If you are not a Give Lively member

The check (sent once a month) is for the net value of one or more recent contributions directed to your organization via the Giving Basket, powered by Give Lively. It’s a lump sum, minus third-party payment and check processing fees, and can be used for general purposes. Importantly, there are no other conditions attached to these funds, and the donors have already received tax acknowledgements. Data about donations disbursed via check is available in the Reports Portal. Learn how to access your “Checks” report.

If you are a Give Lively member, the check is for the net value of one or more recent contributions directed to your organization via the Giving Basket only by users who donated using PayPal. While all other donations are disbursed monthly directly from the Give Lively Foundation to you through Stripe, PayPal donations made through the Giving Basket are disbursed as usual -- PayPal donations made through the Giving Basket must be paid out by monthly lump-sum check at this time, minus third-party payment and check processing fees. (All donations made through your regular Give Lively fundraising pages, both Stripe and PayPal, are direct-deposited to you as usual.) Once again, there are no conditions attached to these funds, and donors have already received tax acknowledgements. Data about donations disbursed via check is available in a secure Reports Portal. Learn how to access your “Checks” report.

Remember: As well as the payment processing fees, there is a $0.97 check processing fee per monthly check. This is subtracted from the lump-sum check, applied proportionally across all donations included in the check (see the “Fractional Disbursement Fee” column in your CSV export of donor data). At present, it is not eligible to be covered by donors.