Rashid for Illinois
Illinois House of Representatives
- Digital ads
- SMS & MMS
A fundraising partnership with State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, running his texting program and paid ads.
Read the case study →SMS & MMS fundraising
SMS and MMS fundraising for campaigns and nonprofits
Texts that turn the news cycle into donations within the hour. We write and design every send, your team approves it in one click, and every dollar comes back to the text that raised it.
Nothing sends until you say so.
Every text lands in your approval portal with the audience, the send time and our pre-flight checks. Approve it in one click from your phone. Try it on the sample below.
MMS · Thursday 6:00 PM · 48,000 recipientsWaiting for your approval
Approvals
- Campaign manager: approved
- You (finance director): waiting
Ready to send
- Link opens the right form
- Refcode set for this send
- Opt-out language included
- Inside quiet hours
This is a working sample. Nothing you click here is sent anywhere.
Every send, reported back.
Each text carries its own refcode, so you see what it raised, how many people gave and how many opted out. The messages that work get repeated; the ones that wear out your list get retired.
| Sent | Message | Raised | Donors | Opt-outs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6:00 PM | $9,412 | 341 | 0.4% | |
| Tue 12:15 PM | $6,180 | 244 | 0.6% | |
| Sat 10:00 AM | $4,970 | 198 | 0.3% | |
| Wed 7:30 PM | $1,215 | 61 | 0.2% |
What's included
- Peer-to-peer texting to reach supporters who haven't opted in yet
- Broadcast SMS and MMS to your opted-in list
- Copy and image creative written for each send
- Your team's approval before anything goes out
- 10DLC and Campaign Verify registration, opt-out handling and quiet hours
- A unique refcode on every send, with results reported per message
How it works
- 1.
Build the list
We grow your opted-in list through digital ads, petitions and your existing supporters.
- 2.
Plan around moments
Deadlines, news and campaign milestones drive the calendar, so texts arrive when supporters are most likely to give.
- 3.
Approve every send
Drafts go to your team for sign-off with the audience, schedule and link shown, and nothing is sent until it's approved.
- 4.
Report per send
Each text's donations, unsubscribes and cost are reported back so we know which messages to repeat.
Why Molitico
Approval built in
Your team reviews and approves every message in our approval portal, not over a chain of emails and screenshots.
Attribution by refcode
Donations are matched to the exact text that produced them, including recurring gifts that follow.
Fed by your ads
Donors from digital ads are added to texting, so new supporters hear from you while they're engaged.
See it in practice.
Guide · 6 min read
SMS and MMS Fundraising for Campaigns and Nonprofits
How campaigns and nonprofits raise money with text messages: consent, 10DLC registration, list building, writing texts that work, approvals and per-send measurement.
Questions we hear often.
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