Buffalo Toronto Public Media · Community Fundraising
Host a night out, rally your people, and turn one evening into a year of trusted news, classical music, and children’s programming across Western New York and Southern Ontario.
Neighbors, bartenders, and choirs on both sides of the border are already fundraising.
Join supporters keeping public media free.
Why it matters
Buffalo Toronto Public Media runs WNED PBS, WBFO NPR, and Classical WNED — free over the air, on both sides of the Niagara. No subscription, no paywall, no exceptions.
That only works because neighbors pay for it. When you fundraise, you are not just writing one check — you are opening a door to everyone who trusts you, and asking them to keep the signal on.
Fundraise for BTPM →Signature events
Pick an event and we hand you a page, a thermometer, and a link. Or skip both and create your own — a birthday, a marathon, a memorial, anything.
Take a guest shift behind the bar at a partner restaurant. Tips, pledges, and a cut of the night’s sales go straight to BTPM — and your page counts every dollar as it lands.
Create your bartender page — solo or bring a team
Assemble a caroling crew, crawl a route of neighborhood pubs, and sing for pledges. Teams climb the leaderboard together, and every carol funds classical music and kids’ programming.
Start your crew’s team page — add singers as you go
How it works
Pick your event, set a goal, add your story and a photo. No staff help needed — you are live immediately.
Start a fundraiserWe email you your link the moment you finish. Text it, post it, or chalk it on the bar’s specials board.
Watch your thermometer climb and see exactly who gave, from your own donor portal. Invite teammates any time.
Live right now
Every widget below is live Fundraise Up data — donations, individual leaders, and team standings update themselves.
Event standings
Leaderboards and thermometers can be scoped to a single event, so Bartending for a Cause and the Carol Crawl each get their own race.
Standings above are sample data for this demo. Add the Top Fundraisers and Top Teams Elements to replace them with live figures.
Be the reason
Fundraise your way — behind the bar, on a caroling route, for a birthday, or in memory of someone who never missed a broadcast.
Dana Whitfield
Poured drinks for one Friday shift on Allen Street and turned her regulars into NPR members.
The Figgy Puddings
Nine neighbors, eleven pubs, one very long night of carols for Classical WNED.
Marcus Bell
Fundraised in memory of his father, who fell asleep to Classical WNED every night for thirty years.
See a real fundraiser page
Where support comes from
Yes. Once your page is live you’ll get an email with an invite link — anyone who uses it joins as a teammate. That’s how most Carol Crawl crews get built.
Yes. Buffalo Toronto Public Media is a registered charity, and every supporter gets a receipt automatically — you never have to chase one down.
No. Create your page first, then our events team helps match you with a partner venue and a date. Plenty of people fundraise before their shift is even booked.
Absolutely. Adjust your goal any time in the donor portal. And even at 100%, your page keeps accepting gifts.
Log in to the donor portal for live stats — who gave, where they’re giving from, and how close you are to your goal.
Yes. Supporters see their own currency and local payment methods automatically, which matters a great deal when your audience spans two countries.
Give directly
Your gift keeps WNED PBS, WBFO NPR, and Classical WNED free over the air for everyone, on both sides of the border.
Prefer to start a fundraiser instead? Create your page →