Membership

Our member nonprofits address tough challenges and complex issues, and make the world a better place.

Our tech helps you devote more resources to your critical work.

Benefits

What membership includes

Free and unlimited access to all solutions and products
Easy-to-use Nonprofit Admin Portal
Exportable donor information
Seamless integrations with Salesforce, PayPal and more
Outstanding membership support

Resource Hub for members

Members have access to this growing one-stop shop for information and instruction about how to use our powerful, practical and free fundraising technology.
OUR NONPROFIT ADMIN PORTAL

Easy set-up and management in our Nonprofit Admin Portal

What is the Nonprofit Admin Portal?

Give Lively nonprofit membership includes 24/7 secure access to the Nonprofit Admin Portal, a back-end management system where nonprofits create and edit fundraising pages, configure settings and download donor data.

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

How to prepare

01

We manually screen all applications. Although filling out the application is a quick process, the usual review period is 5-7 business days from the moment you connect your Stripe account to Give Lively.

Is your timeframe tighter than that? Complete your application and then, in the appropriate section, let us know if you’re facing a time crunch.

02

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

501(c)(3) is an Internal Revenue Service classification and a specific tax category of nonprofit organizations. It includes both public charities and private operating foundations, broken down into different foundation types.

03

We check that all of our members will not use our platform or products to:

• Discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status in any activities, programs or operations;
• Advocate against or deny the rights of women;
• Advocate against or deny the rights or existence of anyone on the basis of their sex, gender, gender expression or sexual orientation, including transgender and gender nonconforming people;
• Advocate against or deny the rights of historically underrepresented groups, including Black, brown, AAPI and Indigenous people;
• Advocate against or deny environmental or social sustainability practices, especially with regard to renewable energy; land, water and air rights and use; and the growing climate emergency;
• Advocate for the sale, ownership and/or civilian use of assault weapons, weapons of war, high capacity magazines, automatic weapons or any mechanism that can convert a firearm into an automatic weapon;
• Disseminate hate speech or dangerous speech, promote or incite violence online or offline.

STEP BY STEP

How to apply

01
Apply for Give Lively membership
02
Provide your contact information
03
Tell us about your organization
04
Complete Stripe setup
OUR FAQs

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OUR MEMBERSHIP PROMISE

Members gain full and free access to all of our digital fundraising products.

SOME OF OUR MEMBERS

Tackling tough challenges

Composition of multiple graphics of the nonprofit member "Every Mother Counts" 1. website showcasing Give Lively's simple widget. 2. Fundraising Leaderboard displaying 246 fundraisers and 28 teams. 3. An instagram post promoting their text-to-donate code and 4. an event ticketing tier of one of their multiple virtual fundraising events

Every Mother Counts

When the going got tough, this nonprofit used every tool in our shed to build a formidable fundraising machine. Check out the amazing results!

Every Mother Counts is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother, everywhere. In 2020, faced with the disruptions wrought by COVID-19, the lean team cancelled its 10-year anniversary plans to focus on new and expanded ways of supporting maternal health needs. Their multifaceted online fundraising efforts — traditional campaigns, celebrity appeals, team challenges, livestreamed events and much more — used every Give Lively product to maximum effect and raised funds from 6,000+ donors.

Member since June 2019
6,000+ donors
13 programs supported in 6 countries

Tenement Museum

This well-established nonprofit museum turned to several of our fundraising tools for its survival. What an uplifting response!

The Tenement Museum in NYC fosters a society that embraces and values the role of immigration in the American identity. After a year using several Give Lively fundraising products, the museum’s small core team kicked online appeals into high gear when the pandemic forced the museum to shut its doors, foregoing critical earned revenue and canceling a vital gala. Its ‘Help The Tenement Museum Survive’ campaign and 2020 virtual gala have brought in $500,000+, for an ever-increasing total of $680,000+ processed for the museum by Give Lively.

Member since October 2018
$680,000+ raised
4,500+ donors
hope for museum survival

Techqueria

This young nonprofit kicked off its digital fundraising with a community-focused campaign. Look at what happened!

Techqueria serves the largest community (10,000+ members) of Latinx professionals in tech. As a newly-minted nonprofit in the spring of 2020, Techqueria’s team of 30+ people turned to Give Lively for their first foray into digital fundraising — an online COVID-19 campaign that raised over $50,000 in two weeks (the first $15,000 in just one day!) to support undocumented individuals/families. Techqueria’s growth plans and active membership, combined with Give Lively's powerful and practical fundraising tech, promise great things to come.

Products they used:

Member since March 2020
$52,000+ raised
560+ donors
120+ families supported
THIRD-PARTY COSTS

Third-party processing fees

as of September 2023

We don't charge for the unlimited use of our powerful and practical technology – no annual fees, no setup fees, no other fees or hidden fees.

However, we use independent services, called payment processors, to securely manage the financial transaction process, from donation to disbursement, by mediating between merchants and financial institutions.

These services – Stripe and PayPal – do charge small fees for every transaction (see charts below), although the fees can sometimes be covered by the donor. There is a discounted base rate for qualified nonprofits that register with Stripe and PayPal. Fees are always subject to change at any time by the independent services. Always verify directly with the services themselves for the latest updates.

Learn more about third-party processing fees and about the data privacy and security practices put in place by us and these independent services.

Stripe logo
Stripe: Required Payment Processor

PAYMENT METHODS

ACH/Bank Transfer

There are limits to ACH/bank donations.**

Major Credit Cards

Most credit cards include: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Diners Club and JCB. Rates apply to cards used directly and when stored in digital wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay).

American Express logo

American Express

Rates apply to cards used directly and when stored in digital Wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay).

STANDARD DOMESTIC BASE RATES

0.8% (cap of $5)

2.9% + $0.30

2.9% + $0.30

DOMESTIC BASE RATES WITH NONPROFIT DISCOUNT

0.8% (cap of $5)

2.2% + $0.30

3.5%

INTERNATIONAL RATES

Not currently available

base rate + 1% + 1%*

* This additional 1% fee only applies if currency conversion is required.

base rate + 1% + 1%*

* This additional 1% fee only applies if currency conversion is required.

PROCESSORS

PAYMENT METHODS

ACH/Bank Transfer

Stripe imposes a limit of $2,000 per ACH transaction and $10,000 in ACH donations per week (Monday to Sunday).

Major Credit Cards

Most credit cards include: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Diners Club and JCB. Rates apply to cards used directly and when stored in digital wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay).

American Express logo

American Express

Rates apply to cards used directly and when stored in digital Wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay).

PayPal is only available on Give Lively as an optional additional donation method for use by donors who have an account and wish to use it only for one-time donations. Donors are not able to cover the fees.

STANDARD DOMESTIC BASE RATES

0.8% (cap of $5)

2.9% + $0.30

2.9% + $0.30

2.2% + $0.30

DOMESTIC BASE RATE WITH NONPROFIT DISCOUNT

0.8% (cap of $5)

2.2% + $0.30

3.5%

INTERNATIONAL FEES

Not currently available

base rate + 1% + 1%*

* This additional 1% fee only applies if currency conversion is required.

base rate + 1% + 1%*

* This additional 1% fee only applies if currency conversion is required.

4.4% + fixed fee**

** Fixed fee is based on the currency used. See more here.

PayPal logo
PayPal: Optional Payment Processor

PAYMENT METHOD

PayPal logo

PayPal is only available on Give Lively as an optional additional payment method for use by donors who have a PayPal account.

STANDARD DOMESTIC BASE RATES

2.99% + $0.49

DOMESTIC BASE RATES WITH NONPROFIT DISCOUNT*

1.99% + $0.49

INTERNATIONAL RATE

3.49% + fixed fee**

** Fixed fee is based on the currency used. See more here.

PayPal logo
PayPal: Optional Payment Processor
PayPal is only available on Give Lively as an optional additional donation method for use by donors who have an account. It can’t be the sole payment processor. PayPal’s transaction fees can be covered by the donor when using the second-generation payment form, but not when using a first-generation payment form.
STANDARD DOMESTIC BASE RATES
2.99% + $0.49
DOMESTIC BASE RATES WITH NONPROFIT DISCOUNT
1.99% + $0.49
INTERNATIONAL RATE
3.49% + fixed fee**
** Fixed fee is based on the currency used.See more here.
OUR FAQs

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Are there different levels of membership?
Is my nonprofit a good fit to become a Give Lively member?
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