This document discusses PayPal fees for nonprofits and the benefits of using PayPal and Donorbox together to accept donations. The standard PayPal nonprofit fee is 2.2% plus $0.30 per transaction. Benefits of using PayPal include being able to accept online and in-person donations from donors who may not have a PayPal account. Donorbox can integrate with PayPal to allow nonprofits to accept PayPal donations while also gaining additional donor management and fundraising features.
2. PayPal is a trusted global brand and
a popular choice for donors.
Accepting PayPal donations is an
easy way to increase donations, but
it isn’t a free option
3. PAYPAL NONPROFIT FEES
FOR 2019
The standard rate for PayPal processing fees is
2.9% and $0.30 per donation
Eligible organizations can apply to receive the
discounted nonprofit fee of 2.2% and $0.30 per
donation
PayPal offers discounted transaction rates for
501(c)(3) charities for most products
2.2% + $0.30 per transaction and no monthly fee
for charities
5. Organizations can easily accept online donations
— including in-person donations
Express Checkout allows donors to stay logged in
to quickly complete their donations
Donors can give by credit or debit card, even if
they don’t have a PayPal account
The PayPal Giving Fund can help your
organization reach new donors on PayPal, eBay,
and other technology platforms
For UK-based organizations, Gift Aid can be
secured on eligible donations. This can boost
donations by up to 25%
7. PayPal allows your organization to
accept online donations but it isn’t
optimized for nonprofits. Donor
management isn’t possible if you’re
only using PayPal and recurring
donations are limited
8. At Donorbox, we’ve partnered with
PayPal to allow organizations to
accept PayPal donations and take
advantage of our donor
management features
10. Donorbox allows donors to easily set
up flexible recurring PayPal
donations — these can be weekly,
monthly, quarterly, or yearly
11. Donors Can
Cover Processing
Fees
With Donorbox, you can ask donors
if they’re happy to cover credit card
processing fees to maximize their
donations
They can choose to cover the 2.2% + $0.30
processing fee for PayPal donations, and the 1.5%
Donorbox platform fee
12. Funds Can Be
Received Quickly Donations are sent straight to your
organization’s bank account
If you’re only using PayPal, your
organization needs to transfer
donations from your PayPal account
to your bank account
14. Customized thank you receipt to your
supporters after they’ve donated
Sending customized receipts helps build
stronger relationships with donors. It
also helps your organization to be tax-
compliant
15. A Quick Checkout
Process Donorbox connects with PayPal
Express to give donors a quick
checkout experience
Integrates with paypal one-touch
17. Customizing your donation page and using donation
tiers to boost donation amounts.
Integrating with MailChimp, API/Zapier, and Salesforce.
Readily available integration with web platforms,
including Weebly, WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix.
Accepting Stripe, ACH and SEPA, Apple Pay, and Google
Pay donations.
Company donation matching — companies can match
donations made by their employees.
Sending year-end tax receipts to donors.