# Charitable Impact vs iHelp

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iHelp delivers about 2.80 more of every 100 donated than Charitable Impact (€100.00 vs C$97.20 per 100). iHelp stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Charitable Impact does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Charitable Impact | iHelp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | C$97.20 | €100.00 |
| Platform fee | 0% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.8% + C$0.00 | 0% + €0.00 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 71 | 50 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | EU |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Payment methods supported | 5 | 1 |

## 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 iHelp if

> Spanish nonprofits and donors who value vetted, legitimacy-checked causes and a commission-light giving model, and who are comfortable with a single Santander payment gateway and a smaller catalogue of campaigns.

- No platform commission charged to nonprofits or donors, per iHelp's FAQ.
- NGOs and causes are vetted for legality and viability before listing.
- Long heritage in Spanish online giving, continuing Cibersolidaridad.org which ran from 2001.
- Post-donation follow-up and a stated focus on transparent, effective altruism.