PayPal for Personal Fundraising
Make Your Fundraising Go Further
Online fundraising with PayPal is the fast and easy way to get everyone in your social network -- including your friends, family, and coworkers -- to chip in.
Online fundraising with PayPal is:
- Simple -- Collect donations quickly and easily.
- Safe -- PayPal has a proven record of security.
- Powerful -- Easily spread the word with your donors.
Make giving easier with a Donate button.
Make donating to your cause effortless. Copy and paste one of our Donate buttons onto your fundraising website, blog, or email. All donations go directly into your PayPal account for easy access and tracking. You can even accept credit card payments.
Add a Donate Button to Make Giving Easier
With PayPal, you can easily give your donors several ways of paying you. You start by adding a Donate button to your website, blog, or an email – it takes under 15 minutes.See how to create a Donate button now.
Using PayPal makes your fundraising mission much easier:
- Easily request donations online or from your mobile phone.
- Donors just click the link in your email and choose their payment method.
- You get tracking capabilities; see all your incoming donations in one place.
Get started:
- Sign up.
- Create a button.
- Paste the button onto your website or blog, or paste the URL link into an email.
The ease of use extends to your donors. Donors simply click on your button or link and choose to pay with a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. All donations go directly into your PayPal account for easy tracking.
(Please note: Fundraisers that are not verified nonprofits will be asked to demonstrate how their donations will be used, once they raise more than $10,000.)
Best of all, there are no setup costs or monthly fees. You pay only 2.9% + $0.30 USD per transaction (for example, on a $100 donation, you pay a $3.20 fee).
Collect donations anywhere with PayPal Here.
PayPal HereTM is an easy way to accept credit cards, PayPal, and even checks* right on your smartphone. Simply download the app, plug in the card reader, swipe a card, and collect a donation on the spot. It's perfect for selling tickets, taking auction payments, and collecting donations in person. Swipe transactions incur a low fee of 2.7%.
Reach out to friends through social media.
Use the power of your social network to spread the word about your cause. Create apps for Facebook and websites quickly and easily to attract more donations. You can even customize the design to fit your cause. Check out our social media apps from paypal and FundRazr
Spread Awareness with the PayPal Giving Widget
Make donating to your cause easier and instantly actionable by placing a custom PayPal Giving Widget on your website or blog. You can customize and post your widget in a few simple clicks.
Plus, you can let others post your campaign on their own blogs or websites. All donations go into your PayPal account.
Conveniently, the Giving Widget lets you keep track of all your incoming donations all in one place and provides an option to acknowledge top contributors.
See a sample of the Giving Widget:
Crowdfund with the Facebook App by FundRazr
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Share on Facebook
Publish your story to your Facebook page and news feed.
Friends see your campaign, make donations using PayPal right on Facebook, then share the campaign with their friends.
FundRazr uses special advanced Facebook features to share your campaign with as many people as possible.
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Share on mobile
Reach the many people who now access websites and Facebook on mobile devices.
Your campaign easily collects donations using FundRazr and PayPal screens optimized for the mobile user experience.
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Share on blogs and websites
You and your friends can share your campaign on multiple blogs and websites by easily installing simple widgets.
All the widgets work together to promote your campaign in as many places as possible and bring the social giving experience to your entire web presence.
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Share via email
You can add your FundRazr campaigns to your emails. Donors can give directly from the link in the email. They can also share the campaign with their social network.
All donations and comments will be reflected on your Facebook page, blog, website, or anywhere else you place your campaign. They are all linked with each other.
Send Donation Requests via Email or Mobile.
Soliciting a donation doesn’t have to be awkward or time consuming. Send a donation request to your family and friends via email or mobile directly from your PayPal account.
Send Donation Requests via Email or Mobile
Use the PayPal Request Money tool to solicit donations from your friends and family via email or your mobile phone. To give, donors simply transfer funds from their PayPal account into yours or use their credit cards. (If they don't have a PayPal account, signing up is fast and easy.)Request for money
It’s stress-free to solicit donations via your PayPal account:
- Easily request donations online or from your mobile phone.
- Donors just click the link in your email and choose their payment method.
- You get tracking capabilities; see all your incoming donations in one place.
Get started:
Get help from our partner solutions.
Kick start your fundraising efforts with tools for building custom websites, donation apps, and more. PayPal has partnered with leading application developers to offer even more tools to assist your fundraising
Get Help from Our Partner Solutions
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Flexible, Affordable Options for Nonprofits
PayPal has helped hundreds of thousands of nonprofit organizations around the world meet their fundraising goals.