DONATIONS WITH STRIPE PAYMENTS

Secure, Easy, and Fast Donations with Stripe

Accept donations with our built-in Stripe integration that takes only minutes to set up. Donors can contribute using 100+ payment method including credit cards, Apply Pay, Cash App Pay, and more.

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September 20, 2022

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Maximize Donations With Stripe

Connect Stripe to Charitable in minutes and transform your donation process. Start accepting donations via credit cards, debit cards, and digital wallets so your donors can pay with their preferred method.

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Why You’ll Love Stripe Payments with Charitable

Quick Code-Free Integration

Set Up Stripe in Minutes, Not Hours

We make it simple to add Stripe to your non-profit site. Inside your Charitable dashboard, all you have to do is enable the payment option and connect your Stripe account. It takes a few clicks and you’re all set to accept donations.

You can offer popular payment methods including credit and debit cards, digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Link.

Stripe also supports dozens of payment methods globally, helping you reach more donors wherever they are.

Simple setup process

Multiple payment options

Local or international donations

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Stripe payment benefits

Global Multicurrency Payments

Reach Donors Worldwide in Local Currencies

Stripe lets you take donations from all over the world without any extra work. You can reach donors in over 195 countries and receive contributions in more than 135 different currencies. Best part? The money lands in your account in your preferred currency.

When donors visit your site, they’ll see donation amounts in their local currency. This makes it easier for them to understand exactly how much they’re giving, which means they’re more likely to complete their donation.

Whether someone’s giving in euros, yen, or dollars, Stripe handles all the currency math for you.

Works in 195+ countries

Supports 135+ currencies

Displays local amounts

Secure Regular Donors

Seamless Recurring Donation Management

When you connect Stripe with Charitable’s recurring donation options, you can set up different giving schedules for donors to contribute regularly.

When donors get new credit or debit cards, Stripe updates the details on its own. If a payment doesn’t go through, Stripe tries again smartly to keep donations coming in.

Your regular donors get a simple way to manage their giving through a secure online portal. They can update their payment info, change amounts, or adjust schedules whenever they need to.

It’s time to keep donors happy and save your team from dealing with support emails and phone calls.

Smart subscription handling

Automatic card updates

Subscription management portal

Secure payment

Secure Donations

Top-Level Security for Every Donation

Every time someone donates, Stripe keeps their data safe using bank-level security. You get PCI Level 1 compliance (the highest payment security standard) right out of the box.

Plus, Stripe’s Radar system uses smart tech to spot and stop suspicious transactions before they become a problem.

With regular security updates and 24/7 monitoring, you’re always protected against the latest threats.

PCI Level 1 compliance

Advanced fraud protection

Encrypted transactions

Payment Methods Supported With Stripe

Stripe offers a comprehensive suite of payment methods so you can accept donations and any other payments from supporters around the world. Below is a list of the most popular payment options offered:

  • Credit and debit cards including American Express, Cartes Bancaires, China UnionPay, Diners Club, Discover, eftpos Australia, Mastercard, and Visa
  • Digital wallets including Alipay, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, BitCash, Cash App Pay, GCash, Google Pay, GrabPay, Link, PayPal, Samsung Pay, and WeChat Pay
  • Bank transfers and direct debit options including ACH, Bacs, BECS, and transfers in GBP, USD, Mexican Peso, and SEPA regions
  • Local payment methods including Bancontact, BLIK, Boleto, EPS, FPX, iDEAL, OXXO, PayNow, PromptPay, Przelewy24, and TWINT
  • Buy now pay later services including Affirm, Afterpay/Clearpay, Klarna, and Meses Sin Intereses
  • Other payment options including Bank Pay and PaySafeCard

Stripe also supports payment on invoice, click to pay, instant bank payments, bank transfers, pre-authorised debits in Canada, and more.

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 Stripe’s official website – we’ve just covered the highlights here so it’s always best to check directly with Stripe!

Learn more about supported payment methods here »

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Easily accept secure donations and empower recurring donations with Stripe. This powerful integration simplifies the donor experience and provides a predictable funds stream for your cause.

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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.

Improvement Payments

💰 Accept Recurring Donations with Windcave and Charitable

A donor sets their gift up once on Windcave’s secure payment page, and Charitable bills every renewal after that on schedule. Why this is important:

🏦 Organizations banked in New Zealand or Australia: monthly giving on the gateway your bank already set you up with, with no second processor to onboard.
⛪ Churches taking regular tithes and offerings: congregants set their own schedule once, which is the simplest way to launch recurring church giving without a separate platform.
🌏 Groups with donors in several currencies: Windcave handles more than 20, so a supporter can give in the currency they actually hold.
📅 Operating funds rather than one-time campaigns: switch on Recurring Only mode and the one-off option disappears, so every gift to that campaign is a subscription.
🧾 Teams with no developer on staff: 3 sets of credentials pasted into a settings page, and no code anywhere.

Check out our announcement here.

automation update

⚡ Visual Automation Builder: Drag and Drop With No Code!

Charitable Automation Connect 2.3.0 introduces the Visual Automation Builder, a full-screen canvas that lays each automation out as a flow of connected cards: a trigger, optional conditions, and a list of actions that run in order.

🧩 Many actions, one trigger: Tag a donor, send an email, add a note, and fire a webhook from a single event, dragged into any order.

✉️ Act inside Charitable: New Send Email, Tag Donor, and Add Donor Note actions run with no external service required.

🔤 Merge tags: Personalize emails and notes with live fields like {first_name}, {total}, and {campaign_name}.

🔁 Apply to existing donors: Run Tag Donor and Add Donor Note against the donors you already have.

🖥️ Canvas or Simple: Switch views anytime, and automations built before 2.3.0 keep working unchanged.

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Integration updated

📬 Introducing Brevo for Charitable: Turn Donors into Subscribers Automatically

The moment a supporter makes a gift is when they are most engaged. With the new Brevo integration for Charitable, you can automatically turn those one-time donors into long-term subscribers without touching a single spreadsheet.

Simply collect donor consent right on your donation form and start your welcome series immediately.

What’s New:

🔄 Automated Subscriber Sync: New donors who opt in are added straight to your Brevo contact list as soon as their payment clears—no manual exports or CSV imports required.

🎯 Granular Consent & Opt-In Control: Customize your checkbox label, choose whether it defaults to checked or unchecked, or turn on Brevo double opt-in to keep your list clean and compliant.

📋 Per-Campaign List Mapping: Route supporters to your global email list or map specific campaigns to targeted Brevo lists to tailor your follow-up messaging.

⚡ 5-Minute Setup: Connect instantly by pasting your Brevo API key into the Newsletter settings, map your contact fields, and start building your email list on autopilot.

Ready to grow your mailing list? Brevo is available now starting on the Charitable Plus plan—connect your account today!

recurring donations updated

💳 Introducing Card Updates: Fix Expired Cards Without Losing Subscriptions!

newExpired or updated credit cards are one of the biggest silent leaks in recurring fundraising. With Card Updates in the Recurring Donations extension, donors can now refresh their payment details directly—keeping their subscription, schedule, and giving history completely intact.

No canceled plans, no lost history, and zero administrative headache for your team.

What’s New:

⚡ 30-Second Self-Service: Donors get a dedicated “Update Card” button in their dashboard that opens Stripe’s secure, PCI-compliant Customer Portal to update card details instantly.

🔒 Scoped & Safe Access: Scoped exclusively to card updates by default, donors can’t accidentally cancel or alter their plans from inside the portal, keeping your webhooks and data in sync.

🤝 Admin-Assisted Support: Helping a donor on the phone? Open their secure Stripe portal in one click from your admin screen or generate a single-use update link to email them.

📋 Automatic Audit Trail: Every payment method update is recorded automatically with a timestamp in both system-wide logs and the individual donor’s profile.

Ready to protect your recurring revenue? Get the Plus or Pro plan and update Recurring Donations to 2.3.0+ and enable “Update Payment Method” under your Settings today!