Donations
This folder is for fundraisers, directors and the person who builds the site. It starts with the most important fact and then shows the two routes that actually work.
Important
Exponential has no dedicated donation module. There is no donation datatype, no "amount of your choice" field, no recurring giving, no gift-aid or tax-receipt feature. The repository was searched for donation features and only pages about donating to the Exponential project itself were found (Donations and fundraising pages).
Contents
The two routes
| Route | What it is | Built from |
|---|---|---|
| A. External donation platform | A clear Donate button that leads to a donation page hosted by a payment provider or fundraising platform | A page, a link or a Layouts button block |
| B. Donation items in the shop | Fixed amounts ("Donation 25") sold as products through basket and checkout | The shipped product class, the shop, and the ezpaypal or ezauthorize gateway from composer.json |
Both can run side by side. Neither adds a license fee; fees are the payment provider's.
The pages of this folder
| Page | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Donation options at a glance | A side-by-side comparison and a decision table |
| External donation platform, step by step | Building route A in an afternoon |
| Shop donation items, step by step | Building route B, including gateway tests |
| The giving page | What a good donation page says and shows |
| Donor trust and thank-you | HTTPS, privacy notice, the thank-you page, receipts, follow-up |
The compact version of all this is Donations and fundraising pages in the Businesses section.
Which route for which organization
| Your situation | Route |
|---|---|
| Small organization, no shop, wants monthly giving | A |
| Already sells shirts, tickets or publications in the shop | B for one-off gifts, A for monthly giving |
| Wants every gift visible in the site's administration | B |
| No one to test and maintain a payment gateway | A |
| Needs donors to choose any amount | A (the shop offers fixed prices and defined options only) |
What every route needs
- To do: A giving page with a clear purpose (The giving page).
- To do: The whole site on HTTPS (Going live: hosts and HTTPS).
- To do: The payment provider named in the privacy notice.
- To do: A thank-you page and a plan for receipts (Donor trust and thank-you).
- To do: A named person who checks donations weekly.
- To do: Your accountant consulted on receipts and tax.
Related pages
- Non-profits: start here
- Campaigns and appeals
- Stores
- Commerce for store owners
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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