Our Charges and Fees

How

Organizations: Service Charge

To help us provide best-in-class fundraising tools, support, and resources amidst increased costs and demand for our services, we’re implementing a nominal, tiered annual service charge on GiveMN.org.

To honor our Equity in Action value and ensure the GiveMN.org platform remains accessible to all,  we’ve tiered this charge to meet organizations where they’re at.

The annual service charge is based on two factors: 

1. The size of an organization's annual budget as indicated in the organization's most recent GTMD registration, subject to IRS master file verification.
2. The amount of money they raise on GiveMN.org. The service charge will reflect the period between December 1 and November 30.

Annual service charges range from $0 to $800 annually and are tiered to reflect our Equity in Action value. See how that breaks down below

The service charge will be deducted annually from the December disbursement.

Effective Fee

Most organizations pay less than 1% in processing fees for gifts made on GiveMN.org 

Most organizations raised money on GiveMN.org for far less than the stated 6.9% processing fee, thanks to the generosity of donors.

Anyone with administrative access to a GiveMN.org page can see their effective fee with just a few clicks! Simply log into the GiveMN.org Administrative Area, look for the tile that says Effective Fee, and you’ll be able to see the percentage paid by that organization over the past 1 month, 3 months, or 12 months.

Cover the Processing Fee for Your Favorite Cause

When donors make a donation using GiveMN.org, donors can—and are encouraged to—cover the 6.9% fee on behalf of your chosen organization, ensuring that 100% of the donation goes directly to their favorite cause. 

How does this work? 

During the donation process, donors are asked if they’d like to cover this fee for their chosen organization. If they select yes, 6.9% will be added to their total. The entire contribution amount is tax deductible, including the processing fee.

If a donor does not choose to cover the fee, the 6.9% processing fee will be deducted from the donation before it is disbursed to their favorite cause, as is standard across most major fundraising platforms.

Why should I cover the fee?

By supporting their favorite organization and covering the fee, donors are helping to build brighter, more equitable communities across Minnesota and beyond, ensuring their favorite causes can continue to deliver the solutions that make our state a great place to live, work, and give.

Reduced processing fee available for some gifts when using a bank account

Donors may give directly from their bank account for donations or donation cart amounts above $100 using GiveMN.org.

To use a bank account during checkout, simply select “Bank Account” from the “Payment Method” menu and follow the prompts to securely log in to your bank account. More than 11,000 banks are a part of the Plaid payment system.

For donation checkouts under $100, the cost of using a bank account to process a gift is higher than the existing 6.9% fee for credit and debit card use. Since the cost to process gifts of $100 or more with a bank account is lower, we think it’s important to share that cost-savings with organizations and donors.

*If a donor has already set up their bank account for a checkout of $100 or more and chooses to save that account to their user profile for future gifts, subsequent gifts under $100 may be made using the saved bank account at a rate of 6.9%.

GiveMN is grateful to be your partner in generosity, and we take our commitment to you seriously. That’s why we’ll never sell or share your donation information with third parties.