Set a goal, enter what you have raised, and get a clean thermometer you can print or screenshot. Free, instant, no sign-up.
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A fundraising thermometer works because it turns an abstract number into a picture. "We are at £1,250" means little on its own; a bar three-quarters empty says the same thing in a glance and makes the gap obvious. That is the entire job, so this tool does it without asking you to sign up or connect a payment account.
Enter the goal and the amount raised and the fill updates immediately, with the percentage and how much is still to go. Name the campaign so the printout stands on its own. Currency covers dollars, pounds, euros, rupees and the Canadian and Australian dollar — it only affects the display, since nothing is calculated in a particular currency.
Print gives you a clean sheet with just the thermometer and the numbers, ready for a noticeboard, a classroom wall or a charity stall. Nothing you enter leaves your browser — no donor data, no totals, no account.
Most guides to making a fundraising thermometer walk you through building one by hand — a stacked bar chart in Excel with the axis hidden, a shape layered over another shape in PowerPoint, a Canva template you then have to re-edit every time the total moves. They work. They also take twenty minutes the first time and five minutes every time after, which is why so many campaigns quietly stop updating the picture around week three.
Two fields is the whole job here. Change the raised figure and the fill, the percentage and the amount still to go all move together. Currency covers dollars, pounds, euros, rupees and the Canadian and Australian dollar, and it only changes the label — nothing is converted, so a donation thermometer in £ is the same chart with a different symbol in front of it.
Print it and you have a printable fundraising thermometer for a church noticeboard, a classroom wall, a bake sale table or a poster by the door. Name the campaign first so the sheet makes sense to someone who walks past it without context. The export is just the chart, the name and the totals — no controls, no watermark, 10mm margins. Most people press Print to save a PDF rather than to print, and it is built for that; tick White background only if it really is going through a printer.
Screenshot it for a fundraising email, a WhatsApp update or a social post, and a blank fundraising thermometer at £0 is a fine way to launch. What this does not do is embed. There is no widget, no JavaScript snippet and no image URL to drop into your site, and nothing connects to a donation platform — you type the total in yourself. That is the trade for a tool that needs no account and never sees a donor's name. If you are also running a team-versus-team push, the leaderboard maker handles the standings while this handles the total.
Enter your goal and how much you have raised. The bar fills to that proportion and shows the percentage plus the amount still to go. It updates as you type, so you can adjust the numbers and print a fresh copy whenever the total moves.
Yes. Print gives you just the thermometer, campaign name and totals — the input boxes and buttons are hidden. It suits a noticeboard, classroom wall or stall sign.
The bar caps at full but the percentage keeps counting past 100%, and the label switches to show how much you are over. Nothing breaks at the target.
No. This only draws the chart — it never touches donations. There is no sign-up and nothing you type is sent anywhere, so no donor information is involved.
Yes, completely free with no registration and no watermark on the printout.
It is a chart shaped like a thermometer that fills up as a campaign raises money, showing progress toward a target at a glance. The point is emotional rather than analytical — a bar most of the way up reads as almost there, while the same information written as a number tends not to land. They are also called goal thermometers or donation thermometers.
The usual method is a stacked bar chart with the axis and gridlines hidden, then a shape layered over it for the bulb. It works, but you re-edit the chart every time the total changes. The tool on this page is the shortcut: type the goal and the raised amount and the fill, percentage and remaining figure update together, then print or screenshot it.
It makes the gap visible, which is the part that moves people. A supporter who sees the bar three-quarters full understands both that the campaign is working and that it is not finished, and the remaining amount gives a specific thing to ask for. It also gives you a reason to post an update — the thermometer moving is itself the news.
No. There is no widget, embed snippet or image URL, and it does not connect to a donation platform, so the totals are ones you type in yourself. Print gives you a PDF for a poster or noticeboard, and a screenshot covers email and social updates.