What does Givora do, exactly?+
Givora is a managed fundraising service for community charities. We run an always-on storytelling engine — short impact videos every week, built from one monthly shoot — plus one campaign each quarter: a hero-prize raffle, a community auction, or a seasonal appeal. Planned, produced, promoted and reported, for you.
Do you take a cut of what we raise?+
No. Givora charges a fixed monthly fee, agreed up front — never a percentage of donations or ticket sales. Your ad budget stays in your name and under your control; we manage it for you.
What is an audience, and how does exclusivity work?+
An audience is the group of people likely to give to your cause, across the area you actually serve — so a suburb food relief charity and a state-wide women's health foundation are different audiences, even in the same city. We take on one charity per cause, per community. If an organisation we already work with is reaching your people for your cause, we decline — and once we're working with you, we decline them. That way our charities never compete for the same donors or the same prize sponsors.
We're state-wide, not local. Does this still work?+
Yes. Exclusivity is based on who gives to you, not on council boundaries. A state-wide or national charity sits in a state-wide or national audience, priced accordingly — a wider audience means a larger campaign, a larger prize pool and a larger ad budget. The one-charity-per-cause rule and the quarterly campaign rhythm work the same way at every scale.
Who handles the licensing and compliance?+
We do. Category 3 licence lodged at kickoff, plus disclosures, draw integrity and record-keeping built into the systems we set up. Your charity stays the registered fundraising operator and beneficiary — we carry the paperwork. Givora provides technology, content and marketing as a service; the fundraising stays yours.
Are raffle tickets tax-deductible for our supporters?+
No — and that's normal. Under ATO rules a raffle ticket buys a chance to win, so the purchaser receives a benefit and the payment isn't a gift. That means it isn't tax-deductible, and this has no effect on your DGR endorsement. Ticket buyers get a purchase receipt; direct and recurring donations still get a gift receipt with your DGR details. Charity raffle ticket sales are generally GST-free. We build the right receipting into the systems we set up.
What does it cost?+
A fixed project fee, agreed up front — never a percentage of what you raise. The grant-funded pilot is indicatively $33,000 for twelve months including audience-building ad spend; the exact scope and quote are set with your organisation before you apply.
How much work is it for our team?+
A few hours a month. You give us one filming day with our crew and approve the content and campaign plans. We handle the production, posting, ads, landing pages, partner coordination and reporting.
We already run a great event each year — do we still need this?+
Keep the event. Most of our charities do, and a well-run gala or raffle night can raise real money in one night. The problem isn't the event — it's that all the effort behind it resets every year: the same cold start, the same volunteer burnout, the same scramble to sell tickets from scratch. Givora doesn't replace your event; it wraps always-on storytelling around it, so the audience you build in the lead-up to this year's night is still warm — and bigger — for next year's.
Can this be grant-funded?+
Yes — that's how it's currently offered. The pilot is packaged as a twelve-month capacity-building project: supporter capture system, storytelling engine, one measured campaign, skills transfer and an impact evaluation, at a fixed project fee. It's written to fit Queensland capacity-building and community-benefit grant criteria. Prizes, the appeal itself and any ongoing retainer sit outside the grant. The charity applies and holds the grant; Givora supplies the quote and project description and doesn't write or lodge applications.
