CauseCounter

Challenge-based fundraising, made simple

All the energy of an event. None of the event logistics.

Create a challenge your supporters can join from anywhere. Recruit participants, track progress, and turn every mile, step, workout, or personal goal into meaningful fundraising for your cause.

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Find a challenge worth showing up for.

Join a challenge, track meaningful progress, encourage other participants, or support the cause directly.

Active Evan Henry Foundation

Forest restoration and climate resilience

Race to Reforest

Run, walk, or ride while raising funds to restore forests and build a greener future one mile at a time.

Community progress 358.88 miles
10Participants
$25,550Raised
16Donations

73% of the $35,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Accessible recreation for everyone

Roll for Inclusion

Wheel, ride, skate, or roll your way forward while supporting inclusive recreation and adaptive equipment.

Community progress 287.1 miles
10Participants
$41,000Raised
16Donations

100% of the $20,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Mental health and community well-being

One Million Minutes

Move, stretch, meditate, volunteer, or connect. Every intentional minute helps the community build toward one million.

Community progress 4,307 minutes
10Participants
$35,400Raised
16Donations

100% of the $30,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Parkinson's research and support

Pickleball for Parkinson's

Log pickleball sessions, rally your crew, and serve up support for people and families affected by Parkinson’s.

Community progress 97 sessions
10Participants
$16,380Raised
16Donations

91% of the $18,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Medical research and patient support

Climb for a Cure

Take the stairs and count every flight as a step toward better treatments and stronger patient support.

Community progress 1,077 flights
10Participants
$38,500Raised
16Donations

100% of the $25,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Cleaner parks and waterways

Trash Dash

Grab a bag, clean up a favorite outdoor space, and log each bag of litter your crew collects.

Community progress 146 bags
10Participants
$4,880Raised
16Donations

61% of the $8,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Food security in our community

Steps Against Hunger

Count every step toward a community where neighbors have dependable access to nourishing food.

Community progress 717,660 steps
10Participants
$26,600Raised
16Donations

100% of the $20,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Youth literacy and book access

Read to Lead

Track pages read, swap recommendations, and help put more books into the hands of young readers.

Community progress 3,590 pages
10Participants
$12,960Raised
16Donations

100% of the $12,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Local animal rescue and adoption

Paws on Patrol

Walk with your favorite four-legged sidekick and turn every mile into support for shelter animals waiting for homes.

Community progress 179.48 miles
10Participants
$7,600Raised
16Donations

76% of the $10,000 fundraising goal

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Active Evan Henry Foundation

Autism awareness and family support

Miles for Autism

Log your miles together to raise awareness, celebrate autistic people, and support families throughout the challenge.

Community progress 223.01 miles
11Participants
$6,435Raised
21Donations

43% of the $15,000 fundraising goal

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Why host a challenge?

Raise more without producing a full-scale event.

Traditional events create incredible energy, but they also bring real cost, risk, and complexity. A CauseCounter Challenge gives supporters something meaningful to rally around without requiring you to build an entire event around it.

01

More fundraising. Less overhead.

Skip many of the costs tied to venues, permits, police details, timing, equipment, shirts, food, and staffing.

02

Anyone can participate.

Your supporters can join from across town or across the country instead of being limited by one physical location.

03

Not tied to one day.

Run a challenge for a week, a month, or a season without single-date weather risk and scheduling conflicts.

04

Supporters become fundraisers.

Every participant gets a reason to share your mission with friends, family, and coworkers.

05

Give people a goal.

Walk 50 miles. Complete 20 workouts. Read 10 books. Volunteer 25 hours. A goal makes giving more engaging.

06

Build something repeatable.

Create an annual challenge that becomes easier to run and more recognizable every year.

In-challenge motivation

Give participants a reason to come back tomorrow.

Progress feels better when it is noticed. Milestones, streaks, team goals, and encouragement create small wins throughout the challenge, not only at the finish line.

Milestone unlocked

First 10 miles!

You’re one-third of the way to your April goal.

Keep the momentum going
4-day streak

Consistency is your superpower.

MTWTFSS

Log an activity tomorrow to keep your streak alive.

Team goal

The Awareness Crew

204 of 300 miles96 miles to unlock the team celebration

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Encouragement matters

You made someone’s day.

You’ve given 12 high fives this week. Celebrating others helps the whole challenge stay active.

Community Builder

A simpler model

Stop spending fundraising dollars just to get to the starting line.

Traditional fundraising event

  • –One day and one physical location
  • –Permits, venues, and operational logistics
  • –Upfront expenses before fundraising begins
  • –Weather and attendance risk
  • –Significant volunteer and staffing needs

CauseCounter Challenge

  • ✓Days or weeks of participation
  • ✓Supporters participate anywhere
  • ✓Much lower operational overhead
  • ✓Participants fundraise through their networks
  • ✓Scalable without needing a bigger venue

Why CauseCounter

We have seen what makes events work and what makes them hard.

After seeing thousands of endurance events firsthand, Ryan and Colin learned that smaller events often struggle to overcome the cost and complexity of permits, staffing, timing, equipment, and all the other details required to produce a successful event.

CauseCounter applies that experience to a simpler fundraising model, backed by deep knowledge of endurance events, fundraising, software, customer service, and payment processing.

✓Built by operators. Experience managing high-volume event weekends, not just writing software.

✓Fundraising-first thinking. Help supporters raise more for your mission.

✓Payments matter. Transaction-heavy software experience shapes the platform.

✓Software plus service. Great tools backed by real support.

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