Receive Online Donations for your Group or School

Thank you for your interest in setting up your donations facility through GiveNow.com.au.

Your online donations facility will allow you to take credit card donations seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Along with collecting donations via the internet, you will also be able to promote donating by phone, fax, post and leaving a bequest to your organisation.

This donations facility is a commission-free service offered by GiveNow.com.au (operated by Our Community - we take NO commission or fees for this service. The only fees that will be incurred are the credit card transaction fees taken by the banks (1.228% credit card fee for Visa and Mastercard and 1.43% card fee for Amex).

You own all your data - GiveNow.com.au does not use any of the donor details in any way and our systems have secure encryption for donor protection.

To sign up, there are 5 steps involved which are all very simple:

Find out about Online Donations
Register your Organisation
Send us your Appeal Details
Sign and return your Online Donations Agreement
Send us your Electronic Banking Details (EFT)

Have a question or need further information on online donations? Please email the Giving Team at donations@ourcommunity.com.au

Step 1 > Find out about online donations

Before you get started, you should download the GiveNow.com.au Online Donations Kit.

Download Online Donations Kit

Step 2 > Register to receive donations through Our Community

Register your organisation to set up your donations facility (once set up, you can carry out as many different appeals as you would like. The donations registration is a once-off process).

Skip this step if you are already registered to receive online donations. Go straight to Step 2:

To register, you will need:

A certificate of registration or incorporation as a company or an incorporated association
An authority to fundraise certificate held by your organisation under any of the State Fund-raising Statutes. At a glance, each State varies in their requirements for receiving donations:

State	Fundraising authority/licence requirement	For further information:
National	Yes, refer to State by State	Click for further information
ACT	Yes, if you plan to raise over $15,000 per annum	Click for further information
NSW	Yes	Click for further information
NT	No	Click for further information
QLD	Yes	Click for further information
SA	Yes	Click for further information
TAS	No, if incorporated as a charitable organisation solely in Tas	Click for further information
VIC	Yes, if you plan to raise over $10,000 per annum	Click for further information
WA	Yes	Click for further information

Download Registration Form

Optional if you want to claim tax deductibility - a letter from the Australian Taxation Office advising of their endorsement of your organisation as a Deductible Gift Recipient organisation if applicable (DGR status).

Step 3 > Send us your appeal of fundraising details

These details will be used on your appeal page and will give an explanation to the general public as to what you are raising funds for and specifically how the funds will be spent.

Your appeal page will also outline how to donate to your organisation by other methods such as phone, fax, post or leaving a bequest.

You will need to complete a new appeal form for each new donation appeal you launch.

Download Appeal Form

Step 4 > Sign and return your online donations agreement (required for every new appeal)

You will need to sign a new Schedule 1 for every new appeal that you launch.

Sign and return our Donations Agreement which outlines each of our organisation's responsibilities. Note that you will need to sign one for every appeal that you conduct - however you do not need to repeat Step 1 again.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Ourcommunity.com.au is a fund-raising agent for your organisation. That means we do not take responsibility for ensuring that your organisation has completed the necessary communication with your state authority. It is your responsibility to make sure you have all the necessary government approvals.
This is a non-exclusive agreement between your organisation and ourcommunity.com.au. We can both work with other organisations to do the same sort of fund-raising exercise.
When people make online donations to your organisation we will pass the payments on to your organisation directly to your bank account
You will be the owners of the donor details
We take NO percentage of the donations collected online. You receive 100% of the donations collected, less credit card commission bank fees only.

Download Agreement

Step 5 > Send us your electronic banking details (EFT)

This is so that we can deposit donated funds directly into your bank account to save you time and money.

Please Note: Please also include a Deposit Slip with your account details to help us verify your details - we will not transfer any funds to your account until we can authenticate your account details.