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Charitable is Joining the Awesome Motive Family

Today, I’m excited to share that Charitable is joining the Awesome Motive team led by Syed Balkhi. Wes and I launched Charitable in 2015 because we were tired of seeing non-profits use hosted fundraising platforms that charge hefty fees and strip them of the ability to brand & control their donation pages.  Other WordPress donation…

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How to Manage your Fundraising Event Attendees with Google Calendar and Zapier

Our latest plugin is Charitable Automation Connect, which allows you to send information about your campaigns, donations and recurring donations to automation platforms like Zapier. In this blog post, I’ll show you how you can integrate Charitable, Zapier and Google Calendar to automatically register new donors as attendees to your Google Calendar event. Getting started…

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Release Notes: Charitable 1.6.51 Fixes a Critical Security Vulnerability

Last Friday we released Charitable 1.6.51, which fixes a critical security vulnerability affecting any website using Charitable. While we are not aware of any exploits of the vulnerability, we are urging everyone to upgrade to Charitable 1.6.51 as soon as possible. For those using Charitable Ambassadors, version 2.1.8 was released yesterday, providing additional security fixes…

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Accept Donations with Paystack, a Leading African Payment Gateway

Today we’re excited to release our latest payment gateway integration, Charitable Paystack. What is Paystack? Paystack is a leading African payment gateway, allowing organizations in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa to accept donations in their local currency from donors around the world. Payments are securely processed on Paystack’s website, with donors able to pay with…

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Accept Donations with Braintree & Charitable

This week we’re excited to launch our latest plugin, a payment gateway integration with Braintree. What is Braintree? Braintree is a payment processor created by PayPal. It has global reach, supporting more than 130 currencies and available in 45 countries. Braintree offers built-in fraud protection, with basic fraud tools available out of the box and…

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10 Non-Profits You Can Support on World Cancer Day

10 Non-Profits you can support on World Cancer Day, February 4.

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide. In the 1970s, just 25% of people survived — today, that figure has dropped by half. February 4 is World Cancer Day, an annual event that is vital to raising awareness and strengthening community morale in the wake of such a devastating illness. And thanks to donations raised in…

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Ambassadors 2.0 Sneak Peek: Fundraising Teams & Multi-Level Peer to Peer Campaigns

We have been quietly plugging away on a major upgrade to Charitable Ambassadors, our popular peer-to-peer fundraising solution for non-profits. Curious to see what the future of peer-to-peer fundraising with WordPress looks like? Read on! Multi-level WordPress peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns One fundraising campaign. Lots of fundraisers. That’s the basic premise of multi-level fundraising campaigns. Unlike…

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Accept ACH Donations Online with Authorize.Net & WordPress

Charitable Authorize.Net version 1.3 is available today, adding built-in support for accepting ACH Direct payments / E-check. Existing customers can upgrade now to start enjoying the new features. Read on below to find out more about Authorize.Net’s E-check support. How do I start processing payments with Authorize.Net E-check? To get started, you will to enable…

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Pricing Update: Introducing the Agency & Lifetime Packages

Today, we are rolling out a number of changes to the pricing of our products, as well as introducing two exciting new packages: Agency and Lifetime. We know you’re busy, so here is quick summary of what has changed: The Agency package is a 5-site Pro license designed for business who work with non-profits. The…

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SCA-ready online donations with Charitable & Stripe

Charitable Stripe 1.4 comes out today and implements two new Stripe APIs designed to smoothly handle new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules in Europe. We strongly recommend updating to the latest version as soon as possible, particularly if you are based in Europe or accept donations from European donors. How will Strong Customer Authentication affect…

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