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Flexible & Secure Donations with Square

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Square integration

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July 1, 2025

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Seamless Transactions and Enhanced Donor Experience

The integration brings together Charitable’s popular donation features with Square’s trusted payment platform, giving you everything you need to raise funds effectively. It’s the best of both worlds – simple yet powerful donation forms paired with robust payment processing.

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Processing fees are waived on up to $2,000 in sales for 180 days plus you’ll get $20 off Square Hardware.

If you’re processing $250,000+ in annual donations, you may qualify for lower custom rates through Square’s premium seller program.


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Secure checkout
Single Page Payment
Fee relief

Raise funds faster and with less stress

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Why You’ll Love Square Payments with Charitable

Code-Free Square Integration

Set Up Square in Minutes, Not Hours

Getting started with Square on your Charitable forms is refreshingly simple. There’s no hidden fees to worry about, and no complex technical setup. Just connect your Square account to Charitable, and you’re ready to take donations within minutes.

The integration is designed to work right out of the box – no coding or special skills needed. Plus, you can easily add more features as your nonprofit grows, without having to rebuild anything. Square and Charitable work together to keep things simple from day one.

Easy code-free setup

Supports multiple payment methods

Seamless donations

Enable Square payment gateway
Square credit card payment

Immediate Payouts

Access Your Donations Faster

Square gets your donation money moving quickly. When supporters give through your Charitable forms, you can transfer funds to your bank account the next business day for free, or instantly for a small fee. No more waiting days to access your fundraising dollars.

Your nonprofit gets a clear view of incoming donations with 24/7 access to your funds. You can see exactly what’s available and move money when you need it, helping you better manage your organization’s cash flow.

Next-day transfers

Instant access option

Clear fund tracking

Secure Donation Processing

Get Top-Notch Security Features

Square brings built-in security to your Charitable donation forms. Every transaction is protected with fraud prevention, data security, and PCI compliance – all working automatically in the background. Your donors’ payment information stays safe, and your nonprofit stays protected.

You also get dispute management tools and fraud protection included at no extra cost. This comprehensive security comes standard with the Square integration, giving you and your donors peace of mind with every transaction.

Built-in protection

PCI compliance

Fraud prevention

Secure payment
Square recurring payments

Flexible Payment Options

Let Donors Use Their Preferred Payment

Donors can choose to contribute using debit and credit cards, digital wallets like Google Pay and Apple Pay, and more.

Whether it’s a one-time donation or an ongoing commitment, Square seamlessly handles all your payment needs through Charitable.

Supporters can give one time donations on their preferred schedule – daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. This flexibility helps you capture every giving opportunity.

One-time donations

Safe And Secure Contributions

Custom frequency choices

Donation Reports & Payment History

Manage Donation Data With Confidence

Take full control of your donation management with Charitable’s robust backend tools.

You can view donation records along with Square payment details that include the amount and payment method used.

You also get access to donor lists and fundraising reports right inside your Charitable dashboard. Quickly sort, filter, and export your donation and payment reports anytime you need.

Ready made reports

Donor database

Complete donation history

Square Donor Control

Easy Tutorial: How to Set Up Square Payments

Charitable Square tutorial

Learn how to integrate Square Payments with Charitable to get more donations across the globe. This step-by-step guide will show you how to set up Square as a payment option for your Charitable fundraisers and donation forms.

Charitable Square Integration –
Frequently Asked Questions

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

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Peer to Peer Donations

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

Donation Forms

Launch powerful donation campaigns in minutes.

Ready to use templates

Drag and drop visual builder

Dynamic elements to inspire giving

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

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New templates

🤩 New Beacon Campaign Templates w/ “Hero” Block!

With the new Beacon Campaign Templates for Charitable Pro, you can launch a stunning, full-width fundraising page that instantly captures visitor attention above the fold.

Fundraising page header for Save Maple Grove Park with a donation widget and a small square photo of a sunlit tree thumbnail on the left.

🔦 Above-the-Fold Impact: Lead with a full-width hero image, your logo, and your goal with a donation widget locked right on top of the banner so your ask and momentum register instantly without scrolling.

📐 Two Flexible Layouts: Choose between a structured two-column layout for side-by-side storytelling and supporting details, or a clean one-column view designed for uninterrupted long-form narratives.

⚡ All-in-One Hero Field: Powered by the new Campaign Hero field, bringing background media, live progress bars, custom donation amounts, and recurring giving tabs together into a single cohesive block that can be dropped into any layout.

🎨 Automatic Theme Matching: The hero banner and donation widget automatically inherit your campaign theme’s button and accent colors, ensuring your entire presentation stays beautifully on-brand without touching a line of CSS.

Learn more here.

donation form Feature New

📝 Donation Form Block: Embed a Working Donation Form Anywhere

With the new Donation Form Block for Charitable Pro, you can drop a fully working donation form directly onto any page or post in the WordPress block editor. No redirects, no page reloads, and zero friction between reading your story and making a contribution.

📝 Drop Forms Anywhere: Place a working form directly onto your homepage, inside a story-driven blog post, on a dedicated landing page, or within a campaign announcement.

🎯 Dynamic Campaign Binding: Easily choose a specific campaign from the block sidebar or set it to automatically bind to whichever campaign is currently being viewed.

📐 Full vs. Minimal Form Views: Switch between a full layout or a compact minimal view to perfectly fit sidebars, narrow columns, or wide landing pages.

🎨 Scoped No-Code Styling: Customize typography, container spacing, border radius, amount buttons, and accent colors independently for every form instance without touching a line of CSS.

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ambassadors New

👤 Creator Profiles: Put a Face to Every Peer-to-Peer Campaign

Ambassadors 3.3.0 now provies Creator Profiles — giving your supporters a permanent, shareable public home that turns one-time fundraisers into ongoing relationships.

👤 Public Creator Pages: Give every fundraiser an instant, clean landing page at /creator/their-name/ to showcase their custom avatar, bio, and a browsable grid of their campaigns.

📊 Proof of Impact: Boost donor trust by displaying site-wide milestones on the profile—like total funds raised and total donor counts.

💳 Interactive Hover Cards: When donors hover over a creator’s name on a campaign page, a compact card expands with their bio and social handles right at the moment of decision.

📍 Responsible Location Sharing: Allow creators to safely show local supporters where they are based using only city, state, and country details.

🛠️ Self-Serve Customization: Fundraisers can update their own profiles and link up to six social networks directly from the My Campaigns hub, saving you admin time.

Ready to empower your advocates? Update to Ambassadors 3.3.0 and turn on “Enable Public Creator Page” today!

Improvement Payments

📱 Turn Mobile Scrollers Into Donors: Meet Charitable’s Mollie Upgrade

Losing mobile supporters because they hate typing out long card numbers on their phones? Charitable’s updated Mollie integration features:

⚡ One-Tap Wallet Checkout: Enable donors to complete their gifts instantly using Apple Pay or Google Pay with a simple face scan, fingerprint, or tap.

💰 No Extra PCI Burden: Skip complex domain verification and security compliance since all wallet transactions run safely through Mollie’s hosted checkout.

🛠️ Custom Cancel Routing: Keep the experience predictable by automatically sending donors who back out to your cancellation page, or use developer filters to route them to a custom page.

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ambassadors improved New

Moderation and Directory Screens In Ambassadors 3.0

Ambassadors 3.0 has new features: moderation and directory screens… now easily see those who are earning donations on your peer to peer network – including campaign creators that might need to be verified – all in one place. Generate reports, email ambassadors and campaign creators directly and more.

🚀 See when campaign creators and ambassadors have updated their campaigns, what donors/donation they have brought in and more.

🎉 Manually add ambassadors and campaign creators, and approve them in one-click!

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