Money Flow & Fees

Everything you need to know about the fees and payment methods associated with use of Give Lively technology. We don't charge you anything, but third-party processors do.

Stripe is an industry leading payment processor trusted by over 100,000 companies and nonprofits. To use Give Lively technology, you MUST complete ALL THREE of the following: (1) create and activate a Stripe account, and connect it to Give Lively, (2) Apply for Stripe's nonprofit discount, and (3) Set up your account to accept ACH bank donations. Learn why and how.

Learn what you need to know about Plaid, an industry-leading service that allows for the instant verification and use of a bank account to make donations.

You can integrate PayPal with our platform, but only as an optional, additional donation-processing method and, at present, only for one-time donations.

When transferring from another fundraising platform to Give Lively, be certain that your recurring donations go with you.

For mobile donors and speedy checkout, Give Lively supports both Apple Pay and Google Pay.

In our system, there are upper and lower per-donation limits to how much can be raised.

Three easy steps will allow you to learn each time Stripe receives a donation to you nonprofit.

Not seeing an ACH payment? ACH donations rejected by Stripe? Here are some important things to note about ACH payments.

Manually add any funds raised in the form of paper checks or cash to the Campaign Page totals, including its progress bar.

Manually add any funds raised in the form of paper checks or cash to the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising page totals.

Full or partial refunds to your donors are possible through Stripe.

Disable recurring donations from your Stripe dashboard.

While we consider quick donation disbursement to be important, the speed of disbursement is in part a function of the form of payment and whether a nonprofit is a Give Lively member.