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The Problem
Your Giving Runs on a Platform You Don't Control
It shows up once monthly donors and campaigns matter. Platform fees grow with every gift, recurring plans fail quietly, and leaving the vendor means leaving donor history behind.
Platform fees
A hosted platform adds its fee on top of card fees.
Platform fees
Gifts run through your own Stripe account with no platform fee added.
Locked data
Donor records export only in the vendor's format.
Locked data
Every donor, gift, and recurring plan sits in a database you own.
Failed cards
Monthly gifts quietly stop when a card expires.
Failed cards
Card updates and retry emails recover monthly gifts before they lapse.
Manual receipts
Staff build year-end receipts from a spreadsheet.
Manual receipts
Receipts and year-end statements go out automatically with the required details.
It's December 31, the busiest giving night of your year, and the hosted donate page is crawling. Support answers on Monday. In January, a staffer exports gifts into a spreadsheet to build year-end receipts by hand. Several monthly donors' cards expired in the fall, and nobody noticed their gifts had stopped. When the board asks about switching tools, the vendor's export leaves recurring plans behind. Your donors stayed loyal. Your platform made it hard to keep them.
We start with how your gifts actually arrive: monthly donors, year-end appeals, tributes, and events. Then we build your giving platform on your own Stripe account. Donors give in a few taps with cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or bank debit. Receipts send automatically, and expiring cards trigger updates before a monthly gift lapses. Every donor and gift lands in your database and syncs to your CRM, so your data stays put after any vendor change.
Recurring giving that lasts
Monthly donors manage their own gifts, and failed cards trigger updates and reminders automatically.
Receipts without the spreadsheet
Every gift gets a receipt, and donors get year-end statements without staff building them by hand.
Donor data you keep
Gifts, donors, and recurring plans live in your own database and sync to your CRM.
Our Donation Platform Process
From Hosted Form to Your Own Platform in Five Steps
You approve the donate flow, receipts, and migration plan before any build, and you make test gifts yourself before a single donor sees the new pages.
We look at your current giving tool, last year's gifts by channel, and your recurring donors. You get a written plan, a comparison of what you pay in platform fees now, and an honest answer on whether switching is worth it.
Projects We've Built
Payment and Cause-Driven Apps We Have Built
Payment, recurring billing, and cause-driven web apps we have built: the checkout, subscription, and dashboard pieces a giving platform depends on.
Oasic Finance SaaS Web Design & Development
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Moneywish Finance App Design & Development
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What's Included
What You Get With Custom Fundraising Platforms for Nonprofits
Donate forms, recurring gift management, campaign and peer-to-peer pages, receipts, CRM and accounting sync, and a careful migration, all on payment accounts in your organization's name.
Compare Options
DeveloperLook vs Hosted Giving Platform vs Free Form Plugin
Hosted online donation platforms for nonprofits launch fast, and a free form plugin costs almost nothing. Here is where each holds up and where your giving outgrows it.
| Feature | DeveloperLookBest fit | Hosted giving platform | Free form plugin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | 3 to 12 weeks to launch | Live the same day | Live in an afternoon |
| Platform fees | No platform fee on gifts | Fee, subscription, or tips | No fee, fewer features |
| Recurring giving | Donor-managed with card updates | Usually included | Basic or a paid add-on |
| Peer-to-peer pages | Built to your campaign rules | Included on many plans | Not available |
| Branding | Your domain and design | Their template, your logo | Your site's theme |
| Donor data | Your database, full history | Export on their terms | Stored in your website |
| CRM sync | Built for your CRM | Listed integrations only | Manual exports |
| Upfront cost | Fixed build price | Low or no setup cost | Free or low cost |
DeveloperLook
Hosted giving platform
- Time to start
- DeveloperLook: 3 to 12 weeks to launchHosted giving platform: Live the same day
- Platform fees
- DeveloperLook: No platform fee on giftsHosted giving platform: Fee, subscription, or tips
- Recurring giving
- DeveloperLook: Donor-managed with card updatesHosted giving platform: Usually included
- Peer-to-peer pages
- DeveloperLook: Built to your campaign rulesHosted giving platform: Included on many plans
- Branding
- DeveloperLook: Your domain and designHosted giving platform: Their template, your logo
- Donor data
- DeveloperLook: Your database, full historyHosted giving platform: Export on their terms
- CRM sync
- DeveloperLook: Built for your CRMHosted giving platform: Listed integrations only
- Upfront cost
- DeveloperLook: Fixed build priceHosted giving platform: Low or no setup cost
What Our Clients Say
What Clients Say After Launch
Feedback from teams we have built payment, subscription, and web apps for.
We had a pretty specific idea of what we wanted our website to become, but I wasn’t sure how easily we could explain all of it to a development team. There were quite a few moving parts, and we were working toward a deadline, so I expected a few things to get lost along the way. That never really happened. They understood what we were trying to achieve, kept us updated throughout the process, and got everything ready within the agreed timeline. The final site feels much easier to navigate, works beautifully on mobile, and is noticeably smoother for our customers. It was a huge relief seeing the original idea actually turn into the website we had in mind.
The mobile experience is probably my favourite part of the new site. We had spent a lot of time making sure the desktop version looked right, and the team kept pushing us to think about how everything would actually feel on a phone too. They were right. The navigation is clean, the interactions feel natural, and everything we’ve tested so far works exactly as it should. They also went through the links, forms, integrations, and other details more than once before launch, which I really appreciated. And even after going live, we could still reach out when something came up. The whole process felt friendly, organised, and surprisingly straightforward.
What I appreciate most is that the website is actually easy for us to manage now. We can update content ourselves instead of sending a developer a message every time we need to change something small. They also paid attention to the technical SEO side, which mattered to us because we didn’t want a new website to create problems for the traffic we already had. I’ve probably asked more questions than I should have since launch, but every question has been handled patiently and without any fuss. The team is easy to work with, they explain things clearly, and when we need something changed, they focus on getting it done rather than making the process complicated.
1,250+
Projects shipped
10+
Years of experience
Top 3%
Upwork Top Rated Plus
5 stars
Average review score
1,250+
Projects shipped
10+
Years of experience
Top 3%
Upwork Top Rated Plus
5 stars
Average review score
Want results like these?
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Work Culture
Why Nonprofits Trust Us With Their Giving
Your donate page handles money people gave on trust. These habits protect that moment, your donors' privacy, and the gift history your team depends on.
We protect the donor moment
A donor who hits an error at the form rarely tries again. We test every gift path on phones, slow connections, and each payment method before launch.
Card data stays with Stripe
Card numbers go straight into Stripe's hosted fields and don't pass through your servers. That keeps your PCI scope as small as it can be.
Receipts checked against IRS rules
We check receipt wording against IRS Publication 1771 before launch. Single gifts of $250 or more need a written acknowledgment, and your receipts include it.
Honest about hosted tools
If a hosted platform's fees cost less than a build over a few years, we'll show you the math. Some nonprofits should stay where they are.
Fixed scope, fixed price
You get one written scope and one price before work starts. Your board approves a number that doesn't move halfway through the build.
You own every account
The code, the database, and the Stripe account are in your organization's name. You can switch developers without moving a single donor.
Overview
What are donation platforms for nonprofits?
DeveloperLook builds donation platforms for nonprofits that want their own giving system instead of a rented one. We build one-time and recurring giving, campaign and peer-to-peer pages, automatic receipts, donor accounts, and CRM sync on Stripe. Builds start at $1,200, take 3 to 12 weeks, and the code, data, and Stripe account are yours.
DEVELOPERLOOK
Project facts · Donation Platforms for Nonprofits
- Service
- Donation Platforms for Nonprofits (recurring giving, campaigns, receipts, CRM sync)
- Typical timeline
- 3 to 5 weeks for giving core, 8 to 12 for peer-to-peer
- Platforms
- Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, QuickBooks, Xero, Salesforce
- Built with
- React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Stripe Billing
- Experience
- 10+ years of development experience and 1,250+ shipped projects
- Post-launch support
- 60 days of fixes after launch
- Communication
- Calls in US, UK, and AU business hours
- Starting price
- From $1,200 USD, fixed scope after a free platform review
Reviewed 28 Oct 2026 by Saimul Islam
Good fit
Charities paying per-gift platform fees
Your hosted giving page adds a platform fee to every gift on top of card processing, and your board keeps asking what that costs each year.
Nonprofits leaving Blackbaud
You're moving off Blackbaud and need recurring donors, gift history, and campaign pages to come across without every monthly donor starting over.
Organizations running peer-to-peer events
Your annual walk depends on supporters building their own fundraising pages, and your current tool won't match your branding or sync with Salesforce.
Development directors comparing platforms
You're comparing online fundraising platforms for nonprofits, and none handles your mix of monthly giving, tributes, and event tickets in one place.
Agencies building for nonprofit clients
Your agency runs the nonprofit's website, and the client wants its own giving platform under its brand instead of a hosted form.
Not a fit
Budget under $1,200
You raise a modest amount online each year, mostly one-time gifts. A free hosted giving form costs less than any build, and we'll point you to one.
Only need better donate pages
You like your giving tool and need better donate pages on your website. Our Donation Website Development service is the better fit for that.
Donor CRM is the gap
Your gifts process fine, but donor history lives in spreadsheets. Our CRM for Nonprofits setup organizes your donors first, and a platform can come later.
Church giving in an app
Your church wants giving inside a phone app next to sermons and events. Our Church App Development service builds giving into the app itself.
Not sure we're the right fit?
Book a free call or message us. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Pricing
Transparent Starting Prices for Donation Platforms for Nonprofits
These are starting points in USD. Your final price depends on your giving types, the CRM and accounting tools we sync, and whether we migrate recurring gifts. You get a fixed proposal after a free platform review.
For Agencies
White-Label Fundraising Platform Builds for Agencies
You own the client relationship with the nonprofit. We supply the engineering: the giving review, the donate and campaign flows, the Stripe build, and the migration, delivered under your brand while you run every client meeting.
How the partnership works
White label: your client only ever sees your brand
Your clientSees only your brand
You, the agencyOwn the relationship
DeveloperLookBehind your brand
Share the brief
Send the client's giving tool, gift mix, and CRM, and we scope it in writing.
- Client needs
- You share the details
- Details received
We propose and staff
We send a fixed quote and schedule you can mark up and present to the client.
- Scope and plan
- Proposal to resell
- Your quoteYOUR LOGO
Build and hand off
We build in Stripe test mode, you review with the client, and we hand over.
- Done by our team
- Your brand on it
- Handed to your clientDone
- Your client
- You, the agency
- DeveloperLook
Share the brief
Send the client's giving tool, gift mix, and CRM, and we scope it in writing.
- Client needs
- You share the details
- Details received
We propose and staff
We send a fixed quote and schedule you can mark up and present to the client.
- Scope and plan
- Proposal to resell
- Your quoteYOUR LOGO
Build and hand off
We build in Stripe test mode, you review with the client, and we hand over.
- Done by our team
- Your brand on it
- Handed to your clientDone
Partner with DeveloperLookDelivered under your brand
The Right Technology for Your Project
Technology Stack
Tools we use to build fast donate forms, recurring billing, campaign pages, and the sync with the donor CRM and accounting software you already use.
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Stripe
PayPal
Apple Pay
Google Pay
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Docker
AWS
Salesforce- Bloomerang
QuickBooks
Xero
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Related Services
Volunteer, church, donor CRM, and payment services that work alongside your giving platform, from donate pages to Stripe setup.
Volunteer Management Software
DeveloperLook builds volunteer management software for nonprofits and churches. We add shift sign-up, QR check-in, an hours ledger, and donor CRM sync to your site, or build a full volunteer management system your coordinators run every week.
Donation Website Development for Nonprofits
DeveloperLook handles donation website development for nonprofits that want more gifts to finish online. We build online donation pages with monthly and tribute gifts, campaign goals, and gift tracking, on Stripe, PayPal, or your current giving tool.
CRM for Nonprofits: Donor CRM Setup
DeveloperLook sets up CRM for nonprofits, from donor CRM selection to gift imports. We fit the CRM software for nonprofits to your budget, then build acknowledgments, donor segments, and volunteer records your small team can keep up.This page
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Church App Development
DeveloperLook handles church app development for congregations that want their own iOS and Android app. We build church apps with sermons, livestream, giving, events, groups, and push notifications, synced with Planning Center and owned by your church.
Stripe Integration Services
DeveloperLook provides Stripe integration services for websites and apps. We set up Stripe Checkout, Payment Links, or the Payment Element, then build the Xero Stripe integration, QuickBooks sync, or CRM link with verified webhooks, so every order and payout lines up.FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on cost, fees, choosing a platform, receipts, and moving off Blackbaud without losing monthly donors.
Saimul IslamFounder & CEO, DeveloperLookStill have questions?
Send a message or book a call with the team.
Custom builds start at $1,200 for one-time and monthly giving on your own Stripe account with automatic receipts. Adding donor accounts, campaign pages, failed-payment recovery, and CRM sync starts at $3,300. Peer-to-peer pages, event tickets, and a migration with recurring gifts start at $6,600. Card processing fees go to Stripe, not to us.
You create a fundraising platform in five stages. First map how gifts arrive, then design the donate and campaign flows, build on a payment processor, migrate donors, and launch. A giving core takes 3 to 5 weeks and a peer-to-peer platform 8 to 12 weeks. Most of the risk sits in moving recurring gifts, so we test that with real records first.
An online fundraising platform runs campaigns and collects gifts online, from donate forms to peer-to-peer pages and event tickets. Donation tools focus on the gift itself, while fundraising platforms add goals, teams, and supporter pages. Online fundraising platforms for nonprofits also handle receipts and donor records, which personal crowdfunding sites usually leave out.
The best one is the platform whose fees, recurring tools, and data access fit your giving mix. A small charity with mostly one-time gifts often does best on a hosted tool. Once monthly donors, peer-to-peer events, and CRM sync matter, owning your platform usually costs less over time and keeps donor data in your hands.
For most nonprofits, the best fundraising platform is the one that handles monthly giving well, because recurring donors are the steadiest income. Compare how each tool recovers failed cards, lets donors manage their own gifts, and syncs to your CRM. If two of the best online donation platforms for nonprofits tie, pick the one with cleaner data exports.
Nonprofits should score each option on 6 criteria: total fees, recurring giving tools, receipts, donor data access, CRM sync, and the checkout on phones. Weigh fees against your actual gift volume, not the headline rate. Then make a test gift on your own phone, because a slow or confusing form costs more than any fee difference.
Choose an online donation form by testing the form itself, not the sales page. Check that it loads fast on a phone, offers Apple Pay and Google Pay, can default to monthly, and lets donors cover fees. Comparing online donation platforms this way usually narrows your list to two or three before you sit through a single demo.
Your own platform on a processor like Stripe usually has the lowest fees, because you pay card processing and no platform percentage. Hosted tools charge a platform fee, a subscription, or ask donors for optional tips instead. Eligible nonprofits can also apply to Stripe for discounted processing, so check that before comparing donation platforms on fees.
A 501(c)(3) should check receipts, donor privacy, and how easily gift data exports. IRS Publication 1771 requires a written acknowledgment for any single gift of $250 or more, and quid pro quo gifts over $75 need a disclosure. Also confirm card data stays with a PCI-compliant processor rather than your website or your staff's inboxes.
You migrate from Blackbaud in four steps. Export donors and gift history, map funds and appeals, move recurring plans, and run both systems side by side for one giving cycle. Card details can move processor to processor through Stripe's secure data import when the old processor releases them. Otherwise, monthly donors get a short email asking them to re-enter a card.
Saimul IslamFounder & CEO, DeveloperLookStill have questions?
Send a message or book a call with the team.
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