Give Lively member nonprofits gain full access to our powerful and practical fundraising platform that is free for nonprofits and intuitive for donors.

The Give Lively membership application process can be completed in a few minutes, provided you have a few essential details at hand. Membership approval takes 7-10 business days as we manually review all applications.

Give Lively membership is open to registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations (public charities and private operating foundations) that

• align with our Give Lively values
• are in good standing with both the IRS and the California Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers and
• are eligible IRS foundation types.

What are Give Lively’s values? 

We hold dear to these values, which inspire nonprofits to tackle tough challenges and complex issues such as gender and racial equality, reproductive health and LGBTQ+ rights, social and environmental justice, education, domestic violence, immigrant services and more. We personally review every membership application to ensure each nonprofit aligns with these values.

What does it mean when a nonprofit is not in good standing with the California Attorney General’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers?

When a charitable organization fails to submit complete filings for each fiscal year, its status on the California Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers will be listed as “Delinquent." If the delinquency is not remedied, the organization’s registry status will be further changed to “Suspended" and/or “Revoked.” Learn more at https://oag.ca.gov/charities/delinquency.

Give Lively uses a nonprofit organization’s status on the California Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers as a reliable baseline for an organization's ability to operate or solicit donations across the United States.

What are Give Lively–eligible and –ineligible IRS foundation codes for nonprofit organizations?

Registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations (public charities and private operating foundations) with the following IRS foundation types and codes are eligible to receive donations through Give Lively technology:

• 170(b)(1)(A)(i) - churches (foundation code 10)
• 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) - schools (foundation code 11)
• 170(b)(1)(A)(iii) - hospitals or medical research organizations (foundation code 12) 
• 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) - organizations that operate for the benefit of a college or university and are owned or operated by a governmental unit (foundation code 13)
• 170(b)(1)(A)(v) - governmental units (foundation code 14)
• 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) - organizations that receive a substantial part of their support from a governmental unit or the general public (foundation code 15)
• 509(a)(2) - organizations that normally receive no more than one-third of their support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of their support from contributions, fees and gross receipts related to exempt purposes (foundation code 16)
• 509(a)(4) - organizations organized and operated to test for public safety (foundation code 18).  

For clarity, organizations with the following IRS foundation types and codes are NOT eligible to use Give Lively technology:

• all tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that are NOT registered under subsection code 501(c)(3)
• all private non-operating foundations (foundation code 04)
• a poorly defined “suspense” category (foundation code 09)
• 509(a)(3) - organizations operated solely for the benefit of and in conjunction with 170(b)(1)(A)(i), 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), 170(b)(1)(A)(iii), 170(b)(1)(A)(iv), 170(b)(1)(A)(v), 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) or 509(a)(2) organizations (foundation code 17)
• 509(a)(3) Type I (foundation code 21)
• 509(a)(3) Type II (foundation code 22)
• 509(a)(3) Type III functionally integrated (foundation code 23)
• 509(a)(3) Type III not functionally integrated (foundation code 24).

Learn more about foundation types and codes in the Exempt Organizations Business Master File Extract (PDF).