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Hi, I'm Donia, a software engineer at Squarespace. I'm excited to talk you through how to boost your fundraising and take your mission even further using Squarespace.
Whether you're new to online fundraising or looking to increase donations for your nonprofit, we've made it simple. Let's get started.
Key takeaways
- Recurring donations help nonprofits secure steady, ongoing support through weekly, monthly, or annual contributions.
- Cover the fees option lets donors pay processing costs so the full gift goes directly to the mission.
- All-in-one platform: Squarespace combines donation tools, payment processing, domains, dashboards, and email campaigns for seamless fundraising.
Why every dollar counts
Every dollar counts when you're supporting a cause. With Squarespace, donors can give directly through your website, creating a seamless experience that builds trust and encourages generosity.
Here's how to maximize your impact.
1. Enable recurring donations
Recurring donations help turn one-time supporters into ongoing champions for your cause. Squarespace lets donors easily set up weekly, monthly, or annual donations, ensuring your organization has reliable, continuous support.
A quick note here: We introduced an all-new donation block in July 2024. If you set up your donations before that, simply add a new block to your site to unlock recurring donations and other powerful new features.
To start accepting recurring donations:
Add a donation block to your site.
Turn on recurring donation options like weekly, monthly, or quarterly giving.
Ensure that customer accounts are enabled on your website. This is necessary for donors to manage their current contributions.
Watch as ongoing contributions help you reach your goals faster and with more certainty. Recurring donations mean less time fundraising and more time making an impact.
2. Give donors the option to cover fees
To get the most out of each donation, you can offer donors the choice to cover the processing fees for you.
When donors choose this simple option at checkout, they automatically cover the payment processing costs. This means their full donation amount goes directly to your mission.
Enabling this is easy:
In your donation block, select the fund you'd like to edit.
Toggle on Cover the fees and set the percentage you want to add.
Your donors will now see an option to cover fees, ensuring 100% of their intended donation reaches you.
Read our guide to asking for donations
3. Fundraising tools built into Squarespace
With Squarespace, everything you need is included in one powerful platform:
Clearly identify your organization as a nonprofit by easily securing your own .org domain directly through Squarespace Domains.
Accept donations by credit card, ACH direct debit, and popular payment methods like Apple Pay with Squarespace Payments.
Create and manage multiple funds to allocate donations to specific projects or initiatives, offering transparency to your donors.
Access detailed dashboards to manage donations, funds, and donor insights effortlessly.
And it’s all fully integrated with Squarespace Email Campaigns, so you can send targeted fundraising messages and reach donors when it counts most.
No more juggling multiple tools or logins—just simple, effective fundraising.
Squarespace helps you maximize every contribution, build ongoing support, and focus more on your mission.
Start today by adding a donation block to your site, enabling recurring donations, and switching on Cover the fees.