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July 1, 2025

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Seamless Transactions and Enhanced Donor Experience

The integration brings together Charitable’s popular donation features with Square’s trusted payment platform, giving you everything you need to raise funds effectively. It’s the best of both worlds – simple yet powerful donation forms paired with robust payment processing.

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Processing fees are waived on up to $2,000 in sales for 180 days plus you’ll get $20 off Square Hardware.

If you’re processing $250,000+ in annual donations, you may qualify for lower custom rates through Square’s premium seller program.


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Use Cases

Secure checkout
Single Page Payment
Fee relief

Raise funds faster and with less stress

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Why You’ll Love Square Payments with Charitable

Code-Free Square Integration

Set Up Square in Minutes, Not Hours

Getting started with Square on your Charitable forms is refreshingly simple. There’s no hidden fees to worry about, and no complex technical setup. Just connect your Square account to Charitable, and you’re ready to take donations within minutes.

The integration is designed to work right out of the box – no coding or special skills needed. Plus, you can easily add more features as your nonprofit grows, without having to rebuild anything. Square and Charitable work together to keep things simple from day one.

Easy code-free setup

Supports multiple payment methods

Seamless donations

Enable Square payment gateway
Square credit card payment

Immediate Payouts

Access Your Donations Faster

Square gets your donation money moving quickly. When supporters give through your Charitable forms, you can transfer funds to your bank account the next business day for free, or instantly for a small fee. No more waiting days to access your fundraising dollars.

Your nonprofit gets a clear view of incoming donations with 24/7 access to your funds. You can see exactly what’s available and move money when you need it, helping you better manage your organization’s cash flow.

Next-day transfers

Instant access option

Clear fund tracking

Secure Donation Processing

Get Top-Notch Security Features

Square brings built-in security to your Charitable donation forms. Every transaction is protected with fraud prevention, data security, and PCI compliance – all working automatically in the background. Your donors’ payment information stays safe, and your nonprofit stays protected.

You also get dispute management tools and fraud protection included at no extra cost. This comprehensive security comes standard with the Square integration, giving you and your donors peace of mind with every transaction.

Built-in protection

PCI compliance

Fraud prevention

Secure payment
Square recurring payments

Flexible Payment Options

Let Donors Use Their Preferred Payment

Donors can choose to contribute using debit and credit cards, digital wallets like Google Pay and Apple Pay, and more.

Whether it’s a one-time donation or an ongoing commitment, Square seamlessly handles all your payment needs through Charitable.

Supporters can give one time donations on their preferred schedule – daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. This flexibility helps you capture every giving opportunity.

One-time donations

Safe And Secure Contributions

Custom frequency choices

Donation Reports & Payment History

Manage Donation Data With Confidence

Take full control of your donation management with Charitable’s robust backend tools.

You can view donation records along with Square payment details that include the amount and payment method used.

You also get access to donor lists and fundraising reports right inside your Charitable dashboard. Quickly sort, filter, and export your donation and payment reports anytime you need.

Ready made reports

Donor database

Complete donation history

Square Donor Control

Easy Tutorial: How to Set Up Square Payments

Charitable Square tutorial

Learn how to integrate Square Payments with Charitable to get more donations across the globe. This step-by-step guide will show you how to set up Square as a payment option for your Charitable fundraisers and donation forms.

Charitable Square Integration –
Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a question about Square payments with Charitable? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, please contact us.

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Donor Management

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Launch powerful donation campaigns in minutes.

Ready to use templates

Drag and drop visual builder

Dynamic elements to inspire giving

Recurring Donations

Convert one-time donors into loyal, long-term supporters.

Enable automated recurring payments with ease

Provide donor accounts for seamless contribution management

Offer flexible donation frequencies to suit individual preferences

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Improvement Payments

💰 Accept Recurring Donations with Windcave and Charitable

A donor sets their gift up once on Windcave’s secure payment page, and Charitable bills every renewal after that on schedule. Why this is important:

🏦 Organizations banked in New Zealand or Australia: monthly giving on the gateway your bank already set you up with, with no second processor to onboard.
⛪ Churches taking regular tithes and offerings: congregants set their own schedule once, which is the simplest way to launch recurring church giving without a separate platform.
🌏 Groups with donors in several currencies: Windcave handles more than 20, so a supporter can give in the currency they actually hold.
📅 Operating funds rather than one-time campaigns: switch on Recurring Only mode and the one-off option disappears, so every gift to that campaign is a subscription.
🧾 Teams with no developer on staff: 3 sets of credentials pasted into a settings page, and no code anywhere.

Check out our announcement here.

automation update

⚡ Visual Automation Builder: Drag and Drop With No Code!

Charitable Automation Connect 2.3.0 introduces the Visual Automation Builder, a full-screen canvas that lays each automation out as a flow of connected cards: a trigger, optional conditions, and a list of actions that run in order.

🧩 Many actions, one trigger: Tag a donor, send an email, add a note, and fire a webhook from a single event, dragged into any order.

✉️ Act inside Charitable: New Send Email, Tag Donor, and Add Donor Note actions run with no external service required.

🔤 Merge tags: Personalize emails and notes with live fields like {first_name}, {total}, and {campaign_name}.

🔁 Apply to existing donors: Run Tag Donor and Add Donor Note against the donors you already have.

🖥️ Canvas or Simple: Switch views anytime, and automations built before 2.3.0 keep working unchanged.

Read more here.

Integration updated

📬 Introducing Brevo for Charitable: Turn Donors into Subscribers Automatically

The moment a supporter makes a gift is when they are most engaged. With the new Brevo integration for Charitable, you can automatically turn those one-time donors into long-term subscribers without touching a single spreadsheet.

Simply collect donor consent right on your donation form and start your welcome series immediately.

What’s New:

🔄 Automated Subscriber Sync: New donors who opt in are added straight to your Brevo contact list as soon as their payment clears—no manual exports or CSV imports required.

🎯 Granular Consent & Opt-In Control: Customize your checkbox label, choose whether it defaults to checked or unchecked, or turn on Brevo double opt-in to keep your list clean and compliant.

📋 Per-Campaign List Mapping: Route supporters to your global email list or map specific campaigns to targeted Brevo lists to tailor your follow-up messaging.

⚡ 5-Minute Setup: Connect instantly by pasting your Brevo API key into the Newsletter settings, map your contact fields, and start building your email list on autopilot.

Ready to grow your mailing list? Brevo is available now starting on the Charitable Plus plan—connect your account today!

recurring donations updated

💳 Introducing Card Updates: Fix Expired Cards Without Losing Subscriptions!

newExpired or updated credit cards are one of the biggest silent leaks in recurring fundraising. With Card Updates in the Recurring Donations extension, donors can now refresh their payment details directly—keeping their subscription, schedule, and giving history completely intact.

No canceled plans, no lost history, and zero administrative headache for your team.

What’s New:

⚡ 30-Second Self-Service: Donors get a dedicated “Update Card” button in their dashboard that opens Stripe’s secure, PCI-compliant Customer Portal to update card details instantly.

🔒 Scoped & Safe Access: Scoped exclusively to card updates by default, donors can’t accidentally cancel or alter their plans from inside the portal, keeping your webhooks and data in sync.

🤝 Admin-Assisted Support: Helping a donor on the phone? Open their secure Stripe portal in one click from your admin screen or generate a single-use update link to email them.

📋 Automatic Audit Trail: Every payment method update is recorded automatically with a timestamp in both system-wide logs and the individual donor’s profile.

Ready to protect your recurring revenue? Get the Plus or Pro plan and update Recurring Donations to 2.3.0+ and enable “Update Payment Method” under your Settings today!

Integration page builder

Divi Fans Rejoice! Native Divi 5 Campaign Progress Bar Module!

With our new native Divi 5 module, you can anchor your microsites with real-time fundraising stats directly on the visual canvas. Here’s how it works, and why it’s worth turning on today.

Create campaign updates that are VISUAL AND LIVE. You can also:

📊 Campaign Progress Bar: Drop a live progress bar into any Divi 5 layout and show goal progress in real time.

🎨 Deep styling controls: Easily customize the bar and track color, height, and radius to match your brand perfectly.

👁️ Visual Builder ready: Configure and preview everything directly on the Divi canvas as a first-class module.

🔁 Identical rendering: The same exact engine powers this module, meaning consistent design without legacy shims.

✅ Faster launches: Never leave the Divi 5 interface to configure shortcodes or guess how your goal labels will look.

Learn more here.