GivebearAdd-ons reference
Every add-on you can turn on for your organization, what it unlocks, and where to manage it.
Add-ons are free capabilities included in every plan. You switch them on per organization to unlock a dashboard tab, a set of presets, or a donor-facing surface. Your enabled set keeps the dashboard focused on the work you actually do, and turning one on never changes your pricing.
You manage add-ons in the dashboard under Settings, on the Add-ons tab. The page groups add-ons by capability: each tool leads with its own card, and related preset packs sit nested beneath it.
Where to find add-ons
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Settings area, Add-ons tab |
| Cost | Free, included in every plan |
| Who can change them | Owners and admins (anyone with the "Manage features" permission) |
| Who can view them | Any member can see what is enabled |
| When they are set | A starter set is chosen during onboarding, based on your organization type |
Add-ons that staff can still view but not change appear without working toggles. To grant the "Manage features" permission to a custom role, see Settings, roles, and billing.
The starter set from onboarding is a shortcut, not a permanent label. Change your add-ons anytime: a mosque can add a volunteer program, and a general nonprofit can add a community calendar. See Getting started.
Community Calendar
The Community Calendar is a flexible embeddable calendar for services, classes, holidays, events, and community programs. It works for any tradition.
| Add-on | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Community Calendar | A Calendar tab in the dashboard, plus a public calendar feed for the calendar widget. |
Faith calendar packs
Faith calendar packs layer tradition-specific presets onto the Community Calendar. Each pack requires the Community Calendar: turning a pack on also turns the Community Calendar on, and turning the Community Calendar off turns its packs off. The dashboard surfaces your own tradition and keeps the rest behind a "packs for other traditions" section.
| Pack | Tradition | Presets it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Church Services | Christianity | Sunday Worship and Bible Study, with locations and livestream links |
| Synagogue Calendar | Judaism | Shabbat, holiday, class, and yahrzeit entries |
| Hindu Temple Events | Hinduism | Puja, festival, seva, and community meal entries |
| Gurdwara Calendar | Sikhism | Langar, kirtan, Gurpurab, and akhand path entries |
| Buddhist Temple Events | Buddhism | Meditation, dhamma talk, Vesak, and retreat entries |
All packs feed the same public calendar. Manage entries from the Calendar tab and publish them through widgets.
Islam has no calendar pack: prayer times are their own add-on (below), and Ramadan giving lives under Fundraising projects.
Fundraising projects
Fundraising projects are always available, so there is no toggle for the surface itself. These packs add seasonal, pre-filled project templates to the new project page so you can launch a drive faster.
| Pack | Tradition | Templates it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Ramadan Campaigns | Islam | Zakat and Iftar giving projects |
| Church Tithes | Christianity | A recurring-friendly Tithes and Offerings project |
| Jewish Holiday Giving | Judaism | High Holiday and Yizkor giving projects |
Launch a drive from the new project page, then run it like any fundraising project.
Prayer Times
| Add-on | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Muslim Prayer Times | Prayer times, Prayer schedule, Jumuah times, and Website widget links under Add-ons in the sidebar, where you set your location and calculation method, adhan adjustments and iqamah times, Jumu'ah shifts, and the display format, plus the public feed for the prayer-times widget. It can also appear as a section on your public donation page. |
Volunteer Program
| Add-on | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Volunteer Program | A Volunteers tab for signups, shifts, and hours tracking, plus shift signups on event pages. |
The Volunteer Program pairs with your contacts and outreach tools.
Membership Program
| Add-on | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Membership Program | A Membership tab with tiers, recurring dues, member cards, and check-in, a public membership signup page, and membership mode on kiosks. |
Membership dues use Givebear's standard payment fees: see Donations and finance. For kiosk membership check-in, see Kiosks and devices.
How toggling works
You switch each add-on on or off from its card on the Add-ons tab. A change takes effect right away: the matching dashboard tab, calendar presets, or donor-facing surface appears or disappears.
- Enabling an add-on reveals its dashboard tab and a Manage link to set it up.
- Disabling an add-on hides its tab and surface, but your data stays in place.
- Faith calendar packs depend on the Community Calendar. Enabling a pack turns the Community Calendar on; disabling the Community Calendar turns its packs off.
- The fundraising template packs (Ramadan, Tithes, Jewish Holiday Giving) add project templates. Launch a drive from the new project page.