Implementing a fundraising appeal
In the first section of this chapter, we provide an overview of how to create a fundraising plan and how CiviCRM plays a role in developing and executing the plan. If your interest is focused on learning more about how to administer and operate CiviCRM in fundraising activities, feel free to skip the opening section. If you are looking to quickly begin accepting online contributions, start with the section on choosing a payment processor. Getting your payment processor account created and approved may take days or weeks while the rest of the configuration is a matter of minutes or hours. If you're using CiviCRM for offline fundraising only, you will not need a payment processor but will still need to configure CiviCRM for fundraising as discussed in the next section.