Breakdown of the 5% they take:-
Our 5% fee goodness
Charities pay a 5% fee on donations (which we take from the Gift Aid we reclaim) and in return we help them raise more money, more efficiently. By leaving the costly and time-consuming stuff to us, they can spend more time, energy and money on doing good.
Here’s what we’re busy doing for our 5% fee
Running, monitoring 24/7 and constantly improving JustGiving’s technology so it can handle high levels of traffic while meeting the latest security and banking standards.
Constantly creating new fundraising tools and services for charities, at no extra cost.
Taking full responsibility for the Gift Aid we claim on charities’ behalf, being regularly audited by HMRC.
Providing dedicated customer service for charities and their supporters, giving prompt and expert advice.
Giving charities full access to their data, helping them track and analyse their fundraising success.
Providing free training and support to charities (especially the small ones) on how to raise even more online.
Giving you a clean, junk-free experience. We’ll never spam you, sell you anything or pass your personal details on to a third party. Ever.
Here’s how we charge our 5% fee
1.You donate £10 and we send it to your charity that week.
2.We reclaim Gift Aid from the government (which takes a month), adding £2.50 to your donation.
3.We take our 5% fee from the Gift Aid, with credit/debit card/PayPal charges, and send all the rest to the charity. So for every £10 you give, the charity gets over £12, and they get it faster.
Your donation - £10
Gift Aid - £2.50
Our 5% fee - £0.63
Credit card fee @ 1.30% - £0.13
Total cost to charity - £0.76
Total donation - £11.74
MasterCard debit card (16p),
PayPal (1.45%),
Visa debit (17p).
If your donation isn’t eligible for Gift Aid, we take our 5% fee from your donation. Because over 85% of donations through JustGiving are eligible for Gift Aid, charities always end up raising more with us.
Charities also pay a monthly subscription fee of £15 + VAT for our service.
http://www.justgiving.com/charities/
This is no PR exercise, this is OcUK utilising the wonderful community spirit we have here to help children in need.
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