STRIPE CONNECT

Automatically send donations to your campaign creators.

Charitable Stripe Connect is designed to work as a complement to Charitable’s built in Stripe functionality and Ambassadors extensions. It allows people to create campaigns on your website and receive donations into their Stripe account automatically. You can charge a platform fee on every donation.

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Stripe Connect is used to power payments for platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. It provides a secure and seamless way to handle multi-party payments and supports sellers/fundraisers in any country where Stripe operates (see countries). With our plugin, you can take advantage of Stripe Connect on your WordPress website.

How does it work?

When you use Charitable Stripe Connect, your website facilitates payments between donors and campaign creators. Instead of all funds raised going into a central account (the default with Charitable Ambassadors), people can create campaigns on your website and connect their own Stripe account. After that, all donations to their campaign are automatically paid to them.

You can also charge a percentage as a platform fee for each donation.

What does the integration look like for campaign creators?

An screenshot of what it looks like for campaign creators when registering their Stripe account
An example of what it looks like for campaign creators when registering their Stripe account Note Instead of the Charitable logo you would upload your platforms logo

When a new campaign creator submits their campaign, they will automatically be redirected to Stripe, where they can register an account or login to their existing account.

Once the campaign creator has connected their Stripe account, they are redirected back to your website.

Charitable Stripe Connect provides a shortcode that can be used to display a user’s Stripe Connect status, including a link to connect their account if they have not already.

The user’s Stripe Connect status is also integrated into the output of the profile form added with [charitable_profile].

Note: If you’re familiar with Stripe Connect you may know that there are several different account type integrations possible. Charitable Stripe Connect currently only supports Standalone account.

Where can I use it?

Stripe Connect is available everywhere that Stripe is. Currently, the following countries support Stripe:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Norway
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Austria – BETA
  • Belgium- BETA
  • Germany – BETA
  • Hong Kong – BETA
  • Italy – BETA
  • Luxembourg – BETA
  • Netherlands – BETA
  • New Zealand – BETA
  • Portugal – BETA
  • Switzerland – BETA
  • Brazil – PRIVATE BETA
  • Mexico – PRIVATE BETA

Don’t see your country listed? Keep an eye on the Stripe website to find out when Stripe is available in your country.

Requirements

Charitable Stripe Connect is only available as part of our Charitable Pro package.

In order to use it, you will also need to use the following Charitable extensions, both of which are included in Charitable Pro:

Stripe requires a valid SSL certificate to be used on your website.

Documentation

Click here to read our detailed setup documentation.

Popular Charitable Extensions

Charitable extensions allow you to add features to your campaigns and expand how you can get donations.

Recurring Donations

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Charitable PDF Receipts

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Frequently Asked Questions

See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, please contact us.

Can I see a demo of Charitable?

You can. Contact us and we’ll be glad to set you up with an up-close view of how Charitable can power your fundraising success. 

How long is my Charitable license valid for?

All Charitable purchases are for a one-year license. It gives you access to support and our frequent product updates. Annual renewals are automatic and you’re free to cancel any time. 

Does Charitable offer a money-back guarantee?

Sure. We are confident you’ll be delighted with Charitable. But, if you’re unhappy for any reason or have a rare issue we can’t resolve, you’ll get a full refund within 14 days of the purchase date. 

Can Charitable replace all the fundraising tools I’m using now?

Yes, Charitable offers a complete solution to raise funds and manage donations all in one place. It includes donation forms, peer-to-peer fundraising, annual tax receipts, reports, and so much more. Try it today and see how it can simplify your fundraising efforts – we offer a money-back guarantee.

What payment gateways do I get out of the box?

You can start accepting donations through PayPal and Stripe as soon as you launch. Using Charitable’s easy-to-install extensions, you can add other gateways such as Payrexx, Authorize.Net, and several others.

Can I generate tax receipts for my donors?

Yes, and it’s easy. Receipts go out automatically after the donation. Plus you can customize the receipt template to include your organization’s information and branding. 

Can I customize donation forms to match my website’s branding?

Absolutely. Charitable has layouts and color schemes for you to experiment with out of the box. If you’d like to keep everything consistent with your site’s design and identity, that’s the default option.

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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.

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