Thank you for your interest in setting up your donations facility through www.ourcommunity.com.au which 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 Our Community -
we take NO commission or fees for this service. The only online donations fees that will be incurred by you are the credit card fees taken by the bank.
You also own all your data - Our Community 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 4 steps involved which are all very simple:
Step 1: Register your Organisation
Step 2: Send us your Appeal Details
Step 3: Sign and return your Online Donations Agreement
Step 4: 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
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:
- 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).
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.
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.
This is so that we can deposit your banking details 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.
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