How to Use Stripe for Donations

Stripe is the payment processor of choice, but Stripe for donations, you ask? Absolutely!

Collecting donations with Stripe is seamless when you connect your Stripe account to Ticketstripe, an event management platform dedicated to supporting nonprofits and fundraisers. Collect donations when selling event tickets and with standalone donation pages to raise even more funds! Read on to learn how Ticketstripe makes it easy to accept donations with Stripe.

Why Choose Stripe

With Stripe, you can accept debit cards and all major credit cards, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Klarna in 100+ currencies. They also offer discounted rates for verified charities, reducing processing fees in the U.S. to 2.2% + 0.30 cents for all debit and credit cards except American Express (3.5%).  Standard processing fees are 2.9% + 0.30 cents for all debit and credit cards.

Why Use Ticketstripe and Stripe for Donations

Ticketstripe was founded to support nonprofits with tailored event management and fundraising tools —tools payment processors alone do not offer. Connecting your Stripe account to your free Ticketstripe account takes only seconds, but the benefits are endless!

• Unlimited event and donation pages
• Unlimited donations: suggested and flexible
• Unlimited ticket types: general, raffle, bundles, pay-what-you-wish
• Option to pass Stripe’s fees to the buyer/donor or absorb them per donation and ticket
• Low, reduced service fees that are passed to the buyer/donor with the option to absorb per donation and ticket
• Peer-to-peer fundraising via Promoter accounts
• Option to add fair market value to donations and tickets
• Customizable message after purchase
• Customizable URL
• Add form fields
• Ability to add account user roles
• No membership, subscription or monthly fees

Another benefit to using Stripe for donations with Ticketstripe is that you are always in full control of your funds and payout intervals. All transactions go through your Stripe account.

How to Use Stripe to Collect Donations

Add donations to your Ticketstripe event pages. Most people—as much as 80 percent!—will donate when given the option at checkout. Ticketstripe allows you to customize your donation options to suit your audience. You can choose from:

• Suggested donations in one or several set amounts, which is popular because it doesn’t require the donor to think too hard about how much to give.
• A flexible donation where the buyer can enter whatever amount they want. This is always a good choice to have, especially for charities that thrive on a “no amount is too small” mentality.
• A ‘donor box’ of tiered donations, in which each level offers either a) an explanation of how that money will be used or b) an incentive prize for the donor who contributes at that level—or both! People like to know how their contribution makes an impact, and everyone loves getting a little swag.
• Admission with donation allows the supporter to choose what to contribute in exchange for receiving admission to your event.
• Pass on all the fees to the donor so more money goes toward your charitable work.

Leave your donations up long after your event is over. You never know when someone might want to contribute in light of missing the event itself.

Create a donation page. A donation page is similar to an event page in that you create it the same way but it only lists donations. Use the “description” section to talk about your cause and all the ways donations are used. Then, offer any of the donation types listed above.  To maximize giving:

• Print cards with a QR code for the donation page and use them as centerpieces at your next fundraiser event.
• Link to the donation page from your website or social media pages, such as Facebook, Instagram, and X, and embed it into posts for easy sharing.

Use Ticketstripe’s ‘Promoter’ feature to boost peer-to-peer fundraising. This option creates unique links for each Promoter—whether that be individual fundraisers, teams, or influencers—to spread the word. Then, create a friendly competition by using the Promoter leaderboard in your Ticketstripe dashboard to see who generates the most donations during a fundraising drive and offer the top performer a prize!

Using Stripe for donations via Ticketstripe offers nonprofits a powerful solution that maximizes fundraising efforts. By integrating Stripe’s versatile payment processing capabilities with Ticketstripe’s fundraising tools, organizations can boost donor engagement, simplify donation collection, and manage events with ease. Whether in combination with a charitable event or via a standalone donation page, our partnership ensures that every donation pushes your cause further.