Charitable Blog

Everything you need to know about Charitable and our team.

Man working on computer with someone

Charity Hackathons in Cape Town & Oregon in July

Last updated on

August 26, 2024

By

Eric Daams

Two awesome events are taking place halfway across the world from each other this July 16. Cape Town and Bend, Oregon will both be playing host to do_action events: charity hackathons where small teams create a free website for a local non-profit organization in a single day.

If you’re in Cape Town or Bend, you can still register as a team. Teams consist of a project manager, designer, two developers, a social media manager, content manager and quality assurance tester. Find out more about both events through the links below:

We’re in Darwin, Australia, which is about as far away from both events as we could be, but we’re excited to be able to support both events by contributing a free Charitable Pro license to every non-profit participating. If your organization is taking part in either event and you’d like to know more about how you can take advantage of Charitable, we’d love to chat with you. You can reach us via our support page.

Eric Daams

Disclosure: Our content is reader-supported. This means if you click on some of our links, then we may earn a commission. We only recommend products that we believe will add value to our readers.

One response to “Charity Hackathons in Cape Town & Oregon in July”

Accept Donations in South African Rand with PayFast – Charitable

July 6, 2016

[…] Our PayFast integration comes just in time for the Cape Town Hackathon later this month, which we are contributing to as sponsors. […]

Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

🔔 Subscribe to get our latest updates

📧 Subscribe to Emails

Email Subscription

If your nonprofit serves international supporters, credit cards aren’t always their preferred way to give. With the release of the Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust most.

What’s New:

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Seamlessly accept popular bank-based options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), EPS (Austria), Przelewy24 (Poland), and MyBank (Italy/Portugal).

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: No manual card entries required. Donors safely authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup for lightning-fast contributions.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: Skip complex configuration. The addon intelligently displays the correct local payment buttons based automatically on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN).

Ready to scale your global reach? Update to Braintree 1.3.0 today!

Eric Daams

Urgency is one of the most powerful tools in fundraising! Meet Campaign Countdown—a live, real-time timer built to turn procrastination into immediate generosity.

campaign_countdown_animation

What’s New:

⏱️ Live, Real-Time Urgency: Beautifully track days, hours, minutes, and seconds down to your campaign’s deadline w/ live-updating visual countdowns.

🎨 Tailored to Your Look: Choose between Boxed bordered tiles or a clean, single-line Inline display. Match your theme instantly with font and deep color controls.

🛠️ Place it Anywhere: Drop the countdown anywhere you like using the Campaign Builder field, a dedicated Gutenberg block, or a simple shortcode.

🚨 Smart Expiry Actions: Total control over the end state—choose to automatically replace the timer with a custom message, freeze it at zero, and more.

Eric Daams

Whether you’re migrating from another platform or consolidating your records, moving your data to Charitable is now faster and more flexible than ever. We’ve streamlined the process so you can bring over your entire fundraising history in just a few clicks.

🔄 Native GiveWP, Donorbox, & GiveButter Support: Switching from a major platform? Our dedicated migration tools handle the heavy lifting, automatically mapping your donors and donations directly into Charitable—no technical skills required.

📂 Universal CSV Import: Moving from a custom system or a specialized CRM? If you can export it to a CSV, you can import it here. Our smart mapping tool lets you align your columns to Charitable fields like names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses in seconds.

⚡ Instant Donor Profiles & Custom Tags: Automatically create rich donor profiles and bring in custom tags to keep your data organized. Segment and engage your supporters from day one with a clean, professional database structure.

Ready to make the switch?

Check out our GiveWP Migration Guide

Learn more about our Import Tools

Eric Daams

With the release of Braintree addon version 1.3.0, you can now empower your European donors with the payment methods they trust and prefer, making giving seamless for international supporters.

🌍 Six New European Payment Methods: Support popular local options like iDEAL (Netherlands), Bancontact (Belgium), BLIK (Poland), and more to meet donors where they are.

⚡ Frictionless Donor Experience: These bank-based methods allow donors to authenticate directly with their own bank in a secure popup… no credit card numbers required.

⚙️ Automatic Currency Sync: No complex setup needed. The builder automatically displays the correct payment buttons based on your site’s currency (EUR or PLN), ensuring a relevant experience for every visitor.

Eric Daams

With the new Campaign Featured Image setting in our visual builder, you now have a single, dedicated place to manage how your fundraisers look across your entire site and beyond.

🖼️ One Image, Everywhere: Set a primary thumbnail that automatically syncs to campaign grids, lists, and shortcodes—no more relying on layout order.

📱 Social Sharing Optimized: Easily upload images at the perfect size to ensure your campaigns look stunning and professional when shared on social media.

🔍 SEO & Accessibility Ready: Add custom alt text directly within the builder to improve search rankings and ensure your mission is accessible to every supporter.

Eric Daams