Why you shouldn't use Softgiving donation platform and some alternatives

Feb 08, 2023

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As Josh Belkin (@SantaDevs) pointed out on Twitter, some charity platforms like Softgiving seem to be taking advantage of charities, so I decided to start this Resource thread to keep track of alternatives. Here is the thread. https://twitter.com/SantaDevs/status/1623078595970359298?s=20&t=y-X-X6e7O6htuL6GvygtUw

The thread started with a discussion about avoiding a platform known as Softgiving, since it is taking 50% of donations and 4% transaction fee.

Here are some Charity Platforms that Josh recommended:

Tiltify (https://tiltify.com/)
Donor Drive (https://www.donordrive.com/)
Classy (https://www.classy.org/)

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