Ask HN: Payment processor for non-profit donations?

5 points by mattmoss 10 years ago | 6 comments

I have a client who needs to accept donations for his ensemble, and I'm wondering who HN recommends for payment processors.

He wants to accept one-time donations, but also recurring (monthly and/or annually). For recurring donations, there are multiple donation levels (e.g. "Donor" would be $5-24/month, "Benefactor" would be $25-$49/month, etc.) and descriptions of donor rewards for each level.

What processors can handle these criteria?

1. Hosted on the processor site (client does not want to manage databases, card numbers, etc.)

2. Can host a donation page that has multiple subscription levels as described above? If subscriptions must be fixed ($5/mo rather than $5-24/mo), that's acceptable.

3. That a donor has an account with the processor is okay, but not required.

Ideas? Thanks!

pbrumm 10 years ago |

It sounds like what you are needing is more of a donor management system which is like a crm for non profits. They provide membership levels and can process recurring donations and some provide donor login.

I work at Kindful.com and we provide these services, but there are many others, so do some research and see what is the best fit for your client.

jeffmould 10 years ago |

Stripe Checkout. Simple to get started and implement. But you are going to have to build/host the pages.

charlesh 10 years ago |

Hey there! We've been building a payment processor that handles this exact use case. Would you mind shooting a message to charlesh@pandapay.io

Specifically, PandaPay's API allows for-profit companies to accept and distribute donations to charities compliant with IRS guidelines for tax-deductibility

mattmoss 10 years ago | |

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on it when you are out of beta.

ApolloRising 10 years ago |

Do you need it to integrate with Salesforce?

mattmoss 10 years ago | |

No.