Fundraising Event Software for Nonprofits

Fundraising Event Software Built Around the Relationships That Fund It

Dream Pilot helps nonprofits build the sponsorship packet, event page, outreach plan, sponsor pipeline, guest list, table seating, and relationship map for a fundraising event, before everything gets lost in Canva, spreadsheets, emails, and board-meeting notes. It collects sponsorship payments natively through Stripe Connect, and works alongside your donation, auction, ticketing, and CRM tools for everything else.

Build Your Event
Free to start, no credit card. Stay free with a small platform fee on sponsorships, or pay a plan to remove it.

One event record, the whole event

Most nonprofit event tools focus on one slice: a donation page, a mobile-bidding app, a ticketing link. The work that actually decides whether a gala succeeds happens before the room fills, and it lives in a dozen disconnected places.

Dream Pilot puts it in one place. You enter the event once, and it drives every asset and workflow:

Where Dream Pilot fits (and where it doesn't)

Dream Pilot collects payments directly through Stripe Connect. Sponsorship commitments are paid natively, and because it runs on Stripe Connect the same checkout can take gifts at the event, so a nonprofit without a separate donation platform can still get paid. What it doesn't try to be is your full donor CRM or a live-auction engine. Use it as the event-preparation, payments, and relationship layer, and connect the donation, auction, ticketing, or CRM tools you already use for the rest.

And for the live giving moment at the event itself, our companion product Wheel of Generosity turns the appeal into something the whole room takes part in, in person, virtual, or hybrid.

Buyer needUsual toolDream Pilot's role
Donation processingGivebutter, Donorbox, ClassyBuilt in via Stripe Connect, or use yours
Auctions / mobile biddingOneCause, Handbid, Greater GivingWorks alongside it
Ticketing & RSVPEventbrite, FunraiseNative RSVP & guest registration
DesignCanvaGenerates event-specific assets for you
Donor CRMBloomerang, DonorPerfect, Neon OneFeeds it cleaner relationship data
Sponsor trackingSpreadsheetsCentralized sponsor pipeline
Board outreachEmail / text chaosAssigned contacts + ready language

Explore the platform

Each piece works on its own, and they compound when used together.

Sponsorship Packet Generator
Levels, benefits, commitment form, and a shareable PDF in minutes.
Board & Champion Outreach
Give each board member who to contact and what to say.
Sponsor Pipeline
Prospects, commitments, tables, and follow-up in one view.
Guest RSVP & Seating
Sponsors invite guests, guests RSVP, tables fill.
Relationship Mapping
See who brought whom and where the giving started.
Compare the Category
An honest breakdown of which tool does what.

Frequently asked questions

What is fundraising event software?
Fundraising event software helps nonprofits plan and run revenue-generating events such as galas, dinners, and auctions. Some tools focus on payments or mobile bidding; Dream Pilot focuses on the preparation layer, the sponsorship packet, board outreach, sponsor pipeline, guest flow, seating, and relationship mapping, and works alongside your payment and CRM tools.
Does Dream Pilot replace Givebutter, OneCause, or my CRM?
Partly. Dream Pilot collects sponsorship payments natively through Stripe Connect, so if you don't already have a donation platform you can get paid without adding one. It is not a full donor CRM or a live-auction engine, so it's built to work alongside those, keep the donor database and auction tools you rely on, and let Dream Pilot build the event, take sponsorship payments, mobilize your board, and map the relationships.
Is there a free version, and do I have to subscribe?
Dream Pilot is free to start, create an event, generate a sponsorship packet and event page, and collect RSVPs, with no credit card. After a 30-day full-access trial you have two ways to continue: keep using Dream Pilot with no subscription by accepting a small platform fee (around 2%) on the sponsorships you collect, or choose a paid plan that removes the fee and unlocks cross-event tools. You are never forced into a subscription to keep using it.
What kinds of events is it built for?
Nonprofit fundraising events: galas, fundraising dinners, banquets, auctions, golf outings, and similar relationship-driven events where sponsors and table hosts matter.

Build your event in an afternoon

Generate your sponsorship packet, event page, and outreach plan from one event record.

Build Your Event