CommitChange

What CommitChange does

CommitChange, founded in 2012 in Olympia, Washington by Jay Bolton and Roderick Campbell, is an all-in-one fundraising platform serving more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. Following its November 2022 acquisition by Minneapolis-based Software for Good (a general benefit company), the company operates as CommitChange, LLC under parent ownership led by CEO Casey Helbling. The platform provides an integrated suite covering donation processing, peer-to-peer campaign management, professional event ticketing, donor/supporter CRM, and analytics, with all five modules sharing a common donor database and transactional layer.

Name

CommitChange

Legal name

CommitChange, LLC

Website

https://commitchange.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CommitChange is an all-in-one fundraising platform serving 1,000+ nonprofits with donation processing, campaigns, event ticketing, and donor CRM, powered by the open-source Houdini Project under a flat 5% + $0.30 transaction fee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fee (Platform Fee): 5% + $0.30 per successful online transaction, automatically deducted from donations before they reach organization's account. No monthly fees, no setup fees, no long-term contracts. This is the primary revenue stream.
2. International Transaction Surcharge: 1% processing surcharge added for international card transactions from card networks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CommitChange is an all-in-one, hosted fundraising SaaS platform that enables nonprofit organizations to accept one-time and recurring donations, launch crowdfunding campaigns, sell event tickets, manage donors and memberships, and view analytics from a single integrated dashboard. Pricing is purely transactional at 5% plus $0.30 per successful donation with no monthly fees or contracts, and the platform is built on the open-source Houdini Project codebase with Stripe handling payment processing.

Product overview

CommitChange is an all-in-one fundraising platform designed for nonprofits and social ventures. The product portfolio consists of five integrated core modules—Donation Processing, Fundraising Campaigns, Professional Events & Ticketing, Donor Management, and Dashboard & Reports—all accessible within a single unified platform. These modules share a common donor/supporter database and transactional layer, allowing donor information and giving history to flow across donation processing, campaign management, and event operations. The platform is powered by the open-source Houdini Project codebase, and CommitChange operates as a hosted, supported instance offering custom development services, platform setup, and codebase contributions. Pricing is transactional (5% + $0.30 per transaction) with no monthly fees, no contracts, and all features included.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Houdini Project: Open-source fundraising infrastructure project that powers CommitChange. Makes the fundraising platform freely available to everyone under AGPL software license.

Products and services

• Donation Processing Online donation processing module that handles payment processing securely via Stripe, accepting one-time and recurring donations. Includes mobile-friendly donate button and form embedding, fee coverage options, and a transactions dashboard for tracking donations by date, donor, or campaign. Designed for nonprofit organizations.
• Fundraising Campaigns Crowdfunding campaign builder that enables nonprofit organizations to launch campaigns with custom goals, timelines, branding, giving levels, and rewards. Supports social sharing and peer-to-peer fundraising where supporters create their own campaigns on behalf of the organization.
• Professional Events & Ticketing Complete ticketing platform built for nonprofits to sell tickets, collect donations, and manage attendees in one place. Features branded event pages, tiered pricing, early bird discounts, group rates, attendee tracking with real-time dashboard, and integrated fundraising with donation add-ons at checkout. Supports galas, auctions, and peer-to-peer campaigns.
• Donor Management Donor/supporter CRM providing a searchable database, tracking giving history and engagement across campaigns and events for nonprofit organizations. Includes custom tags and notes, personalized thank-you emails and custom receipts, recurring donor retention tools, and reporting with donor segmentation.
• Dashboard & Reports Analytics and reporting module with a real-time dashboard for tracking fundraising performance, total donations, recurring revenue, and donor activity for nonprofit organizations. Includes Metabase reporting insights included free across all plans, donor and transaction reports with export capability, and campaign performance tracking.
• Houdini Project Open-source fundraising infrastructure (AGPL licensed) that powers the CommitChange platform. Available freely for any organization to use, modify, and redistribute, with CommitChange operating as a hosted, supported instance offering technical support, education, and custom development services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations increase online giving by 75-180% following implementation of best practices
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Houdini ProjectcoreTechnology or IntegrationCommitChange is an instance of the Houdini Project open-source platform. The Houdini Project makes powerful fundraising infrastructure freely available to everyone under AGPL license. CommitChange provides technical support, education, and feature development in exchange for the transaction-based platform fee. The project was founded by Eric Schultz to share the platform's abundance.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe handles payment processing services for all transactions on the CommitChange platform, subject to Stripe Connected Account Agreement. Donors can give using any major credit or debit card. Stripe is PCI compliant for secure transaction handling.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Funraise: Funraise is a nonprofit fundraising platform with donation processing, event management, peer-to-peer campaigns, and CRM—directly comparable in product scope and target customer to CommitChange.
• Givebutter: Givebutter is a leading all-in-one nonprofit fundraising platform offering donation forms, events, peer-to-peer campaigns, and donor management with a similar transaction-based pricing model. It is one of CommitChange's closest direct competitors in the SMB nonprofit segment.
• Donorbox: Donorbox provides nonprofit donation forms, recurring giving, and event ticketing integrated with payment processing. It serves a comparable SMB nonprofit customer base with similar transaction fee economics.
• Bloomerang: Bloomerang is a donor management and fundraising CRM targeted at small and mid-sized nonprofits. Its donor retention focus and nonprofit-only positioning make it a direct peer for CommitChange's customer base.
• DonorPerfect: DonorPerfect offers donor management, online donations, and fundraising tools primarily for small to mid-sized nonprofits. Its product scope and target segment closely overlap with CommitChange's all-in-one offering.
• RaiseDonors: RaiseDonors provides nonprofit donation forms, event management, and donor CRM with transaction-based pricing targeted at small and mid-sized nonprofits—a closely comparable offering to CommitChange's.

Broad incumbents

• Classy (by GoFundMe Pro): Classy, now branded GoFundMe Pro, is a larger and more established nonprofit fundraising platform with donation processing, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and CRM. It targets mid-market and larger nonprofits and competes head-to-head with CommitChange in the broader category.
• Bonterra: Bonterra (formed from the combination of Network for Good, Salsa, and other nonprofit software providers) offers a suite of fundraising, CRM, and case management tools for nonprofits. It competes as a broader incumbent portfolio in the same category.

Emerging players

• Keela: Keela is a smaller nonprofit CRM and fundraising platform combining donor management, email marketing, and donation processing. It targets the same SMB nonprofit segment with partial feature overlap to CommitChange.

Others

• Stripe: Stripe is CommitChange's exclusive payment processing infrastructure partner via the Stripe Connected Account model. While not a direct competitor, Stripe's broader platform investments and adjacent nonprofit products (e.g., Stripe Tax, Stripe Treasury) shape the ecosystem in which CommitChange operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commitchange
• Xx.com/CommitChange
• Facebookfacebook.com/CommitChange

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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