Givebacks

Givebacks

Platform enabling donations, recurring giving, fundraising

Overview

Givebacks helps charities and socially conscious consumers raise money by providing a platform that blends donation tools and passive funding. Its main product is the Givebacks app, which lets individuals donate one-time or set up recurring giving, track their impact, and discover new causes. A key feature is passive fundraising: users automatically donate a percentage of eligible purchases from 25,000+ partner stores and restaurants to their chosen causes. The platform also offers flexible pricing on traditional fundraising tools and low fees, supported by brand partnerships in its Shop to Give program. Givebacks differentiates itself with a US-based support team and a comprehensive resource center, aiming to save time and reduce manual work for donors and nonprofits. The goal is to maximize donations and make fundraising more efficient by combining multiple methods and providing robust support for users.

About Givebacks

Simplify's Rating
Why Givebacks is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Enterprise Software

Social Impact

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$9M

Headquarters

Raleigh, North Carolina

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Apptegy partnership gives Givebacks immediate access to 5,250 districts and faster deployments.
  • Neola and ClassLink integrations strengthen compliance and identity infrastructure for enterprise school sales.
  • Givebacks Rewards and 25,000-store passive giving deepen consumer retention and recurring transaction volume.

What critics are saying

  • Apptegy can disintermediate Givebacks by controlling district mobile-app distribution in 2026.
  • Competitors like ClassLink and TrackYourFunds already occupy adjacent school-software rails.
  • Givebacks still relies on school and PTA fundraising; district budget freezes crush adoption.

What makes Givebacks unique

  • Givebacks fuses K-12 payments, fundraising, ticketing, and compliance into one workflow.
  • Apptegy integrated Givebacks into 5,250 district-branded apps on February 12, 2026.
  • Givebacks claims 46 state PTA partnerships and 50 million engaged parents.

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Funding

Total Funding

$9M

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Industry Average

Funded Over

5 Rounds

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Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-1%
Associated Press
Feb 24th, 2026
Hendry County becomes first Florida district to launch unified compliance system connecting policy to practice

Hendry County Schools has partnered with Neola and Givebacks to launch Florida's first comprehensive compliance technology system, replacing disconnected policies and procedures with a unified platform. The partnership implements the "Compliance Continuum", consolidating school board policies, operational procedures and daily workflows into one ecosystem. The system provides legally vetted, Florida-specific policies from Neola alongside operational tools from Givebacks, enabling real-time compliance support across district operations. Superintendent Michael Swindle said the unified approach strengthens accountability and transparency whilst reducing ambiguity for school leaders and staff. Neola currently serves 36 of Florida's 67 county school districts. The partnership aims to transform district governance from reactive compliance to proactive leadership through integrated policy-to-practice technology.

Business Wire
Feb 12th, 2026
Apptegy partners with Givebacks to integrate K-12 payments into district-branded mobile apps

Apptegy, a K-12 communications platform serving over 5,250 school districts, has partnered with Givebacks to integrate payment, ticketing and fundraising capabilities into district-branded mobile apps and websites. The collaboration addresses the challenge of managing communications and payments across disconnected systems. The partnership enables families to access payments, tickets and fundraising through a single district-branded app, whilst providing schools with real-time financial reporting dashboards and automated fee collection. Districts can deploy the payment functionality within 24 hours at no additional platform cost, with transaction-based pricing only. The integration creates what the companies call the first purpose-built K-12 platform where communication and payments coexist. Apptegy CEO Bob Butler said the partnership simplifies both payments and communication for staff and families, allowing districts to facilitate various transactions through their existing communication platform.

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