La Cagnotte des Proches vs Snowball Fundraising

Families, friends, and colleagues in France raising a solidarity cagnotte to support a loved one facing illness, disability, an accident, end-of-life care, or bereavement.

• ✓Tightly focused on solidarity and health-related causes - illness, accidents, end-of-life, and bereavement collections.
• ✓Operated by a French company (SAS, Aix-en-Provence) and certified as a social-utility enterprise (ESUS) in 2024.
• ✓Donations are processed securely by Stripe, with withdrawals paid to the beneficiary by bank transfer.
• ✓Offers fundraiser support beyond hosting - advice and help creating visuals, videos, and media outreach.

Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

• ✓All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
• ✓Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
• ✓Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
• ✓Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.