GiveNow
North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
What it is
GiveNow is an Australian digital fundraising platform for small and medium-sized charities and not-for-profit organisations. It supports one-off and recurring donations, custom donation forms, and forms embedded on an organisation’s website. Other tools cover peer-to-peer CrowdRaisers, memberships, event ticketing, and grant search. Supporters can create unlimited individual CrowdRaiser pages, while organisations can review pages before publication. Donors can use Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Apple Pay, or direct debit. GiveNow lists Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack and Google Analytics integrations, plus CSV downloads for donor and donation data. It says customer data is stored in Australia, sensitive information is encrypted, and OrgHQ access uses multi-factor authentication, role controls, and 24/7 monitoring. GiveNow also says it never stores donor credit-card details. There are no upfront or subscription fees; platform fees range from 1.5% to 3.5%, with a commonly listed payment-provider transaction fee of 0.26%.
For and against
For
- One-off and recurring donations
- Embedded, customisable donation forms
- Peer-to-peer CrowdRaisers
- Australian data storage
- No upfront or subscription fees
Against
- Platform fees range from 1.5% to 3.5%
- Payment-provider transaction fee may apply
- Organisation registration is for Australian not-for-profits
- Payment processing is separate
The verdict
GiveNow combines donation collection with peer fundraising, memberships, events, and grant discovery. Its fee structure and Australian eligibility are key considerations for organisations evaluating it.
Who it suits
It is designed for Australian charities and not-for-profits managing donations, events, memberships, or peer fundraising. Individuals and commercial entities can create CrowdRaisers for listed organisations.
Plans and prices
Basic
2.7% platform fee per transaction · CrowdRaiser peer-to-peer fundraising · memberships · events
Read 15 Oct 2026 · about.givenow.com.au
Pro
3.5% platform fee per transaction · embedded forms · Salesforce, Google Analytics and Zapier integrations · priority support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · about.givenow.com.au
Starter
1.5% platform fee per transaction · one-off and monthly donations · up to two active causes · one OrgHQ user
Read 15 Oct 2026 · about.givenow.com.au
On the record
- API credentials
- Zapier setup exposes an API key and API secret in OrgHQ, but activation requires a private GiveNow invitation.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size (LinkedIn)
- LinkedIn lists GiveNow as having 2–10 employees.au.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- CrowdRaisers
- Supporters can create unlimited peer-to-peer fundraising pages that organisations may review, approve or stop.about.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- GiveNow says all data is stored in Australian AWS data centres and no data is handled offshore.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data security
- GiveNow says customer data is stored locally in Australia, sensitive data is encrypted, and OrgHQ access uses multi-factor authentication, role-based controls, and 24/7 monitoring.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The Help Centre covers organisation setup, donations, events, memberships, CrowdRaisers, embedded forms, integrations and troubleshooting.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Donation feature
- Organisations can accept one-off and recurring donations with configurable amounts, frequencies, donor fields and branding.about.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Donation tools
- Organisations can collect one-off and recurring donations, customise donation forms, and embed the donation process on their websites.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Donor card data
- GiveNow says it never stores donor credit card details.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Eligibility
- The organisation registration page is for Australian not-for-profit organisations; individuals and commercial entities can create a CrowdRaiser to collect for listed organisations.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Embedded forms
- Donation, membership and event forms can be embedded on an organisation's own website with copy-and-paste code.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Event ticketing
- Event tools provide configurable ticket types, attendee registration and ticket-sales tracking.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Fees
- There are no upfront or subscription fees; platform fees range from 1.5% to 3.5% by plan, and the page says the most common payment-provider transaction fee is 0.26%.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Founded (LinkedIn)
- LinkedIn lists GiveNow's founding year as 2001.au.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Fundraising types
- The platform includes donations, peer-to-peer CrowdRaisers, memberships, event ticketing, and grant search.about.givenow.com.au · read 8 Oct 2026
- Grant search
- The Pro plan includes access to a grants database curated by GiveNow's sister enterprise Funding Centre.help.givenow.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- HQ (LinkedIn)
- LinkedIn lists headquarters at North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.au.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent praise: local focus
- GivingPlatforms praises GiveNow's Australian social-enterprise positioning, local data residency and no-lock-in percentage pricing.givingplatforms.com · read 15 Oct 2026
