How you actually take the money: online donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer, and event fundraising platforms. Fees matter as much as features here, so we show the honest math on what each one keeps.
A popular donation platform with quick-to-embed forms, strong recurring giving, and transparent per-donation pricing. No monthly minimum to start.
No monthly minimum to start. Donorbox charges a platform fee of roughly 1.5-1.75% per donation on the entry plan, on top of card processing (about 2.2% + $0.30 at nonprofit rates). Paid monthly plans reduce the platform fee.
A donation platform run by a nonprofit itself: $0 platform fee, and bank transfers reach you completely free. Card gifts pay only standard processing.
$0 platform fee. Card donations pay only processing of about 2.2% + $0.30 at the nonprofit rate (a small distribution fee can apply in some cases). Bank/ACH transfers are covered by Every.org, so 100% reaches you. Funded by an optional donor contribution at checkout.
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A free, all-in-one fundraising platform (forms, pages, events, a light CRM) funded by optional donor tips. With tips on, you can pay 0% in platform and processing fees.
Free platform, funded by optional donor tips. With tips enabled you pay 0% platform fee and 0% processing (donors cover it, or the Givebutter Guarantee does). Turn tips off and it is a flat 3% platform fee plus processing of 2.9% + $0.30 (cards) or 1.9% + $0.30 (ACH).
The most-used WordPress donation plugin. Free core, a 0% platform fee, and you connect your own payment processor. Paid plans add recurring giving and reporting.
Free core plugin with a 0% platform fee - GiveWP never takes a cut of your donations. Paid plans (from Liquid Web) run from around $199/yr (Essentials) to $399/yr (Pro, adds recurring giving) and $599/yr (Elite), billed annually. You still pay your own payment processor.
The enterprise fundraising platform formerly known as Classy. Powerful campaigns and peer-to-peer, but sales-led custom pricing that is usually overkill for small orgs.
Sales-led, custom pricing (no public price list). An Essentials tier aimed at nonprofits under $1M in revenue advertises no subscription fee with processing around 2.2-2.5% + $0.30; higher tiers are quoted by sales and commonly start in the hundreds of dollars per month, plus add-ons.
The rare fundraising platform that is truly free: $0 platform fee AND $0 processing fee. Funded entirely by optional donor tips. Best-in-class for the smallest budgets.
100% free: $0 platform fee and $0 payment processing fee. When you raise $100 you keep $100. Zeffy covers all card and ACH costs itself, funded only by an optional tip donors are asked to add at checkout (roughly 60% choose to).
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