# How do I set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 23, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325 "2026-05-23T04:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/1 "2026-05-23T04:13:34Z")
Here are the starting instructions I found when I searched for [How do I set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook?](https://www.facebook.com/help/1910205189301966) 1. > 1. On your computer, login to **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/)**. > 2. In the promotion in your Feed, either: > - Select one of the nonprofits we’ve suggested > > - Type into the search bar to find a nonprofit > > 3. Select the nonprofit you want to raise money for. OK, I logged onto Facebook (Step 1). Now what? What is ‘In the promotion in your Feed’? I did a crtl+F on ‘promo’, and didn’t find anything. So there were no ‘suggestions’, nor a search box. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/2 "2026-05-23T09:49:34Z")
I don’t have time to try this right now, but [https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1312885435806356/](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1312885435806356/) looks more useful. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/3 "2026-05-23T13:46:16Z")
Thank you. That was indeed a better link. > 1. From your Feed, click 🔍 **Search Facebook** in the left menu, type “fundraisers”, click ❤ **Fundraisers**. is what I needed to see. The instructions I found did not say where ‘in the promotion in your Feed’ is. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/4 "2026-05-23T15:57:16Z")
I’m glad it was useful. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/5 "2026-05-24T01:27:22Z")
Whenever I’ve had a birthday coming up, Facebook asks me if I want to set up a fundraiser in my main feed. That is probably what those instructions assumed was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/6 "2026-05-27T20:45:00Z")
I usually just make a post and tag it @highlight and put my venmo link in there. I sometimes have 3-5 birthdays a year! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/7 "2026-06-06T01:51:00Z")
It turns out that I didn’t have to go out and create it. Something appeared in my feed just now to set up birthday donations, and I just chose the charity. (I chose Cats of San Bernardino, who do amazing work, with a goal of $200. I raised $101 for them last year.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325/8 "2026-06-13T04:35:15Z")
I tried to post a fundraiser from my other FB account, but I can’t see how to do it. ☹