Overview
100% free fundraising, event ticketing, raffle, peer-to-peer campaign, eCommerce store, and donor CRM platform for nonprofits—covering all credit card and transaction processing fees through optional donor tips.
Our review
Zeffy is a genuine game-changer for nonprofits, charities, and community organizations. Whereas traditional platforms take 3–8% of every donation in platform and Stripe fees, Zeffy delivers 100% of every dollar raised directly to the mission.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Zero platform fees and zero credit card processing fees—100% of funds go to the nonprofit
- +All-in-one suite: donations, event tickets, raffles, memberships, and peer-to-peer
- +Automated tax receipts, recurring donor management, and built-in email newsletters
- +Accepts Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, credit cards, and tap-to-pay at live events
- +Clean, mobile-optimized checkout forms that embed on any website
Cons
- −Exclusively available to registered nonprofits, charities, and community groups
- −Checkout includes an optional tip prompt to support Zeffy (donors can set it to $0)
- −Custom CSS design overrides on forms are intentionally streamlined
- −Currently focused on US and Canadian nonprofit organizations
- −Complex enterprise grant accounting still requires QuickBooks/Xero export