If you are a registered charity, we recommend setting up your Charity Profile on Crowdfunder. This acts as your charity's landing page where anyone can search for you on our site and donate or start fundraising for you. Once you have one set up you can start projects for specific fundraising aims and targets at the click of a button without having to go through the process of adding your charity financial details again.
💡 Unfortunately, this is only currently available for charities registered with The Charity Commission (including NI) or the OSCR.
Charity Profile Page
You'll be able to set up your own dedicated Charity Profile page on the Crowdfunder platform (like a user profile but for your charity) which means anyone can donate to or raise money for your charity at any time. What's more, while transaction processing fees apply to all fundraisers and charities, there'll be no platform fees to pay*.
*See our fees page for more info.
Click on this link to go to our Charities page.
💡 Please note if you wish to run a single project straight away for a specific fundraising aim and target, you may want to choose a different set up.
To set up your Charity Profile page click on start crowdfunding and add your charity to Crowdfunder. Search for your charity to see if you already have a listing and if you can't find one, enter your charity name and registration number.
💡 If you see your charity details pop up on this page they may have been populated from our previous partnership from the Charities Trust, it does not mean that someone else has previously set up your charity on Crowdfunder.
It can a little while to verify a Charity Profile as the financials will go through a verification process with our payment provider before you submit it. Once submitted, one of the team will need to check your charity registration online against your details and documentation to validate you as a registered charity and ensure you have authority from the charity to set up the profile, so, please allow around 5 working days before your profile can go live.
What you will need to set up your Charity Profile page
Your charity profile page is the landing page for your charity so this is where you can tell your story, add your logo and even create a video to encourage people to donate!
You will need to verify your charity's bank details and one of your trustees will need to verify their ID as a representative before you are able to collect donations. This is part of the financials and extra funding section which we have plenty of guidance on in our help centre. Once you have done this once for your profile, you can start as many projects as you like without having to complete this verification step each time.
You will also be able to collect regular donations from supporters who want to contribute to your charity on a monthly basis.
Please note that at the moment Crowdfunder won't collect Gift Aid on your behalf, but we will collect the Gift Aid declarations from your supporters for you to help speed up the process unless you have a Swiftaid account and select Swiftaid to manage this process.
You will need to claim the Gift Aid from HMRC once your project is closed. Find out how here: Can I claim Gift Aid through my Crowdfunder Project?
Project or Prize Draw
Can I create projects or prize draws from my Charity Profile?
Yes. Once your profile page is live, you can start a crowdfunding rewards project which also allows you to apply for extra funding or you can set up a prize draw. You can do this from your profile by navigating to My charity when logged in and selecting to + New project or + New Prize Draw.
