# Charitable Impact vs GoFundraise

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, GoFundraise delivers about 1.02 more of every 100 donated than Charitable Impact (A$98.22 vs C$97.20 per 100). On the headline numbers, Charitable Impact and GoFundraise are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Charitable Impact | GoFundraise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | C$97.20 | A$98.22 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + C$0.00 | 1.4% + A$0.38 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 73 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | Australia |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 2 |

## Choose Charitable Impact if

> Canadian individuals and families who want a single donor-advised Impact Account to organize their giving, support friends' causes, and receive a tax receipt for every contribution they add.

- Operates as a donor-advised fund: donors add money to an Impact Account and recommend gifts to charities over time.
- A tax receipt is issued for the full amount added to the Impact Account, regardless of when it is granted to charities.
- Accepts a wide range of assets, including cash, securities, real estate, and cryptocurrency.
- Peer-to-peer giving, Giving Groups, and campaigns let donors pool and direct money together.


## Choose GoFundraise if

> Australian individuals, charities, and event organisers running personal or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns who want Australian-hosted, PCI-secure infrastructure and DGR-aware tax receipting.

- Established Australian platform for donation and peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Strong event-based and community-fundraising tooling with multi-beneficiary support.
- Payments via Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal, and Stripe.
- All data encrypted at rest and hosted in Australia, with PCI-secure infrastructure and third-party penetration testing.