# New online giving site for smaller charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/05/18/new-online-giving-site-smaller-charities/
- Published: 2009-05-18T15:44:47+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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A window of new fundraising opportunities is opening for small to medium-sized charities
across the world, thanks to a new website launching on 17th August 2009.

 

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gift2help.com is unlike any other charity-giving website in that 100% of every donation
made goes direct to the charity concerned and there is no cost at all to the charity.
Donors can visit the website, choose the charity they would like to support and 
then view a shopping list of items required for its projects. For example, a charity
may require 10 school books for children and adults at £10 each. If a donor decides
to give £30 for three books, this amount is forwarded to the charity to buy the 
items, leaving seven available for other donors to purchase. Also, with a variety
of charities featured on gift2help.com, it is possible to make donations to several
different organisations at the same time.

 

The brainchild of returned overseas volunteers – Markus Stricker, who gave time 
to work with children in Kenya and Guenther Aistleitner, who volunteered in Bulgaria
and Latvia – gift2help.com is a social enterprise which means it is driven by a 
social aim and any profits are reinvested in social objects.

 

Markus explains: “Having worked for charities ourselves, we are very aware of the
struggle many organisations have to raise funds for essential items and resources
and – while there are other charity giving websites out there – the administration
charges often make them prohibitive for smaller charities with very limited funds
available. Some websites have monthly fees and others take a significant chunk from
every donation made. Quite often the donor is totally unaware of these ‘hidden’ 
costs.”

 

Of course there are always operational costs involved in providing such a service,
and to address this gift2help.com will charge donors a low flat fee for every purchase
made – similar to postage and packaging.

 

“gift2help.com is totally transparent and we believe that donors would prefer to
pay a minimal handling charge and know that their entire donation is going directly
to their chosen charity,” says Markus.

 

For the first few months from launch, donating on gift2help.com will be free of 
charge, however, donors will be invited to make a contribution towards the service
to help gauge an amount that is perceived as reasonable and fair for the future.

 

For more information about how your charity can start fundraising through gift2help.
com, email Markus at: in**@*******lp.com

 

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