WhyDonate lets individuals and organizations create online fundraisers for medical costs, memorials, education, emergencies, and community projects. Organizers can add a story, goal, and photos to a fundraiser, then share it through built-in tools or social media. They can apply their branding to pages, donation forms, and emails. The platform supports recurring donations and offers a WordPress plugin, an embeddable donation button, QR code collection, and a Zapier integration with apps such as Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, QuickBooks Online, and Slack. WhyDonate says it supports fundraising in 100+ countries, 19 languages, and 119 currencies. Its plan has no sign-up fee, monthly cost, or platform fee, though payment-processing fees apply. Recurring donations incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment when the donor tip is collected only on the first payment. Organizers are identity-verified before payout, and users cannot disable the donor tip option. Support is available seven days a week through chat, email, or scheduled phone appointments.
Who it is for
WhyDonate may suit individuals and organizations raising funds for personal, educational, emergency, or community needs. It also offers tools for organizers who want branded pages or connections to other apps.
What is good
- No sign-up fee, monthly cost, or platform fee.
- Supports recurring donations.
- Offers a WordPress plugin and embeddable donation button.
- Supports 100+ countries, 19 languages, and 119 currencies.
- Support is available seven days a week.
What to know first
- Payment-processing fees apply.
- Recurring donations incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment.
- Users cannot disable the donor tip option.
Verdict
WhyDonate offers fundraiser pages, recurring donations, and sharing and integration tools on a plan with no platform fee. Organizers should account for payment-processing costs and the donor tip option, which cannot be disabled.
Get started with WhyDonate
- Open whydonate.com.
- Create a fundraiser with a story, goal and photos.
- Customize the fundraiser page, donation form and emails with your branding.
- Share the fundraiser using built-in sharing tools or social media.
- Add a WordPress plugin, embeddable donation button, QR code or Zapier integration if needed.
What the free plan stops at
The free plan has no sign-up fee, monthly cost or platform fee, but payment processing fees apply. Recurring donations incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment when the donor tip is collected only on the first payment. The donor tip option cannot be disabled on donation forms.
Questions about WhyDonate
How much does WhyDonate cost?
The WhyDonate plan is free, with no sign-up fee or monthly cost. Payment processing fees apply, and recurring donations may incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment under the stated donor tip condition.
Does WhyDonate have a free plan or trial?
It has a free plan. No free trial is offered.
Which platforms does WhyDonate support?
The listed platforms are web and API.
Can I connect WhyDonate to other apps?
WhyDonate offers a Zapier integration connecting to apps including Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, QuickBooks Online and Slack.
Can organizers export donor data?
Yes. Donor data export is available.
How does WhyDonate handle payouts and payment security?
Organizers are identity-verified before payout, and donations are held in a segregated third-party account overseen by a registered accountant. Payments are processed through Stripe; the platform says it uses SSL encryption and PSD2 authentication.
WhyDonate plans and pricing
All plansCompared on nonprofit crowdfunding software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Pricing model
- transaction
- Recurring donations
- Yes
- Custom domain
- Yes
- Donor data export
- Yes
