# Altruism Ireland vs TotalGiving

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, TotalGiving delivers about 1.45 more of every 100 donated than Altruism Ireland (£100.00 vs €98.55 per 100). Altruism Ireland stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while TotalGiving does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Altruism Ireland | TotalGiving |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | €98.55 | £100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 1.2% + €0.25 | 0% + £0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 2.2 (16) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 24 | 74 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | EU | — |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 1 | 3 |

## Choose Altruism Ireland if

> Irish donors and registered Irish charities that want zero-platform-fee giving with a strong emphasis on charity transparency and accountability.

- 0% platform fee, so listed charities keep the full donation apart from payment-processing costs.
- Operated by a registered Irish charity (CRA 20082475), aligning its incentives with the causes it lists.
- Transparency focus helps donors assess how charities use their funds.
- Education programmes offered to high-performing charities.


## Choose TotalGiving if

> UK registered charities and their supporters who want fundraising and sponsorship pages where donations pass directly to the charity, with Gift Aid and multi-currency donations.

- Donations are transferred directly to the recipient charity rather than held by the platform.
- Supports Gift Aid, claimable on eligible UK donations and approved by HMRC.
- Donors can give in many currencies (around 140), converted to GBP for the charity.
- Charity directory and search covering thousands of UK registered charities, with fundraising and sponsorship pages.