Text giving (CH)
JustTextGiving is an easy way for individuals and charities to collect donations by text using a unique code e.g. MANC 44. Vodafones partnership with JustGiving means individuals and charities of any size can use the power of text messaging to raise money for charity for free. This service is only available to fully fledged UK charities.
Cost: FREE service for charities
Positives: Easy to set up and no subscription charges or upfront costs.
Negatives: How will the text code be used if your organisation doesn’t have a website or branded fundraising t-shirts, buckets etc?
Text giving is an easy way for people to give but will need to be marketed well. If you are a small organisation how will you promote it?
‘Donate now’ buttons
Putting a ‘Donate now’ button on your website is a good way to accept donations. Donors can make a one off donation or set up a regular payment using this service and have the option to add gift aid to their donation. Creating the button is easy. Provide your accounting and contact details and for smaller good causes, a copy of your governing documents. Donors can then click the button to make donations. Most of the online giving platforms below also supply the code you can use to embed the Donate Now button on your own website.
Paypal
Costs: Paypal charges a processing fee of 1.4% + 20p per one-off donation. Donations made with international credit or debit cards may incur a larger PayPal fee (usually 1.9% + 20p).
Positives: Low charges and easy downloadable buttons
Negatives: Unable to recover gift aid, fees outside the charity sector
Local giving
Localgiving.com is an online fundraising platform and not-for-profit organisation helping small local charities and community groups to raise money. Local Giving can help local charities and groups claim Gift Aid, even if they’re not registered with the Charity Commission.
For more information visit: Tel: 0303 111 2340 Email: [email protected]
Cost: Subscription fee of £72 per year (a fiver a month plus VAT) and a 5%
Positives: Can work with charities and unregistered community & voluntary groups and can offer match funding, can secure monthly and regular donations, can recover gift aid.
Negatives: Up front costs may act as a barrier to smaller groups
Online funding pages
If there are individuals who want to raise money on your behalf, e.g. a sponsored head shave, run or bike ride, they can create a funding page on one of the below:
MyGift (CH & UN)]
Costs: 5% of the gross donation plus credit card charges, capped at donations of £500 or more, a typical credit card £10 gift aided donation usually results in £11.57 going to the charity
Positives: Local provider, not for profit, no set up costs, no annual or monthly fees, can recover gift aid
Negaties: Clunky website
Just Giving (CH)
Costs: 5% of the gross donation plus credit card charges, a typical credit card £10 gift aided donation usually results in £11.75 going to the charity
Positives: Market Leader, easy to use, can recover gift aid, accepts paypal
Negatives: Only available to charities not unregistered community and voluntary groups, ongoing monthly charge of £15, not a not for profit
BTMyDonate (CH)
Costs: Return on credit card gift aided donation of £10 typically £12.37, credit card fee 1.3%
Positives: Can recover gift aid recovery, not for profit, no setup costs, no monthly fee, no annual fee
Negatives: Can only work with Charities or CASCS Community and Amateur Sports Clubs registered with HMRC
Virgin Money Giving (CH)
Costs: Return on a credit card gift aided donation of £10 is typically £12.15, credit card fee 2%.
Positives: Can recover gift aid recovery, not for profit, paypal accepted, ability to split event donations between charities.
Negatives: £100 plus Vat setup costs, only available to UK registered charities.
Every Click (LINKED TO GiveasyouLive, see Apps section) (CH)
Costs: A £10 gift aided donation typically returns £11.92 to the charity.
Positives: No set up costs or monthly subscription fees.
Negatives: Only available to UK charities, not a non profit organisation.
Bmycharity (CH)
Costs: A credit card £10 gift aided donation typically returns £12.34 to the charity, credit card fee 0.
Positives: Can recover gift aid on donations, no credit card or donation processing costs, no monthly fee.
Negatives: £150 setup fee, not a non profit organisation.
Charity Giving (CH)
Costs: A £10 credit card gift aided donation will return £12.10 to the charity, credit card fee 3.12%.
Positives: No charges on non-gift aided donations, no subscription fees.
Negatives: Only for UK registered charities, not a non profit.
Charity Choice (CH)
Costs: Card fees are 15p for Debit Cards, 1.45% for Personal Credit Card and 1.9% for Commercial Credit Cards. The banking charge made by WorldPay is 10p per transaction.
Positives: Donor has the choice of paying the card fee for their charity.
Negaives: Only for UK registered charities, not a non profit.
The Big Give (CH)
Costs: A £10 credit card gift aided donation will typically result in a return of £12.00 to the charity, donations are processed by Charities Trust who charge a 4% fee on the total donation to cover credit card and admin charges.
Positives: No set up costs or monthly costs
Ability to split funds between charities, ability to raise funds for UK Charities & other good causes such as schools & churches if registered with HMRC
Negatives: Minimum donation of £5
Sponsorme (LINKED TO Charities Trust) (CH)
Positives: Can recover gift aid, no monthly subscription, no set up costs or annual charges
Negatives: On a £50 donation Total potential Donation = £62.50 Fees Charged: Donation processing (4% of £50) = £2.00 Gift Aid processing (4% of £12.50) = £0.50 Total Fees = £2.50
Actual Donation: Donation minus fee = £48.00 Gift Aid minus fee = £12.00* Total Donation value = £60.00 *Once the money has been received from the HMRC we will then pay the appropriate charity(ies).
MyCharityPage
Costs: Return on a credit card gift aided donation of £10 is typically £12.16
Negatives: Not a non profit