How Village Works

Village helps people tell their story on video, send the ask from their own phone, and personally thank the people who show up.

No random-number text.
No donor app to download.
No pretending the platform is the relationship.

The people you ask never need to download Village.

Four things.

Ask. Give. Thank. Show.

Village helps people tell their story on video, send the ask from their own phone, and personally thank the people who show up.

No random-number text.
No donor app to download.
No pretending the platform is the relationship.


The people you ask never need to download Village.

Village app campaign setup screen
Village app screen: Record a personal video for each donor, then share it by text
Ask
Tell the story.

Record one video for everyone.

Make another for a group.

Or record one just for one person.

Village supports all three levels of personalization.

Then send the ask yourself, from your own phone.

Give
Make helping easy.

They tap.

They watch.

They give.

No Village account.

No app to install.

Donors use the mobile campaign experience in their browser.

Thank
They gave.
Thank them.

Village lets you know who helped and prompts the next thing good fundraisers already know they should do:

Say thank you.
Personally.

Show
Let them see what happened.

The tournament happened.

The trip was taken.

The project got finished.

The mission moved forward.

The people who helped should get to see that too.

There's a person on both sides of the ask.

Respect the person you're asking.

Tell them who's asking. Tell them why it matters. Don't make them wonder whether the text is real. Don't make them install something just to help.

If you're asking, participate.

We want technology to remove the wasted work around fundraising. Not the human part.

They gave. Thank them.

And if they give: Follow up.

Show them what happened.

Village is designed to continue the relationship after the initial gift.

The family manages it all in one place.

The Family Hub

One account across every child, team, and school. Parents manage all their fundraising in a single place—no more juggling logins or losing track of campaigns.

Village family hub feature
Village app Family Hub with participants and helpers
Privacy and safety icon
Admin oversight icon
When young people are involved
The parent holds the phone.

The young person can tell the story. The adult owns the account. The adult chooses who receives the message. The adult sends it.

See Our Approach to Youth Safety →

Make the ask feel like one.

Village app ready to use