WORDPRESS DONATION PLUGIN WITH FEE RELIEF

Keep 100% of Donations With Donor-Covered Fees

Give donors the option to cover any transaction fees to offset the costs of online donations so you collect more for your cause.

Easy Setup

Secure Payments

Smart Calculation

Personalized Followups

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Features That Make Charitable the Top Choice for Fee Relief

See why it’s so easy to maximize your donations with Charitable’s fee recovery options.

Donor’s Choice

Give donors the option to choose whether they cover the transaction fee with simple checkboxes.

Automatic Fee Relief

Choose to automatically add the transaction fee amount to the donation total.

Easy Set Up

Charitable makes it as easy as point and click to set up and customize fee relief options.

Multiple Payment Gateways

Enable multiple gateways and add various processing fee relief amounts for each one, including Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, and more.

Automated Calculation

Add the fee as a fixed rate or a percentage, or through a mixture of both. Our formula will auto-apply the right amount to the donation total.

Campaign Specific

Choose which campaigns to enable/disable fee relief options. You can also change calculations for every campaign.

Site-Wide Fee Relief

Apply the fee relief options across your entire site and for all existing and future campaigns.

Easy Integrations

Connect with 5000+ popular payment, email, marketing, and automation tools to streamline your workflows.

Quick Receipts

Charitable automatically creates receipts for every donation, along with the fee relief amount for your tax and accounting purposes.

Why You’ll Love Donation Fee Relief With Charitable

Don’t let processing fees eat away at your donations! Charitable’s Fee Relief addon offers a powerful solution to reduce this common frustration. Here’s why:

Enable fee relief

One-Click Setup

Fee Relief That’s Easy to Set Up

Enable the Fee Relief feature with just a click inside your Charitable dashboard.

There’s a dedicated tab in your Settings area to manage your fee recovery options.

Enable and disable fee recovery on different gateways according to what is best for your organization.

Smart fee calculation

Supports a range of gateways

Keep 100% of donations

Easy Opt-In To Cover Fees

Flexibility for You and Your Donors

You choose to automatically include the transaction fee or give your donors the choice to cover it.

Donation Fee Relief lets you offer a convenient checkbox on your donation form, giving donors the option to cover processing fees themselves.

You can also enable fee relief across your entire site or only on specific campaigns.

Easy opt-in checkbox

Automatic fee inclusion

Full transparency for donors

Fee recovery checkbox
Automatic fee relief calculation

Automated Fee Calculation

Right Calculations Every Time

Say goodbye to complex calculations and ensure you receive every penny intended for your cause.

Fee Relief automatically calculates processing fees based on your chosen payment gateway, whether it’s a fixed fee, a percentage, or a combination.

No more guesswork, just accurate fee coverage done right, every time.

Smart fee calculation

Supports a range of gateways

Keep 100% of donations

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.

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Empower supporters to fundraise on your behalf.

Expand your reach through supporter networks

Keep 100% of donations with zero platform fees

Track campaign progress with detailed reports

Donor Management

Streamline donor relationships with powerful tools.

Manage all donor information in a centralized dashboard

Automate email communications to keep donors engaged

Export donor data effortlessly for deeper analysis

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

Take it from other non-profits raising funds with Charitable

Over 10,000 non-profits are raising more funds, building relationships with donors, and creating greater social impact with Charitable. 

Belinda Martin

“…others were charging 5% and more for every donation, but with Charitable there are no fees for donations, so we were able to run a number of fundraising campaigns with all the money going to the charity.”

Stuart Robinson

“Really useful plugin. I wanted to extend the functionality of it a wee bit and the code was very easy to work with and adapt. Really great response from the developer and it looks like fantastic updates are being added all the time.”

Paul Lawley-Jones

“I’d like to thank you both for making such a great tool at such a great cost. It’s literally 24 times cheaper than the platform we were using before I came on board.”

Stephen Weinberg

“This plugin is exactly what our small, parent-run organization needed… Easy to set up. Easy to customize (as long as you can handle just a tiny bit of code). And superior support! Thanks so much for this full-featured software.”

WordPress Donation Fee Relief –
Frequently Asked Questions

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

What are payment gateway fees?

For using their service, most gateways do not have a subscription plan or a one-time fee. Instead, they charge fees on every transaction. Most payment gateways charge 1% to 3% of the transaction amount or a combination of a percentage and a set amount such as 2.9% + 0.50 cents on every transaction.

What is Fee Relief?

Fee Relief is a feature offered by Charitable that lets you ask donors to cover the transaction fee applied by the payment gateway. That way, you get to keep the full amount of their donation and maximize the amount you raise.

Can I enable Fee Relief only on certain campaigns?

Yes, Charitable’s Fee Relief feature is flexible. You can enable it site-wide or only on specific campaigns. You can also customize the Fee Relief options for each campaign,

What plan do I need to get access to the Fee Relief feature?

Fee Relief is available on Charitable’s Plus plan or higher.

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👉🏻 New Campaign Selector For Donation Forms

Take your campaign management to the next level. Find the perfect fundraiser for any page and stay in your creative flow with our new Campaign Selector integration.

The Ultimate Selection Tool

No more hunting for IDs or creating one page for every donation form. Use the new Campaign Selector to allow users to switch to a campaign with no code.

⚡ Instant Search: Quickly find any campaign leaving your page or post.

⚙️ Editor Agnostic: Whether you’re using the Block Editor, Elementor, or WPBakery, selecting your campaigns is now a unified experience.

🚀 Real-Time Previews: See exactly which campaign you’ve selected instantly, ensuring your donors always see the right cause.

Integration New

WordPress Command Palette Integration

Take your fundraising workflow to the next level. Speed up your site management and stay in your creative flow with our new WordPress Command Palette integration.

Supercharge Your Workflow
Navigate your fundraising dashboard faster than ever.

The Ultimate Keyboard Shortcut Hit Cmd + K (or Ctrl + K) to launch the Command Palette and manage your campaigns instantly.

⚡ Instant Navigation: Jump directly to your Campaigns, Donations, or Settings from anywhere in the editor.

➕ Quick Create: Start a new fundraising campaign or add a manual donation with a single command.

Efficiency Redefined
The tools you need, exactly when you need them.

⚙️ Contextual Actions: See relevant Charitable commands based on whether you’re editing a page or viewing your reports.

🚀 Seamless Integration: Built directly into the WordPress core experience for a lightweight, native feel.

Improvement New Security

📣 New Security Features

We’ve introduced a suite of new security tools to give you total control over who accesses your forms, plus a new way to tidy up your database.

Advanced Security Suite

Layered protection: Cloudflare, ReCAPTCHA, IP Controls, and Rate Limiting.

We have overhauled our security settings to stop bots without blocking real donors.

  • 🤖 Flexible Protection: Choose between Google reCAPTCHA v3 or the privacy-first Cloudflare Turnstile to block bots invisible.

  • 🚦 Rate limiting: Stop spam floods by limiting how many submissions an IP address can make in a set timeframe.

  • 🛑 Total control: Use the new IP Blacklist to block bad actors instantly, or the IP Whitelist to let your team bypass checks during testing.

The Clean Donation Tool

Go from “Testing” to “Live” in seconds.

Finished setting up your site and need to get rid of all those test transactions?

  • 🧹 Sweep it clean: Bulk delete test donations and donor records with a single click.

  • 📉 Accurate reporting: Ensure your revenue stats are 100% accurate for launch day.

  • ⚙️ Reset sequences: Automatically resets sequential invoice numbering.

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🏗️ Visual Donation Form Builder

Building the perfect donation form just got easier. We have completely reimagined how you create forms with a new drag-and-drop interface.

Design Visually, in Real-Time

No coding, no guessing. Just point, click, and build.

Say goodbye to confusing settings pages. You can now edit your form and see exactly what your donors will see, instantly.

  • 🖱️ Drag & Drop: Easily add fields like names, addresses, or file uploads by dragging them exactly where you want them.

  • 🎨 Customize everything: Click any field to tweak labels, placeholders, and requirement settings on the fly.

  • 👁️ Live preview: See your changes immediately as you make them—ensure your form flows perfectly before you hit publish.

Flexible & Powerful

Works with all your existing campaigns.

  • 🧩 Deep customization: Add custom HTML, shortcodes, or CSS classes for advanced branding.

  • ⚙️ Smart fields: Collect exactly what you need with support for dropdowns, checkboxes, dates, and hidden fields.

Check out the Visual Donation Form Builder »
Leaderboards New

🏆 Donor Leaderboards!

Turn your fundraising into a community event. Recognize your most generous supporters and inspire friendly competition with our new leaderboard tools.

Gamify Your Fundraising

Celebrate your top donors and encourage others to climb the ranks.

Create a public “Hall of Fame” to give your donors the recognition they deserve.

  • 🎨 Two stunning layouts: Choose the List View for a clean, data-rich table or the Card View for a modern, visual grid with avatars.

  • 🥇 Automatic highlights: The top 3 supporters get special Trophy and Crown icons to make them stand out.

  • 🧩 Place it anywhere: Add it to any page using the new Gutenberg Block, or drop it directly into your campaign using the Visual Builder.

Total Customization

You decide what to show and what to hide.

  • ⚙️ Flexible data: Choose to display or hide donation amounts, donor counts, or avatars.

  • 🔄 Lifetime stats: Works seamlessly with Recurring Donations to show a donor’s all-time total impact.

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