Force4Good Fundraising

What Force4Good Fundraising does

Force4Good is a Boulder, Colorado-based SaaS platform, founded in 2019, that connects restaurants and retailers with nonprofits, schools, and community organizations to run, track, and measure community giving programs including fundraisers, donation requests, sponsorships, and school certificates. The platform is purpose-built for restaurant community giving, with automated POS, digital ordering, and catering integrations; a CRM for tracking nonprofit relationships and giving history at the unit level; tax-compliance automation (W-9 collection, donor acknowledgement letters) covering the US and Canada; white-label portals for Enterprise customers; and marketing automation producing flyers, emails, social content, and QR-enabled materials in English and Spanish. Its core technology stack includes automated scheduling, geo-targeted newsletters to 45,000+ nonprofit organizers, and APIs for restaurant data sync.

The business model is a tiered SaaS subscription: nonprofits always access the platform free (creating the demand-side network effect), while restaurants and retailers pay $29/month per location for the Pro tier (end-to-end fundraiser management and automated marketing) or $49/month per location for the Enterprise tier (white-label portal, CRM, donation and sponsorship management, dedicated account manager, and full API access). The company discloses that 88% of brands with 5+ locations choose Enterprise. Non-paying inputs include a public charity subsidiary, Force4Giving (established 2023/2024), and the Restaurant Marketing Roundtable community for cause marketers.

The go-to-market motion combines enterprise field sales (live 1:1 demos, 14-day Pro launch and 2-4 week Enterprise launch) with self-serve onboarding for Pro tier and free franchisee-direct access enabling bottom-up adoption inside franchise systems. The customer base spans 9,500+ retailer locations and 45,000+ nonprofits, with named enterprise customers including Chipotle, MOD Pizza, QDOBA, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Applebee's, Arby's, El Pollo Loco, Red Robin, Jersey Mike's, KFC, Sonic, IHOP, Rubio's Coastal Grill, Donatos, Dave's Hot Chicken, The Habit Burger Grill, Mendocino Farms, and Local Kitchens. Force4Good is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding rounds, operates with 11 employees, and is led by CEO and co-founder Steven Cook alongside CTO Raphael La Puma.

Name

Force4Good Fundraising

Legal name

Force4Good

Website

https://force4good.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Force4Good is a SaaS platform that helps restaurant and retail chains run, track, and measure community giving programs such as fundraisers, donations, sponsorships, and school certificates. It serves 9,500+ retailer locations and 45,000+ nonprofits across the US and Canada via tiered subscriptions and a free nonprofit side.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Fundraising Software

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC), Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

Keywords

• Community fundraising software
• Restaurant give-back programs
• Nonprofit donation platforms
• Cause marketing solutions
• Corporate social responsibility tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Restaurant/Retailer Subscriptions: Force4Good charges restaurant and retail partners a monthly subscription fee per participating location. The platform pays for itself after just one fundraiser per year. 88% of brands with 5+ locations choose Enterprise tier.
2. Free Non-profit Access: Nonprofits access the platform for free to find locations, schedule fundraisers, request donations and sponsorships. This creates the network effect for restaurant partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Force4Good Fundraising operates a SaaS platform that connects restaurants and retailers with nonprofits, schools, and sports teams to run community fundraisers, donations, and sponsorship programs. The platform automates and tracks fundraising events, donation management, marketing campaigns, and tax compliance across single and multi-location businesses. It functions as an all-in-one community giving, marketing automation, and CRM tool for paying merchant subscribers while providing a free directory and event-hosting portal for nonprofit organizers.

Product overview

Force4Good is a SaaS platform for community fundraising that connects restaurants and retailers with nonprofits, schools, and community organizations. The core Force4Good Platform serves as the unified system for managing fundraisers, donations, sponsorships, and school certificates. The platform operates on a tiered model: the always-free Nonprofit Free Tier for organizers, a $29/month Pro Tier for standard fundraiser management with automated marketing, and a $49/month Enterprise Tier adding white-label customization, CRM capabilities, donation management, and API access. The ecosystem also includes Force4Giving (public charity subsidiary launched 2024), the Restaurant Marketing Roundtable (educational community), and key product modules like 3-Click Fundraisers, Marketing Automation Suite, Donation & Sponsorship Management, and CRM Tracking & Reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Force4Good Pro Plan

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% reduction in administration work for running fundraisers
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Force4GivingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Public charity established by Force4Good in 2024 to activate and equip restaurants in running effortless community fundraisers. Donated $1MM+ back to nonprofits. Hosts Community Marketing Consortium for cause marketers.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OneCause: Peer-to-peer and event fundraising platform for nonprofits and schools - competes for the same school/PTA/sports fundraiser organizer segment Force4Good targets with its nonprofit free tier.
• Funraise: Nonprofit fundraising platform offering donation forms, event management and CRM - operates a similar two-sided model for nonprofits and corporate partners as Force4Good's restaurant-nonprofit marketplace.
• Network for Good (Bonterra): Fundraising and donor management software for nonprofits and CSR/grantmaking workflows - directly comparable purpose-built giving platform now part of Bonterra's social good suite.
• Givebutter: Modern online fundraising and CRM platform serving nonprofits with donation forms, events and donor management - directly comparable to Force4Good's nonprofit-facing functionality and community giving tooling.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomerang: Donor management and fundraising CRM for nonprofits - comparable relationship management and giving workflow features used by many of the same nonprofit organizer personas Force4Good serves.
• Classy (GoFundMe): Established nonprofit fundraising and donor management platform acquired by GoFundMe - broader incumbent with overlapping donation, event and CRM capabilities targeting similar nonprofit customers.
• Bonterra (CyberGrants): Enterprise CSR and corporate giving platform (including CyberGrants) - comparable to Force4Good's enterprise tier serving corporate foundations, donation/sponsorship workflows and grantmaking intermediaries.

Emerging players

• RallyUp: Online fundraising and event platform with auctions, ticketing and donation pages - competes with Force4Good's nonprofit free tier for school and community fundraiser organizers.
• Double the Donation: Corporate matching-gift and volunteer grant platform adjacent to Force4Good's donation/sponsorship management - increasingly bundled into giving platforms and a likely overlap as Force4Good expands into broader community giving.
• Thanx: Restaurant loyalty and guest engagement platform serving many of the same QSR brands (Chipotle-adjacent) - adjacent peer demonstrating how restaurant tech vendors may expand into community giving functionality.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/force_4_good
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/force4good-fundraising
• Instagraminstagram.com/force4goodfundraising

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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