Givvy Blog

Thanks to those of you who have signed up and started using Givvy.  We’ve gotten some great comments and feedback.  And we’ve received a few requests for improvement.

1. for external donations the ability to edit or delete them later
2. ability to make a donation for someone doing a fundraiser without sharing your personal information with the charity
3. set up alerts to make one-time donations in the future
4. be more explicit on the costs related to the donation (see * below)
5. add external donations that are recurring (e.g. if you’ve set up a recurring donation to a museum, record that in Givvy with the recurring interval set so it records automatically)
6. ability to record non-cash donations - volunteering, etc.
7. ability to record “leveraged” activity such as running a marathon or riding in a bike-a-thon and showing my impact as the amount donated by others

These are great suggestions.  If you have more, leave them as comments or use the contact us form to send us your ideas.

*  Note that we use Network for Good for donation processing and they take a 4.75% fee to cover the credit card, disbursement and reconciliation expense.  See the Givvy FAQ for more information.  Basically this is a low cost for most charities who often pay those fundraisers you hear from on the phone or even who process mail-in donations a lot more (sometimes as high as 80%!!).