Reasons to Register with CanadaHelps
Here are some of the reasons why over 7,000 Canadian charities have registered with CanadaHelps for online fundraising:
1. Security and Privacy
Security and privacy online is CanadaHelps’ top concern. Protect your donors with CanadaHelps advanced online security features including VeriSign, McAfee Secure and ethoca. CanadaHelps doesn’t ever sell, trade, share or otherwise misuse your donor information in any way. Click here for more information about Security and Privacy on CanadaHelps.
2. Affordability
CanadaHelps only charges the costs of processing the transaction itself. There are no set up fees or monthly fees and no need to set up your own credit card merchant account. The transaction fee of 3.9% is deducted before it’s sent to your organization. This fee covers credit card fees, banking fees, the secure processing of online gifts, receipting, donor support, reconciliation and disbursement of funds. Click here for more details about the cost of using CanadaHelps.
3. Easy-to-Use
Signing up with CanadaHelps is as easy as 1-2-3 - no advanced technical knowledge necessary! Simply visit CanadaHelps.org to get started signing up for your account. Once your registration is completed and reviewed, add the Donate Now! button to your website and start accepting donations online. Click here for more information on how to register.
4. More Donation Options
Offer your donors more ways to give to your organization, including:
- One-time donations
- Monthly giving
- Donations designated to specific campaigns or funds
- Gifts in honour or in memory of someone
- Online gifts of securities (stocks & mutual funds)
- Peer-to-peer fundraising and pledge pages
- Donations through Facebook
- Donations by credit card and Interac online
5. Full donor records
We know that having donor information is important to your organization for donor stewardship. Through CanadaHelps, you instantly receive donor records for every donations made to your organization. Donor records can be downloaded for easy integration with your existing donor database.
6. Automatic E-Receipting
CanadaHelps automatically issues an official tax receipt for every donation. We send electronic receipts by email instantly to each donor, so you don’t have to!
Even more reasons to register with CanadaHelps:
- CanadaHelps is a fully bilingual service - donors can give in either French or English
- Customize your charity profile page, add your logo and include current fundraising campaigns or appeals
- Take advantage of social media and peer-to-peer fundraising opportunities
- CanadaHelps provides tech support to donors
Find out more about registering with CanadaHelps: