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Welcome to FundraiseOnline

About FundraiseOnline
Our People
What is FundraiseOnline?
How does it work?
How we can help you and your Organisation
Our Fee Structure
Fee Transparency
Fees Q & A
Services for Not-for-Profit organisations

About FundraiseOnline

Our mission is to connect athletes, events, not-for-profit organisations - charities, schools, clubs, churches and any other not-for-profit organisation - and donors in a simple, secure and FUN way.

FundraiseOnline has been providing internet based fundraising solutions to charities and corporate customers around the world since 2004. Over that period of time, we have enabled charities and registered not-for-profit organisations to reach a wider, global network, based around people who through their own endeavours want to make a difference in a very real and tangible way.

We also continue to develop and support a number of global organisations in their Corporate Social Responsibility programs, as well as providing custom-built solutions for special causes and appeals.

We are an industry leader in developing and deploying web based solutions to the not-for-profit sector, providing the safest, most secure and effective tools available, helping them to secure the most cost effective funds possible.

Our People

 Robyn Luke - Customer Service
Robyn comes from an Events and Customer Service background, having worked in Australia in the corporate sector for the past 30 years.

Robyn handles the day to day relationship and account management with our charities and not for profit partners.

 Chelsea Downey - Charity & Event Support
Chelsea has a background in small business management & administration and has worked in a variety of industries internationally over a number of years.

Chelsea provides the financial management and technology support for our charities and not for profit partners, and has been involved with the company in varying degrees since inception.

What is FundraiseOnline?

FundraiseOnline is a successful web based service provider to the not for profit sector. We have been providing web donation support capability to the sector for nearly six years, and have facilitated the raising of over $15 million in that time.

We provide this service to hundreds of not-for-profit entities in Australia, New Zealand and around the world. If you are looking to raise funds for your not-for-profit organisation, FundraiseOnline has the tools, the skills, the track record and the people to help you.

How does it work?

We have a range of service offerings that can support your fundraising efforts.

1. Event focused fundraising: Your supporters undertake events or challenges, register on our site, build a web page (12 clicks and 2 minutes!) and then seek donations from their wider networks - everything is web based and far reaching, there is no cash handling so it's safe, very low risk and very low administration impact.

2. Regular Giving: Your supporters can now give on a regular basis, with FundraiseOnline's new easy and highly secure regular giving functionality. Simply enter credit card details once, and those details are held by our bank approved service provider, DPS, and they can give any amount on a regular monthly basis, fully receipted, fully automated, and highly secure.

3. Ticketing for events: If you are having an event that you want to sell tickets for, we can manage that through the site - low cost, low admin, highly effective. It doesn't matter if its 50 tickets, or 5,000. If you are looking for a simple, safe and highly secure method to sell your event tickets, FundraiseOnline can have you up and running today.

4. Stand Alone Sites: As long as we have been around, we have been designing, building, deploying, managing and maintaining stand alone web sites for large and well known charities. Our award winning sites provide the most cost effective solutions available, and our functionality is continually being upgraded to meet new requirements.

How we can help you and your Organisation

FundraiseOnline operates a low cost, low administration model, supported by one of the most technically advanced and secure solution engines available. Through the flexibility we have built in to our model, we can support:

  • Small, medium and large charities and not for profit organisations
  • Schools, small medium and large
  • One off campaigns for charities or corporates
  • Events requiring ticket sales
  • Corporate Social Responsibility programmes of any size, anywhere in the world

Given the span of our existing service offering, we are able to offer complete solutions, depending upon size, in a matter of hours for smaller organisations, through to less than four weeks for a completely custom-built, end-to-end solution with your own unique branding and messages for larger charities and corporates. We also have options between both of these to suit a wide range of charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations.

FundraiseOnline recovers the ongoing cost of running the website by a small transaction fee levied against each transaction processed.

This fee is similar in nature to the Credit Card Merchant fee in that it meets the cost of facilitating the transaction between your fundraiser, the donor and you the recipient. In the process we provide a wide range of value added services.

The small transaction fee covers:

  • The hosting and maintenance of your supporters websites, no matter how many are developed
  • The collection and processing of your donations
  • The automated tax receipting of individual donations
  • The individual thanking of donors
  • Settlement of net accumulated transactions to a nominated bank account
  • The provision of detailed reports including full disclosure of donor details to charities in a format that is easy to upload to your database
  • The donation notification processes to the fundraiser
  • 24/7/365 help to FundraiseOnline users

Add to this one of the lowest credit card transaction fees available, and it all adds up to truly significant value for our customers.

Our Fee Structure

We charge a 5% service fee on donations made through FundraiseOnline and this covers our processing costs. Like any service provider, we get charged, and pass on, credit card fees. We believe our rates are amongst the lowest. FundraiseOnline is charged $0.28 per transaction - we DO NOT pass this charge on

Here's an example of what this looks like with a typical donation of $30:

Total Donation$30.00
Administration Fee of 5%$1.50
GST @ 10%$0.15
CC Processing fee 1.3%$0.39
CC Fee Per Transaction$0.00 (we do not pass on the $0.28)
Total Fees $2.04
Donation to Charity $27.96

We support transparency of fees charged in within the Not-for-Profit sector. When you donate anywhere, always make sure you ask the question - how much of what I'm donating will get to the charity.

Fee Transparency

We don't hide our fees and charges from anyone, in fact, the exact opposite. We are proud to publish our fee structure, because it is setting the standard in the sector. But first, the following is our commitment to our charities and the donors who use FundraiseOnline:

  1. We will always publish our fee structure
  2. There are not, nor will there ever be, hidden costs or fees
  3. We will always work to keep our credit card fees low - in fact, we believe, our credit card fees are the lowest available

Fees Q & A

Do you offer discounted fees?

Yes we do. If your organisation raises more than $150,000 per annum (from the date of your contract) online through FundraiseOnline, we have a program of escalating discounts you can be part of - just ask us, we are more than happy to talk to you about this.

Do you charge a per transaction fee?

No, we don't because that cost is included in the transaction fee that we charge. We get charged a per transaction fee by our service provider, but we do not directly pass that cost on.

Why do you charge a credit card fee to your customers?

We are charged a credit card fee by the credit card providers on every single transaction. Our credit card fees are the lowest available (1.3% for Visa and MasterCard with a slightly higher rate for international cards) because of the volume of transactions we process for our customers and because the credit card companies recognise our status as the leading service provider to the not-for-profit sector. The credit card fee is passed on to our charity partners, as it is a deductible expense to you - it's not deductible to your donors and as such does not appear on your receipt. It represents very good value for our customers, many of whom can pay up to 5% or more for credit card transactions.

As a donor, can I pay the credit card fee?

No, we have made the decision to keep our payment solution simple, and not add extra complexity around charging your donors for their generosity, nor to charge an excessive premium on credit card fees. As noted, the credit card fees we pass on are the lowest available, and they are a deductible expense to our not-for-profit customers.

Why don't you cap your fees?

Because it penalises our customers. We've been around for over 5 years, and in that time we have processed literally hundreds of thousands of payments and donations. Because of this experience we know that the overwhelming percentage of all donations will be less than $30, and as such, there is no need to cap our fees, because our fees are already the lowest available for the vast majority of transactions. Capping fees might look great on paper, but in actual fact, it costs charitable and not-for-profit organisations more with capped fees. If you want more details on this, ask us, we are more than happy to show you how FundraiseOnline fees are the most cost effective available.

Can you process our offline donations, or provide us with banking facilities?

Fundraisers are able to enter funds raised offline on their fundraising pages as part of managing their accounts and promoting their efforts and results - and we don't charge for this service. We don't provide a direct banking service for our customers, as this isn't a service that we believe adds value for our customers, and we believe that charging fees for providing such a service, with very little value added for the customer, is not appropriate. We further believe that with the lack of accountability and traceability of transactions like this, with its inherent fraud issues, poses significant ethical issues and as such, we chose not to do so.

Is it ethical to charge a % fee?

We firmly believe it is. As we note above, we don't charge capped fees or transaction fees, as we believe capped fees penalise our customers. Our transaction fees are the most competitive in the market, based on the profile we have seen for the vast majority of charitable donations. Charging a fixed minimal 5% transaction fee and being open and honest about our fees we believe is the most ethical way for us to provide our services.

Are all the funds safe?

Absolutely. All payments made through the FundraiseOnline site are held in CBA trust accounts until they are settled. In over five years of business, and having processed hundreds of thousands of donations in that time, we have not lost a single transaction. And every month all of our customers receive a detailed breakdown of all the transactions that took place on their account, together with a reconciliation of the payments and the fees. And FundraiseOnline has been around for more than five years - our track record speaks volumes for our stability and trusted status in the market.

Are you a web development company?

No. We are a service provider to the not-for-profit sector, so we don't have any focus other than providing this service to our customers. All too often we hear stories of web service company's going out of business, or getting too busy to look after charities, so very early on we decided that stability was going to be one of our core fundamentals. And after five years in business, we have a proven record in delivering quality, timely and cost effective solutions that really work. We don't just promise, we deliver.

Is it safe using my credit card on the internet?

Yes, very much so. Firstly, we do not keep or store any credit card details anywhere on our site - our settlement service provider handles all our credit card transactions. Secondly, we use the highest levels of security protocols and systems available - your transaction is completely safe.

Why should my charity / school / club / church choose FundraiseOnline?

We are one of the foremost web donation service providers to the not-for-profit sector. We remain the benchmark for service provision to the sector, and no one else can match our service, our sector commitment, our prices or our functionality. Our customers rave about us - and that, for us, is the ultimate test.

Services for Not-for-Profit organisations

If you would like to take advantage of the growing worldwide phenomenon; online fundraising; then contact us today.

In early 2010, the Heart Foundation of New Zealand organised a bike ride the length of the country, the Heart Racer appeal - http://www.heartracer.org.nz/. Following overseas trends, the appeal rapidly gained a high media profile, and helped raise in excess of $1 million for the Heart Foundation.

The success of online fundraising through FundraiseOnline applies to any not-for-profit organisation. We support charities, schools, clubs and churches with all of their fundraising needs, and have supported the collection and processing of in excess of $14 million in funds for New Zealand and international not-for-profit organisations. With our fundraising capability you and your organisation can:

  • Be receiving direct donations and payments through our Direct Donation button technology on the same day you sign up
  • Have online capability 24/7/365, and receive payments from anywhere in the world
  • Gain access to the most cost effective and comprehensive fundraising tools available
  • Use the latest social media tools to highlight your appeals, quickly and easily - we have integrated video, blog, Facebook and twitter capability, all included in every page that is set up
  • Sell tickets to your events, no matter what size

You can set up your page now, to raise funds for any organisation listed on the FundraiseOnline site. You don't need any complicated technical experience, it will literally take minutes to do, and there is no more need for forms to fill out or cash to collect, it's all done for you.

Using Fundraise Online your supporters will have a way to fundraise for you without either of you having the hassle of collecting and processing donations. They can quickly and easily build a web page to collect secure online donations for the organisation of their choice. - YOU.

 

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