What payment methods do Give Lively donation forms accept?
Donors can fund their donations through Give Lively using any of the following:
- all major credit cards or debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club and JCB)
- ACH/bank transfers
- digital wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay
- PayPal
- Venmo (new payment form only).
Some additional notes:
Credit and debit cards
To process major credit cards and debit cards, including those stored in Apple Pay and Google Pay, we rely on Stripe, an industry-leading payment processor trusted by thousands of companies and nonprofits. All Give Lively members must have a fully authorized and connected Stripe account to use our technology. Learn more about Stripe and why you need it to use Give Lively.
ACH/direct debit
To handle ACH transactions, we use different services, depending on which generation payment form is in use. Our first-generation form uses Plaid and the new form relies on Stripe Financial Connections. Both are trusted services that partner with thousands of US-based banks and guide you through a similar ACH/bank-payment process.
Digital wallets
To allow for the use of digital wallets, most Give Lively fundraising pages automatically detect if a donor's device/browser has Apple Pay or Google Pay enabled as a payment method. If detected, the relevant payment option appears. Learn more about digital wallets.
PayPal/Venmo
Give Lively nonprofit members can add PayPal, but only as an optional additional donation-processing method. At the present time, it can't be the sole payment processor, since it is only available for one-time donations. Thus, PayPal will only process donations when a donor’s selected payment method is PayPal. All other payment methods (credit/debit, ACH etc.) will be processed via Stripe. Learn more about our PayPal integration in our Resource Hub (for members, but open to all).
When PayPal is integrated with our platform, Venmo will also automatically appear as a payment method, but only to US-based donors using a supported device and only on our new payment form. A nonprofit must have integrated its PayPal merchant account with Give Lively to accept Venmo payments.
