B
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2.9%
2.9% -- payment processing fee for nonprofit fundraising platforms (2026)
Standard payment processing fees for online fundraising transactions are typically 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction.
- Fixed fee of $0.30 per transaction applies in addition to the percentage rate
- Processing fees may be covered voluntarily by donors
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Value
2.9%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BetterWorld
Primary
Tier B
https://betterworld.org/blog/fundraising/what-does-no-platform-fees-mean/ ↗
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What are 'no platform fees' in fundraising?
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BetterWorld
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Methodology
Standard card processing rate cited across platforms (e.g., Stripe)
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Industrymarketing
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nonprofit fundraising platforms: 2.9% payment processing fee. Source: BetterWorld (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/credit-card-processing-fee-fundraising-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/credit-card-processing-fee-fundraising-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>2.9%</strong> -- payment processing fee for nonprofit fundraising platforms<br><small>Source: BetterWorld (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/credit-card-processing-fee-fundraising-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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