This year, “donate” your birthday in support of survivors by starting a fundraiser on Facebook or Instagram.

Create my facebook fundraiser

Make your next birthday even more meaningful by getting your friends and family involved in our mission to end gender-based violence. Set up a Facebook or Instagram fundraiser for Sanctuary for Families and invite your friends and family to donate in honor of your special day.  Your generosity will make a real difference in creating a safer world for all survivors, one birthday at a time.

Create a Facebook Fundraiser

Start a fundraiser

1. Click here to create your own Facebook fundraiser.
2. Click ‘Select Nonprofit’ and search for Sanctuary for Families. You’ll know it’s us by our logo!
3. Set your goal and tell your friends why you’re supporting Sanctuary or why supporting survivors of abuse is important to you.
4. Start sharing your fundraiser and thanking your friends and family for their support! (We’ll make sure to thank them, as well.)

100% of donations made through Facebook go to the nonprofit organization; which means every dollar goes to our cause.

Create an Instagram Fundraiser

Create an Instagram Nonprofit Fundraiser:

Instagram fundraisers can be attached to video, carousel, and image posts in the feed. You can post your own photos or one of our graphics. The fundraiser will be visible in the post and will be active for 30 days, which can be extended at any time. A link to an active fundraiser will also be added to your profile bio.

1. On your profile, tap the Create icon (“+”) in the top right.
2. Select Fundraiser.
3. Enter Sanctuary for Families (@sffny) and select it from the menu. 
4. Add details in the Fundraiser Details page, tap Add, and tap Share.

Invite others to join an Instagram Group Fundraiser:

1. Once you’ve created your fundraiser, tap Share.
2. Tap Invite Collaborators.
3. Invite the account(s) you would like to join the fundraiser.
4. Once the invitees accept, their usernames show in the fundraiser. The fundraiser is also added to their profile.

Fundraise on Instagram Stories Using a Donation Sticker

1. Open the camera and upload one of our graphics, or your own photo.
2. Tap the sticker icon.
3. Select the Donation sticker from the tray.
4. Search for and select Sanctuary for Families (@sffny).
5. Customize your fundraiser using Stories creative tools.
6. Tap Send To, then tap Share next to Your Story.
7. You can add multiple images or videos to build your fundraising story.

Prefer Twitter to Facebook or Instagram?

1. Add our donation link to your bio. 
2. When you post, drive your followers to the link in your bio

From all of us at Sanctuary, thank you for standing with survivors. 

Sanctuary for Families is dedicated to the safety, healing, and self-determination of victims of domestic violence and related forms of gender violence. Through comprehensive services for our clients and their children, and through outreach, education, and advocacy, we strive to create a world in which freedom from gender violence is a basic human right.

If you have any questions about setting up your Birthday Fundraiser, please contact Luz Bauer at lbauer@sffny.org.

Click here to learn about other ways to donate and support our work.