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WhyDonate
Amsterdam, Netherlands
What it is
WhyDonate is a free online fundraising platform for individuals and organizations collecting support for medical costs, memorials, education, emergencies, and community projects. Organizers create pages with stories, goals, and photos, then share them through built-in tools or social media. Fundraiser pages, donation forms, and emails can carry organizer branding. The service supports recurring donations and provides a WordPress plugin, embeddable donation button, QR-code collection, and Zapier connections to Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, QuickBooks Online, and Slack. WhyDonate says it supports fundraisers in more than 100 countries, 19 languages, and 119 currencies. The plan costs nothing, with no sign-up fee, monthly cost, or platform fee; payment-processing fees apply, and recurring donations incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment. Donor tips cannot be disabled. Identity checks and fraud reviews precede payouts.
For and against
For
- No sign-up or monthly cost
- Branded pages, forms, and emails
- Recurring donation support
- 100+ countries and 119 currencies
- Identity verification before payouts
Against
- Payment-processing fees still apply
- Recurring donations add a 3% platform fee
- Donor tip option cannot be disabled
- No free trial
The verdict
WhyDonate offers free fundraising pages with branding, sharing, integrations, and international payment support. Review the recurring-donation fee and mandatory donor-tip option before launching a campaign.
Who it suits
It suits individuals and organizations raising donations for personal, community, or charitable causes. Organizers needing branded pages, recurring giving, international reach, or integrations may find it useful.
Plans and prices
WhyDonate
0% platform fee; no sign-up fee or monthly cost; payment processing fees apply; recurring donations incur a 3% platform fee from the second payment
Read 30 Sep 2026 · whydonate.com
On the record
- Branding
- Organizers can customize fundraiser pages, donation forms and emails with their branding.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Fundraiser setup
- Organizers can create a fundraiser with a story, goal and photos, then share it using built-in sharing tools and social media.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Fundraiser verification
- WhyDonate says organizers are identity-verified before payout and that automated tools and a human team review suspected fraud.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Fundraising
- WhyDonate lets individuals and organizations create online fundraisers for causes including medical costs, memorials, education, emergencies and community projects.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- WhyDonate offers a Zapier integration that connects to apps including Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, QuickBooks Online and Slack.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- International support
- WhyDonate says it supports fundraisers in 100+ countries, 19 languages and 119 currencies.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Notable limits
- WhyDonate says users cannot disable the donor tip option on their donation forms.helpdesk.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Payment security
- Payments are processed through Stripe, which WhyDonate describes as PCI DSS Level 1 certified; the platform also says it uses SSL encryption and PSD2 authentication.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Payouts
- The trust page says donations are held in a segregated third-party account overseen by a registered accountant, with payouts to verified recipients.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Privacy and data
- WhyDonate says it is GDPR compliant and hosts data on Google Cloud in Belgium, within the EEA.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Recurring donations
- The platform supports recurring donations, and its pricing page says a 3% platform fee applies from the second payment when the donor tip is collected only on the first payment.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Customer service is available by chat, email or scheduled phone appointments seven days a week from 9 AM to 5 PM CET.helpdesk.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Website tools
- WhyDonate lists a WordPress plugin, embeddable donation button and QR code collection among its fundraising tools.wp.whydonate.com · read 30 Sep 2026
