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GoCardless for Charities

Summary

GoCardless for Charities offers a 25% discount on standard transaction fees for verified charities, applied to direct-debit payment processing for recurring donations and membership fees. The discount is the verified current offer; GoCardless’s charity-industry page does not explicitly state the political/advocacy exclusion; advocacy eligibility is conditional on verification.

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https://gocardless.com/industries/charities

GoCardless’s charity-industry offer is a 25% discount on standard transaction fees for verified charities, applied to direct-debit payment processing (the typical GoCardless use case is recurring donations, membership fees, and subscription-style supporter contributions where direct-debit is the cheapest rail) [source: gocardless-charities]. The application is direct via GoCardless’s charity-industry page; GoCardless verifies charity status internally [source: gocardless-charities].

Eligibility expects recognised charitable status (registered charity in the UK, 501(c)(3) in the US, and international equivalents). GoCardless’s public charity-industry page does not appear to state an explicit political/advocacy exclusion; advocacy eligibility is conditional on GoCardless’s verification [source: gocardless-charities].

For a campaigning org with a UK or EU supporter base, GoCardless is the typical direct-debit recommendation relative to card-only providers — direct-debit is materially cheaper than card processing at small-to-mid volumes, and GoCardless’s API/UX for managing recurring supporters is built for the donation-membership-fee use case.

Use it for

Procuring GoCardless’s 25%-off charity rate for direct-debit-based recurring donations and membership fees (the typical supporter-monetisation use case in the UK / EU); understanding that the political/advocacy exclusion is not publicly stated — verify directly with GoCardless if your legal form is non-charitable or advocacy-focused.

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