# CharityStack — Full Site Content

> CharityStack is the intelligent fundraising system for growing nonprofits: a connected bundle of public giving experiences, checkout, donor records, recurring giving, revenue operations, and integrations — with a fundraising assistant today and donor intelligence on the way. It is free for nonprofits, with no platform fee and no donor tip screen. This file contains the full readable content of the CharityStack marketing site, page by page, for language models that want the complete copy rather than a link index. For the curated link index, see https://charitystack.com/llms.txt

Public proof points: $100M+ processed for nonprofits, 500K+ completed gifts, 140K+ donors connected.

## Homepage — https://charitystack.com/

The intelligent fundraising system for growing nonprofits and charities.

Create beautiful fundraising and event forms with modern payment methods, streamline donor management, and add intelligent signals and automated engagement as CharityStack learns from every donation.

Growing organizations use CharityStack. Real fundraising volume is already running through CharityStack: $100M+ processed for nonprofits, 500K+ completed gifts, and 140K+ donors connected.

Everything you need to fundraise, beautifully: Fundraising Forms, Event Forms, Modern Checkout (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Credit Cards, Bank Transfers), Web Elements, Donor Portal, Admin Dashboard, and a Fundraising Assistant.

- Beautiful by default — an elevated donor experience and a calm, modern admin dashboard.
- Ask the assistant — query your fundraising data and create forms, contacts, and payments through chat.
- Connected records — contacts, subscriptions, receipts, and payouts stay tied to every gift.

Starts free for nonprofits, with no awkward tips. No monthly fee, no platform fee. Donors can cover processing fees — and when they don't, CharityStack does. Optional tips go to your mission. At checkout donors may add an optional increase (e.g. +10%) that goes to the nonprofit's mission, not to the software provider. Bank transfers can be linked securely with Plaid for lower processing fees with no card required.

Coming soon — Donor Intelligence and Automated Engagement. Signals is an automated feed of enriched donor data and engagement recommendations for every contact — so you know who to ask, when to ask, and how:
- Who they are — identity, capacity, and network.
- What pulls them — affinity and trust.
- What they do — engagement and intent.
- Where they are — lifecycle and timing.
- Signals recommends who to ask, when to ask, and how.

Why stitch together software with no intelligence behind it? One intelligent fundraising system instead of disconnected tools, tip-skimming checkouts, and spreadsheets — better built, beautifully designed, and free for nonprofits. The connected path runs Fundraising & Events → Checkout → Donor records → Automated engagement → Signals.

Spend less time fundraising and more time on your mission. Start free today and grow into intelligent fundraising as CharityStack ships Signals and automated engagement.

## Products: Raise — https://charitystack.com/products/raise

Every way your donors give — in one beautiful system. Fundraising forms, event ticketing, and web elements, all flowing into a checkout donors finish — with no awkward tip screen.

Checkout & payments — a checkout donors finish, with no awkward tip screen.
- Apple Pay, Google Pay, Credit Cards, and Bank Transfers, prioritized by device.
- Recurring prompts and donor fee coverage built in.
- Optional tips go to your mission, never to CharityStack.
- $0 taken from the payment by CharityStack.

Fundraising Forms — beautiful forms that convert, built in minutes.
- Giving levels, recurring options, funds, and custom fields.
- Branded to your organization, no code required.
- Embed them anywhere, or let CharityStack host the page for you.

Event Forms — sell tickets and run events.
- Ticket types, attendee details, and promo codes.
- Zero-dollar registration when you need it.
- Every registration tied back to the donor.

Web Elements — put giving where donors already are.
- Embedded forms, overlays, and fundraising bars.
- Supporter lists, QR codes, and prefilled links.
- Drop them straight into your existing website.

## Products: Manage — https://charitystack.com/products/manage

Everything after the gift, in one calm place. An admin dashboard for contacts, payments, subscriptions, and payouts. A self-service portal for donors. An assistant that answers in plain language.

Admin Dashboard — a calm command center for your fundraising.
- Contacts, payments, subscriptions, and payouts in one place.
- Revenue trends and recurring giving at a glance.
- Keep records clean so the next ask is easy.

Donor Portal — a clean self-service home for donors.
- Donors view receipts and giving history.
- Manage recurring gifts without emailing your team.
- Less donor-service busywork for you.

Fundraising Assistant — just ask it anything.
- Ask questions in plain language.
- Create forms, contacts, and payments by chat.
- Help with workflows, documentation, and recent releases.

## Products: Grow — https://charitystack.com/products/grow

Effective marketing, made effortless. Marketing automation built on the donation data you already have — no imports, no syncing, no marketing hire:
- Donation Impact — every email and SMS tied to the amount raised and donations driven.
- Campaigns — AI drafts branded broadcasts from a few words; drag-and-drop editing; personalized to each donor's gift history.
- Donor groups — segments that build themselves and stay synced with every gift.
- Brand kit — read from the nonprofit's website so every email matches their brand.
- Trigger automations — welcome new donors, re-engage churned donors, and recover failed payments automatically.
- Donor Intelligence (coming soon) — AI that plans campaigns from giving and campaign history.

Start free today. Grow into intelligent fundraising.

## Solutions — https://charitystack.com/solutions

Built for the fundraising motions ambitious, lean teams run most. Less manual work, fewer stitched-together tools. Here's what CharityStack takes off your plate — and what gets easier as Signals and automated engagement ship.

Campaign launches — get a new appeal live everywhere donors are, fast.
- Stop rebuilding the same campaign across separate form, link, and page tools.
- Use today: Fundraising Forms, hosted pages, Web Elements, QR codes.
- Coming soon: Signals will suggest which donors to invite first, and automated engagement will reach them by email and SMS.

Seasonal & giving days — make the most of year-end, Ramadan, and GivingTuesday.
- Stop scrambling to stand up a time-boxed push with disconnected tools.
- Use today: Fundraising Forms, fundraising bars, recurring prompts.
- Coming soon: Signals will time the ask around each donor's giving moments, and automated engagement will send it across email and SMS.

Monthly donors — turn one-time gifts into dependable recurring revenue.
- Stop manually chasing donors to set up or fix recurring gifts.
- Use today: recurring prompts, subscriptions, Donor Portal.
- Coming soon: Signals will flag the one-time donors most likely to go monthly, and automated engagement will invite them to upgrade.

Events — sell tickets and keep event revenue tied to donors.
- Stop reconciling a separate ticketing tool against your donor records.
- Use today: Event Forms, checkout, contacts.
- Coming soon: Signals will help you turn attendees into ongoing donors with automated email and SMS follow-up.

Donor follow-up — keep records clean so the next ask is easy.
- Stop stitching receipts, exports, and spreadsheets together by hand.
- Use today: contacts, admin dashboard, fundraising assistant.
- Coming soon: Signals will recommend who to follow up with and when, and automated engagement will send the email or SMS for you.

Stuck at the same number every year? Most plateaus aren't a CRM problem — they're a fundraising motion problem. Replace the patchwork of Stripe links, Zelle, Venmo, and spreadsheets with one system, then let CharityStack help you grow recurring revenue instead of repeating last year.

## Pricing — https://charitystack.com/pricing

Free for nonprofits. Every dollar of generosity stays with your mission. No monthly fee. No platform fee. No nonprofit-paid processing fee. Donors can cover processing — and when they don't, CharityStack does. $0 is paid by the nonprofit to CharityStack.

Free isn't a teaser. It's the whole model.
- No awkward tip screen — CharityStack never interrupts donors to ask them to tip the platform. Their generosity is meant for the mission.
- Donors can cover processing — at checkout, donors can choose to cover processing fees; when they don't, CharityStack covers them.
- Tips go to your mission — optional add-ons stay with the organization, not the software provider.

Everything is included: Fundraising Forms, Event Forms, Modern checkout (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Credit Cards, Bank Transfers), Web Elements, Donor Portal, Admin Dashboard, and the Fundraising Assistant. Coming soon, included free: donor intelligence (Signals) and automated engagement.

How much generosity stays with your mission: tip-based platforms keep themselves free by asking donors to tip the platform, which can redirect a meaningful share of donor generosity each year. On CharityStack, $0 is redirected to the platform — optional tips go to the mission instead. Illustrative estimate assumes donors cover processing fees about 88% of the time; CharityStack covers the rest. This can mean up to 20% more donation value reaching the mission.

Competitor comparison (competitor pricing as of June 2026, from each provider's public pricing pages; models and figures may change):
- Givebutter — prompts donors to tip the platform at checkout; platform fee 0% with tips on, 3% with tips off; donor tips go to Givebutter; "free," funded by donor tips to the platform.
- Donorbox — charges the nonprofit a platform fee; 2.95% on the free plan, 1.75% on Pro at $150/mo; no tip prompt; nonprofit pays a platform fee or monthly subscription plus processing.
- Zeffy — prompts donors to tip the platform at checkout; platform fee 0%; donor tips go to Zeffy; "free," funded by donor tips to the platform.
- CharityStack — no tip screen, optional tips go to your mission; platform fee 0%; donor tips go to your mission; free for nonprofits.

FAQ: Is CharityStack really free for nonprofits? Yes. There is no monthly subscription, no platform fee, and no nonprofit-paid processing fee. You keep your fundraising tools, donor management, and checkout at no cost to your organization. The "no awkward tip screen" approach means CharityStack never prompts donors to tip the platform; any optional add-on a donor chooses goes to the nonprofit's mission.

## Security — https://charitystack.com/security

Trust starts before the first public payment link. Payment readiness, user access, donor records, receipts, and revenue controls stay visible.
- Payment readiness — compliance status can affect whether an organization can process payments and share payment links. CharityStack keeps those requirements visible in settings.
- Payment methods — available methods can depend on processor setup, compliance status, country, device, browser, payment flow, and organization configuration.
- Donor records — contacts, payment history, subscriptions, event registrations, tax documents, and portal access stay connected to the same donor record.
- Admin permissions — built-in and custom roles help admins separate finance, editor, settings, forms, elements, contacts, payments, growth operations, and organization access.
- Revenue controls — payments, receipts, refunds, disputes, fees, exports, payout context, and Activity jobs help teams manage increased donation volume.

## About — https://charitystack.com/about

We're building the fundraising team for growing nonprofits. Founder-led nonprofits spend too much time raising money instead of doing the work. CharityStack exists to change that.

Why we're here — cash-strapped, understaffed teams shouldn't fundraise by hand. Most early nonprofits are stuck finding donors, asking, following up, and managing payment links and records manually. The real gap isn't a CRM — it's a fundraising go-to-market motion. CharityStack is building the system that automates more of it over time.
- Free for nonprofits — no platform fees and no awkward tip screen. Donor generosity belongs to the mission.
- Beautiful by default — an elevated donor experience and a calm, modern dashboard founder-led teams actually enjoy.
- Intelligent over time — CharityStack learns from every gift, growing into the fundraising team you don't have yet.

What we build — beautiful fundraising tools today, donor intelligence next: fundraising & event forms, modern checkout & payments, Web Elements, Donor Portal, Admin Dashboard & assistant, and Signals (coming soon).

## Contact — https://charitystack.com/contact

Start fundraising free today. CharityStack is free for nonprofits. Create your account in minutes and launch campaigns, events, recurring giving, and the move off stitched-together tools — no platform fees, no awkward tip screen. To map CharityStack to a specific fundraising program, book a guided demo at https://cal.com/mubarratc/charitystack

## Blog — https://charitystack.com/blog

Ideas for fundraising, beautifully. Product updates, fundraising playbooks, and the road to intelligent giving — from the team building CharityStack. Machine-readable feed: https://charitystack.com/rss.xml

### Why we're building CharityStack — https://charitystack.com/blog/why-were-building-charitystack

By Mahdin Choudhury (Founder) · June 5, 2026 · 3 min read

The nonprofit I worked for didn't survive two years — it couldn't fundraise and run its programs at the same time. That's the problem we built CharityStack to end.

One of my first jobs was at a nonprofit in Dallas that ran local education programs. I was a program manager, mostly writing curriculum. The work was real, and everyone around me believed in it. It didn't survive two years.

What killed it wasn't the mission. Kids showed up. The curriculum worked. It closed because the same small group of us was trying to run the programs and raise the money at the same time, and there are only so many hours in a week. Every week turned into the same quiet negotiation: do the work, or fund the work. Eventually one side loses. Ours was the funding, and when the funding goes, everything else goes with it.

I've never forgotten how fragile a young nonprofit is. It's a catch-22 built into the job. You exist to do the work, but you only get to keep existing if you stop doing the work long enough to go ask for money. So why is fundraising the clunkiest, most draining part of running one?

A lot of the answer is the software. At some point the technology made for nonprofits stopped being made to help them and started being made to make money off them. The clearest example is the tip screen — the prompt at checkout that nudges a donor to "add a little extra," except the extra doesn't go to the cause. It goes to the platform. The donor thinks they're being generous to a charity. They're being generous to a software company.

The rest is quieter but adds up to the same thing. An organization pays for one tool to take donations, another for events, another to email donors, another to keep the records straight, and none of them talk to each other. So the people who should be running programs spend their days stitching tools together and fixing spreadsheets. Value gets pulled out at every step, and almost none of it gets put back in. That's backwards.

We started CharityStack to flip it around. What we believe is simple: fundraising should be effortless, and the platform should never make money at the mission's expense. In practice that means no monthly fee, no platform fee, and no processing fee paid by the nonprofit. Donors can choose to cover the processing cost, and when they don't, we cover it — so your organization keeps the full gift. There's no tip screen, and there won't be one. If a donor gives a little extra, it goes to your work, not to us. And instead of five disconnected tools, your forms, events, checkout, donor records, and dashboard are one system that actually fits together.

I want fundraising to be effortless so nonprofits can spend everything they have on the hard part: the problem they exist to solve. I want every small organization out there to never face the choice we faced — the work, or the money. I don't want anyone else to sit in the room where a good nonprofit decides to close its doors, not because it failed its mission, but because it couldn't fund it. That's why we're building CharityStack.

## Product Surfaces (application paths)

These are the running applications behind the marketing site:
- Admin Dashboard — https://charitystack.com/dashboard — forms, campaigns, contacts, subscriptions, payments, payouts, analytics, settings, roles, compliance workflows, integrations, and the fundraising assistant.
- Checkout — https://charitystack.com/checkout — secure donation checkout used by hosted pages and embedded elements.
- Hosted Donate Pages — https://charitystack.com/donate — hosted, campaign-specific fundraising pages.
- Hosted Attend Pages — https://charitystack.com/attend — hosted event registration and ticketing pages.
- Embedded Elements — https://charitystack.com/element — embeddable donation and fundraising elements for nonprofit websites.
- Donor Portal — https://charitystack.com/portal — donor self-service for receipts, giving history, and recurring gift management.

## Product Resources

- Documentation — https://feedback.charitystack.com/docs — product reference and implementation guidance.
- Changelog — https://feedback.charitystack.com/changelog — recent improvements, shipped fixes, and release notes.
- Roadmap — https://feedback.charitystack.com/roadmap — planned improvements and product work in progress.

## Legal (summaries — full text at the linked pages)

- Privacy Policy — https://charitystack.com/privacy — Effective February 17, 2026. How CharityStack, Inc. collects, uses, discloses, and protects information across its websites, web/mobile apps (including CharityStack Mobile POS), and services. CharityStack generally acts as a service provider/data processor on behalf of nonprofit Organizations; Organizations determine how donor data is collected and used. Covers data from Organizations, donors, and site visitors; payment data is processed by third-party processors (e.g., Stripe / Stripe Terminal) under their own terms.
- Terms of Service — https://charitystack.com/terms-of-service — the agreement governing use of the CharityStack Services by nonprofit Organizations and their representatives.
- Payment Processing Terms — https://charitystack.com/payment-processing-terms — terms specific to payment processing, payouts, fees, refunds, disputes, and processor relationships.