donation follows the days they walk. Donations go to an account in the name of the person you raise for, and Steps never holds the money.
Our team has spent years raising money for companies and helping charities keep their donors. When someone you love needs help, the hardest part is keeping people giving after the first week, so Steps turns their walks into a monthly donation.
Walkers hear from Steps once a month, with a short report of the days they walked and what went to the person they walk for. They can text to ask for their score any time.
Everyone who joins gets their own link to pass on. A coworker shares it with her running club, someone in the club shares it with their neighbors, and each person who joins sets up their own monthly donation. That is how a walk reaches people you have never met.
Right after they join, and again at the end of each monthly report, every walker gets their own link for group chats and posts. Each friend who joins through it sets up their own monthly donation. Steps never messages anyone for them.
Each walker's own, with the friends who joined through their link, and the cause's. Both rank days a goal was hit, fair at every pace, and show average daily steps. Walkers appear only if they choose to.
Friends, coworkers, neighbors and people who saw a post walk on their own time, and every day they walk is a donation. Nobody has to keep asking, and a good month is worth sharing.
Examples of walks a campaign could run. We design yours with you.
Yes. Steps runs walks for personal causes too, like medical bills, a service dog or getting back on your feet after an injury. Our team sets up every campaign with the person running it, and donations go through Stripe to an account in their name.
Tax receipts are the nonprofit’s to give, for the amount actually given. Donations to a personal cause go to a person, so they are not tax-deductible.
A supporter sets up a monthly donation, like $30. For every day they hit their daily step goal, $1 goes to your cause. A missed day gives nothing, and they are charged once a month for the days they walked, up to their monthly donation. The more days they walk, the more your cause receives, up to their monthly donation.
Supporters hear from Steps once a month, with a short report of the days they walked and what went to your cause. They can switch to a weekly report, or text to ask for their score any time. There are no daily texts and no reminders to walk.
Yes, one: the Steps app, which counts their steps. The Steps app counts steps on iPhone and Android, with the walker's permission. They install it once when they join, and never need to open it again. Steps talks to supporters in iMessage or WhatsApp, so any phone works, and a late sync still counts before the month is charged.
Nothing, for a nonprofit or a personal cause. When supporters give, they can add an optional tip to Steps, and those tips are how Steps is paid for. Stripe's usual card fees apply to donations, as they would on any donation page.