ChurchTrac's Online Giving is a powerful tool that enables your church to take donations online and have them automatically added to your Giving Screen.
To get started with Online Giving, navigate to the Giving Screen and select the "Online Giving" Tab. To enable online giving, create (or connect to an existing) Stripe account.
The first time you visit our Online Giving page, you will be prompted to set up your Stripe account. Make sure you have your church's EIN number as well as the church bank account and routing number where Stripe will deposit your funds. Upon clicking "Setup Your Online Giving Account", you will be taken to Stripe.com to complete the process of setting up your account.
Once you've created or linked your Stripe account, you will be redirected back to the Online Giving Screen in ChurchTrac. Now you'll see the unique link that we have provided for your Online Giving page. You can copy this link and add it to your church website or social media page(s).
The Online Giving page also has several configuration options that you can provide. You can also choose whether or not to enable guest donations, enable text giving, fees options, and more.
We recommend that you require donors to log in before giving. When donors log in, it is easier for ChurchTrac to match the donation to the correct person in your database. Signed-in donors can save their credit or debit card for future use, have the option to give using ACH (E-Check) and Text Giving, and can also set up recurring donations.
Once you have created your Stripe account, we recommend bookmarking stripe.com and log in on a regular basis. Stripe's dashboard makes it easier to see when deposits are coming into your bank account. If you are a church or ministry in the United States, you can log in to your Stripe account and make sure that ACH is enabled. ACH allows donors to give directly from their checking account, with lower Stripe fees of only 25 cents per donation compared to credit card transaction fees.
You can specify which Categories will be displayed as Online Giving options. Go to the Giving Screen and click the "Categories" Tab. Each category has an option: "Use for Online Giving?" Select YES to have that category offered as an option for online donors.
Stripe will subtract 2.9% plus 30 cents for each successful credit or debit card donation that is made (including Text Giving), or a flat 25 cents for each ACH/Checking contribution that is made, to cover their processing fees. ChurchTrac does not charge any additional processing fees, nor do we charge extra monthly fees or setup fees to use online giving. Stripe offers a discounted processing fee for nonprofit organizations. Go to Online Giving FAQS to learn more.
Donors can give by simply sending a text message. This option is already built into ChurchTrac's Online Giving platform. Donors can log in to your online giving page, add their phone and credit card, then quickly text the provided number when they want to give.