BRAINTREE PAYMENTS WITH CHARITABLE

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Give donors the easy payment options they want including credit cards, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay and Google Pay, all through a single integration with top-tier security.

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Last Updated

April 24, 2026

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Payment

Extension

Braintree Addon

Get Easy Payments with Cutting-Edge Security Features

The Braintree integration offers your supporters a smooth and secure giving experience, no matter how they choose to donate. You can accept a wide range of payment methods – from credit cards and PayPal to digital wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay. All transactions are protected by advanced security measures, including top-notch encryption and fraud detection tools. 

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Charitable + Braintree Use Cases

Secure checkout

Collect donations on your website with peace of mind using a secure and reliable payment solution.

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Multiple currencies

Allow donors to donate in their preferred currency, increasing accessibility and potentially boosting donations.

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Saved Payment Information

Let repeat donors make contributions easily without re-entering payment details. Donors can choose to save their profiles.

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Why You’ll Love Our Braintree Integration

Quick & Easy Setup

Single Integration for Multiple Payment Options

Simply enable Braintree as a payment gateway in your Charitable settings, enter your Braintree credentials, and you’re ready to go. The intuitive interface guides you through each step, making the process easy even for those without technical expertise.

Once integrated, you’ll enjoy streamlined donations, easy donor management, detailed reporting, and the flexibility to adapt to your growing fundraising needs – all while providing your supporters with a smooth and secure donation experience.

User-friendly integration process

Multiple payment methods

Extensive global and local payment support

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Local & International Donations

Enhanced Donor Experience and Global Reach

Braintree comes with a user-friendly dashboard and support for multiple payment methods to provide a seamless donation experience. Accept payments via credit cards, PayPal, and digital wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay. 

With extensive localization features supporting 130+ currencies and 45+ countries, you can expand your fundraising efforts globally while offering donors a familiar, localized experience.

Support for 130+ currencies

Localized payment methods for 45+ countries

Multi-language support

High Security Standards

Leverage Braintree’s Advanced Fraud Protection

Braintree offers cutting-edge security features to protect your donations. With AI-powered fraud detection, 3D Secure 2.0 authentication, and secure Vault storage for recurring donations, your transactions are safeguarded at every step. 

The integration with Charitable ensures PCI compliance and data encryption, allowing you to focus on your mission while Braintree handles the security complexities.

AI-powered fraud prevention

Advanced authentication protocols

Secure storage for recurring donations

Secure payment

Payment Methods Supported With Braintree

With our Braintree integration, you’ll unlock a suite of modern payment methods that give your customers the freedom to pay however they prefer. Here’s a list of payment methods offered by Braintree:

  • ACH Direct Debit
  • Digital Wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay
  • Secure Remote Commerce (SRC)
  • Card Payments
    • Visa
    • Mastercard
    • Discover
    • UnionPay
    • JCB
    • American Express
  • Debit Cards and Dual-branded Cards
  • PayPal
  • Local Payment Methods
  • Venmo

Learn more about Braintree’s supported payment methods »

While we try to keep this list updated to the best of our ability, payment methods and support tend to change from time to time. For the most current options, head over to the Braintree official website – we’ve just covered the highlights here so it’s always best to check directly with Windcave.

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Tutorial

Follow step-by-step instructions to connect Charitable to Braintree.

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Connecting Charitable and Braintree

Learn how to supercharge your fundraising efforts by integrating Braintree Payments with Charitable. This step-by-step guide will show you how to set up Braintree as a payment gateway, configure recurring donations, and use diverse payment methods to boost your nonprofit’s donation potential.

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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GiveWP Migrations New

White Glove Migration Service for GiveWP

Thinking about switching your fundraising platform from GiveWP to Charitable, but don’t want to risk losing your data or handle a complex technical setup yourself? Charitable’s White Glove Migration Service features:

👥 Flawless Donor Mapping: Safely transfer your entire supporter database with zero data loss.

📊 Complete Financial History: Meticulously preserve every historical transaction for continuous, accurate reporting.

🔄 Seamless Recurring Giving: Safely transfer active sustaining subscriptions without disrupting your incoming revenue or requiring your donors to update their information.

💳 Zero Gateway Disruptions: Keep using Stripe, PayPal, or any other GiveWP-compatible processor you already love.

🚀 Expert Technical Setup: Relax while our team handles the heavy lifting to install and configure your forms—plus, qualifying users get a full year of Charitable Pro completely free.

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automation Improvement

📢 New Feature Alert: Automation Connect 2.0 Is Here! 🚀

Thinking about connecting your fundraising data to tools like Mailchimp, Slack, or Google Sheets, but don’t want to hire a developer or write custom code? Charitalbe’s new automation addon has:

⚡ 17 Event Triggers: Instantly fire webhooks for a donor’s first gift, renewal payments, or reached campaign milestones.

🎯 Smart Conditional Logic: Use powerful AND/OR logic across 11 fields to only send data when it meets your exact criteria, like newsletter opt-ins.

📊 Custom Payload Control: Select from 80+ clean data fields across donor, donation, and campaign metadata so your apps get exactly what they need.

🚀 Pre-Built Platform Templates: Skip the setup from scratch with ready-to-go templates for Zapier, Make.com, n8n, HubSpot, and Slack.

🛡️ Reliable Developer Tools: Power your workflows with signed HMAC-SHA256 payloads, complete WordPress filters, and automatic retry logs.

automation Improvement

🔌 Charitable Meets Zapier: Connect to 7,000+ Apps and Automate Your Fundraising

Tired of manually copying donation data into accounting sheets or tracking down new donor signups? Put your administrative tasks on autopilot. Charitable is now officially on Zapier, giving you a powerful, no-code way to plug your fundraising directly into the rest of your favorite tools.

Every donation, donor signup, and campaign milestone can now trigger an automated workflow seamlessly.

What’s New:

♾️ Connect to 7,000+ Apps: Bridge your Charitable campaigns with everyday software like Google Sheets, QuickBooks, Slack, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Notion, Airtable, and thousands more.

⚡ 12 Powerful Triggers: Build deep workflows using smart automation triggers covering the entire donation lifecycle—including New Donation, New Donor, Subscription Cancelled, and Campaign Goal Reached.

📋 Pre-Built Action Templates: Get started in three minutes or less with our pre-made template combinations, like automatically logging new donations straight into a Google Sheet or firing custom donor welcome emails through Gmail.

🚫 Zero Code Needed: No complex webhooks or custom PHP scripts required. Just pick your trigger, choose your app, map your fields, and let Zapier handle the heavy lifting.

Ready to save hours of admin time? Grab Charitable Pro with the Automation Connect addon today and launch your first Zap!

Improvement Payments

🚀 Introducing PayPal Commerce: One Connection, Six Ways to Donate

Donors expect modern, flexible payment options when they support a cause. If they don’t see their preferred method on your donation form, they often disappear without a word. With PayPal Commerce, we are bringing a completely modernized checkout experience right to your campaigns.

Enjoy a single integration that upgrades your forms, makes giving seamless, and helps you capture every single donation.

What’s New:

🔌 One-Click Connection: Skip messy API keys and developer docs. Simply click “Connect with PayPal,” sign in to your business account, and your modern form is live in under five minutes.

💳 Six Ways to Give: Give your supporters instant access to PayPal balance, Venmo (US), Pay Later financing, major credit/debit cards, Apple Pay (Safari), and Google Pay (Chrome) all from the exact same form.

🔄 Flexible Recurring Giving: Fully supports monthly giving. Choose between the PayPal Subscriptions API (handled automatically on PayPal’s end) or Vault + Cron (handled securely right on your site).

💬 Friendly Error Recovery: No more confusing browser alerts. If a payment is declined, donors see plain-language, inline messages that guide them on how to fix the issue and complete their gift.

Ready for PayPal, modernized? Update to Charitable Pro 1.8.15+ (or Charitable Lite 1.8.11+) and connect your account today!

Campaigns New

⏳ Campaign Countdown: Drive Urgency and Lift Donations

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.

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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.

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