How it Works

There is no charge to start a fundraising campaign. At a minimum, you keep over 80% of money raised online once it has finished. Campaigns that raise over $2,500 keep 85%, and over $5000 keep 90%! There is no additional fee for not reaching your fundraising goal. There is a standard 3% payment processing fee involved with all online transactions, but that comes out of our fee, not yours.

After a campaign is closed, we can wire transfer the money to your bank, send an online transfer via Paypal, or write a check out to an individual or entity (checks can be mailed to an address of your choosing, or picked up at our headquarters if you're local -- we're about 45 minutes north of Boston). We will send you an email as your campaign nears closing asking you for your preference. Other online fundraising companies make you sign up for separate payment processing systems, which can be very confusing and take more money out of your pocket. We prefer to deal directly with our users and transfer money to them using their requested method.

No, you will not receive any promotional messages from us. We do not subscribe people to email newsletters or send them automatic reminders. The only time a donator or potential donator will ever receive an email from Care Fundraising is if they are sent an email by you to raise awareness, or if they personally subscribe to our newsletter.

We employ the highest level of security to ensure no personal information is under threat. Donations are processed by Authorize.net, the world’s largest payment processing system. Care Fundraising does not view, process, interact, or store your credit card or personal information. We do not resell information or raw analytical data to third-party vendors. In addition, the campaign pages and checkout process are encrypted with the same level of security as online banking, and our security certificates are provided and continually verified by GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, hosting company, and security certificate provider.

We do not sell, give, or in any way provide your email, personal information, or credit card information to anyone or any third parties. Additionally you credit card information is neither seen nor stored by us or any other party; it is encrypted and processed by Authorize.net, the world's largest payment processing system. No vendors receive information, data, or metrics from any party (donators, staff, etc) in return for coupons & discounts.

Care Fundraising is not authorized to give tax or legal advice, you should consult with a personal tax accountant or attorney if you have ANY questions regarding the implications of the donations aggregated at Care Fundraising. It is our understanding that funds raised are treated like a birthday or wedding gift, and do not count as taxable income.

If an individual contribution is higher than the annual gift tax amount (approximately $13,000), the donor may be subject to tax liability, please refer to IRS.gov for information about Gift Taxes. Be aware that any fundraiser that collects more than $20,000 and more than 200 individual donations may have to fill out a 1099-K form to just show allocation of funds.