✓ 12 Supported Gateways

Popular & Trusted Payment Gateways

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200+

Countries & territories

100+

Payment methods

12

Gateway integrations

47+ Countries
Stripe

Stripe

The global standard for online payments

Stripe powers millions of businesses worldwide with its robust, developer-friendly payment infrastructure. Known for its reliability and extensive feature set, Stripe makes it easy to accept donations from virtually anywhere.

Key Features

47+ countries including US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Japan & more

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, Diners Club

Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Link digital wallets

Local methods: SEPA Direct Debit, iDEAL, Bancontact, Alipay

Recurring donations and subscription billing

Real-time fraud prevention with Stripe Radar

Detailed reporting and analytics dashboard

16+ Countries
Mollie

Mollie

Europe’s favorite payment solution

Mollie is a leading European payment service provider known for its simplicity and transparent pricing. If your nonprofit operates in Europe or has a European donor base, Mollie provides access to all the most popular local payment methods.

Key Features

Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy & more

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Cartes Bancaires, Maestro

iDEAL, Bancontact, SOFORT, giropay, EPS, Przelewy24

SEPA Direct Debit for recurring donations

Klarna pay-later options

Apple Pay and PayPal integration

Pay-per-transaction pricing — no monthly fees

45+ Countries
Braintree

Braintree

Flexible payments backed by PayPal

Braintree, a PayPal service, offers a powerful all-in-one payment platform that combines the reach of PayPal with advanced payment capabilities. Ideal for nonprofits seeking a seamless, customizable checkout experience.

Key Features

45+ countries including US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia & Singapore

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, Maestro, UnionPay

PayPal and Venmo built-in

Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay

SEPA, iDEAL, Bancontact, EPS, giropay, SOFORT

Advanced fraud protection tools

Drop-in UI for fast integration

200+ Countries
PayPal

PayPal

The world’s most recognized payment platform

PayPal is one of the most trusted names in online payments, recognized by donors around the globe. With support in over 200 countries and territories, PayPal gives your donors the confidence to give knowing their financial information is secure.

Key Features

200+ countries and territories worldwide

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, Diners Club

Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo

SEPA Direct Debit, iDEAL, Bancontact, Alipay

Recurring donations and subscription billing

Real-time fraud prevention and seller protection

Detailed reporting and analytics dashboard

30+ Countries
GoCardless

GoCardless

Specialists in direct bank payments

GoCardless specializes in bank-to-bank payments, making it the ideal choice for nonprofits focused on recurring donations. By collecting payments directly from donors’ bank accounts, GoCardless reduces failed payments and offers lower transaction fees.

Key Features

30+ countries: US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Canada & more

ACH (US), Bacs (UK), SEPA (Eurozone), BECS (Australia), Autogiro (Sweden)

Ideal for recurring donation programs and memberships

Lower failure rates compared to card payments

Automatic retry for failed payments

Verified Mandates to confirm bank account ownership

Open banking integration for instant bank payments

US, CA & AU
Authorize.Net

Authorize.Net

A trusted name in payment processing

Authorize.Net has been a reliable payment gateway for over 25 years, processing billions of transactions. Trusted by businesses and nonprofits alike, it offers a secure and dependable way to accept donations.

Key Features

Available in United States, Canada, and Australia

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Diners Club, JCB

E-check and ACH bank transfers accepted

Apple Pay, PayPal, and Visa Checkout

Advanced Fraud Detection Suite (AFDS)

Customer Information Manager (CIM) for secure donor data

Recurring billing for subscription-based donations

South Africa
PayFast

PayFast

South Africa’s leading payment gateway

PayFast is the go-to payment solution for South African nonprofits. Built specifically for the South African market, PayFast supports all the local payment methods your donors know and trust.

Key Features

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club

Instant EFT from FNB, ABSA, Standard Bank, Nedbank & Capitec

SnapScan and Zapper mobile payments

Mobicred for credit purchases

Masterpass digital wallet

SCode for cash payments at retail outlets

Recurring billing and real-time payment notifications

100+ Methods
Payrexx

Payrexx

Swiss-quality payment processing

Payrexx is a Swiss payment service provider offering access to over 100 payment methods worldwide. With its headquarters in Switzerland and a focus on quality and security, Payrexx is an excellent choice for nonprofits seeking comprehensive payment coverage.

Key Features

Switzerland, Germany, Austria, UK, France, Italy & worldwide

100+ payment methods

TWINT and PostFinance for Swiss payments

Apple Pay, Google Pay, SEPA Direct Debit

Klarna, Byjuno, and Powerpay for invoice payments

Cryptocurrency payments accepted

Multi-currency and multi-language support

Africa
Paystack

Paystack

Built for African businesses

Paystack is a leading African payment gateway, now part of Stripe. Designed specifically for the African market, Paystack helps nonprofits accept donations from donors across the continent using local payment methods.

Key Features

Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Côte d’Ivoire

Visa, Mastercard, and Verve cards

Bank transfers and direct bank debits

USSD payments for donors without smartphones

MTN Mobile Money, Vodafone Cash, AirtelTigo Money

QR code payments

Recurring charges for subscription donations

10 Countries
Windcave

Windcave

Trusted in Australia, New Zealand & beyond

Windcave (formerly Payment Express) is a well-established payment gateway with a strong presence in the Australia-Pacific region. Known for its reliability and security, Windcave offers a comprehensive suite of payment solutions.

Key Features

Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, Canada, Singapore & more

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club, JCB, UnionPay

POLi for real-time bank transfers (AU & NZ)

Apple Pay, Google Pay digital wallets

Alipay and WeChat Pay

Afterpay and Laybuy for buy-now-pay-later

PCI DSS Level 1 certified, token-based recurring billing

8 Countries
Square

Square

Simple payments for modern nonprofits

Square has grown from a mobile card reader into a full-featured payment platform. Known for its simplicity and transparent pricing, Square makes it easy for nonprofits of all sizes to accept donations online.

Key Features

US, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain & Japan

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, UnionPay

Apple Pay and Google Pay

Cash App Pay (US) and Afterpay

ACH bank transfers (US)

Square Invoices for donation requests

No monthly fees — pay only when you process a donation

India
PayU

PayU

India’s trusted payment gateway

PayU India is one of India’s leading payment gateways, trusted by thousands of businesses and nonprofits. Designed specifically for the Indian market, PayU offers all the local payment methods that Indian donors prefer.

Key Features

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club, and RuPay

Net banking with 50+ Indian banks (SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis & more)

UPI: Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM & all UPI apps

Wallets: Paytm, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Mobikwik

EMI options on credit and debit cards

Buy Now Pay Later: LazyPay, Simpl, ZestMoney

QR code payments and recurring subscriptions

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ambassadors New

🖨️ Introducing Fliers and Posters: Raise Money Away From the Screen!

A lot of peer-to-peer fundraising happens away from a screen: at the finish line of a 5K, on a school noticeboard, in an office kitchen. Charitable Ambassadors 3.4.7 adds 2 printables, a fundraiser flier carrying each fundraiser’s own story and QR code, and a recruitment poster that signs new fundraisers up. Both open as a normal web page and print straight from the browser. Why this is important:

  • 🏁 A flier for every fundraiser: Each one carries that fundraiser’s own photo, story and goal, with a QR code that opens their page rather than your main campaign.
  • 📌 A poster that recruits: It shows “Now Recruiting” above your campaign name with a large QR code that opens your sign-up form, so someone can start fundraising without waiting on a link from you.
  • 🪄 No design tool needed: Both printables render as a normal web page and print from the browser, with no PDF plugin and no designer.
  • 📄 2 flier layouts: Hand out carries the full story for giving to friends and family, and Post up carries a short hook with 5 tear-off tabs for a noticeboard.
  • 🛡️ Off until you switch it on: Fliers stay off after the update until you enable them under Charitable » Ambassadors » Other » Fliers, and only the owner or an administrator can open one.

Check out our announcement here.

Improvement Payments

💸 Introducing Tiered Rates for Fee Relief: Match the Ask to the Gift!

Fee Relief asks your donors one short question at checkout: would you like to cover the processing fee on this gift? Until now that question used a single rate for every donation on a gateway, so a $10 gift and a $500 gift were asked for the same percentage. Fee Relief 1.3.0 lets you set as many donation bands as you like, each carrying its own rate. Why this is important:

  • 🪙 Gentler on small gifts: A fixed transaction cost is a far bigger share of a $10 donation than a $500 one, so bands let you ask for less at the bottom.
  • 🎚️ As many bands as you need: Each band carries its own percentage and its own fixed amount, and the top band runs on with no upper limit.
  • 🛑 An optional ceiling: A Maximum fee field stops any donor being asked for more than a number you choose, however large the gift.
  • 🔌 Set per payment gateway: Stripe can run on four bands while Windcave and Payfast stay on a single rate, because bands belong to a gateway and not to your whole site.
  • 🛡️ Nothing changes until you say so: Your current rates stay exactly as they are until you switch Use Tiered Rates on under Charitable » Settings » Advanced » Fee Relief.

Check out our announcement here.

Donations Improvement

📊 Your Pro Dashboard Can Now Compare, Export, and Score!

Most fundraising dashboards only tell you how much you have raised. Charitable Pro 1.8.19 rebuilds the dashboard and the Reports Overview around the harder questions: whether anything is broken, whether this period beat the last one, and which single change would make the most difference today. Why this is important:

  • 📈 Every figure has a trend: Pick a period and the tiles and the chart move together, with each total shown against the previous period.
  • 🗓️ Charts that stay readable: Short ranges group donations day by day, while longer ranges group by week or month, so a full year reads as a curve instead of a flat line.
  • 🔀 Compare any 2 periods: Not just consecutive ones, so you can ask how this December did against last December. That matters because fundraising is seasonal.
  • 📤 Export the whole summary: Send the full overview out as CSV or PDF, ready for a board pack or a funder report.
  • 🎯 Score your setup for free: Have your fundraising setup scored, so the one change worth making next is the one you can see.

Check out our announcement here.

Feature New

🎟️ Introducing Charitable Events: Sell Tickets Inside Your Campaigns!

Most nonprofits sell event tickets in one tool and collect donations in another, which leaves two sets of reports and a manual match at the end of the year. Charitable Events brings both together, selling tickets through the same donation forms and payment gateways you already run in Charitable. Why this is important:

  • 🎟️ Every ticket is a donation: Ticket sales run through the gateway you already use and count toward the campaign goal, with everything managed under Charitable » Events.
  • 📱 QR check-in from any phone: Each attendee gets their own QR code on the receipt, and volunteers scan at the door through a check-in link that needs no WordPress account.
  • 🧾 Receipts ready for tax time: Give each ticket type a fair market value, and Charitable puts the correct tax-deductible amount on every donor receipt.
  • 📋 Attendee details at checkout: Ask every guest for a meal choice, shirt size, or access needs, with a separate attendee record created for each ticket.
  • 🗓️ Blocks and calendars included: Three editor blocks plus Sugar Calendar and The Events Calendar support put your events where supporters already look.

Check out our announcement here.

ai New

🚀 Unleash AI Power in Charitable!

Your AI assistant can now build, edit, and manage your Charitable fundraising campaigns directly — just by asking. With Charitable Pro adding write support for the WordPress Abilities API, tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor can handle full administrative actions safely through MCP. Why this is important:

  • 🤖 Campaign creation in plain language: Prompt your assistant with a goal like “Set up a fundraiser for the shelter with a $5,000 goal”, and it builds a real draft campaign complete with suggested donation tiers.
  • 🎨 Instant donation form tweaks: Add custom fields, change button colors, or reorder elements without diving into form settings.
  • 📝 Offline gift logging: Tell your assistant about cash or check gifts, and it will match donor emails and record transactions into your history.
  • 🛡️ Safety and control by default: Write access stays strictly off until turned on in Charitable » Tools » AI MCP, keeping read-only reporting safe by default.
  • 📜 Full audit logging: Every change made by an AI assistant is tracked under Charitable » Tools » Logs, so you always know who (or what) updated your site.

Check out our announcement here.