# Rete del Dono vs Snowball Fundraising

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, Snowball Fundraising delivers about 2.90 more of every 100 donated than Rete del Dono ($96.80 vs £93.90 per 100). On the headline numbers, Rete del Dono and Snowball Fundraising are closely matched — the better pick comes down to Credit card availability, language coverage, and where your donors are.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Rete del Dono | Snowball Fundraising |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.90 | $96.80 |
| Platform fee | 6.1% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 0% + £0.00 | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | — (0) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 73 | 59 |
| Country coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Data residency | — | US |
| Languages | 1 | 0 |
| Payment methods supported | 0 | 1 |

## Choose Rete del Dono if

> Italian registered nonprofits (ETS) and the individuals, athletes, and companies fundraising on their behalf — especially charity-sport campaigns tied to major Italian marathons and tax-deductible giving.

- Beneficiaries are always vetted registered Italian nonprofits (ETS).
- Italian fiscal receipts with IRPEF deductions and Art Bonus support.
- Deep charity-sport program tied to major Italian marathons.
- Broad payment support: cards, PayPal, Stripe, Satispay, Apple Pay, Google Pay.


## Choose Snowball Fundraising if

> Small and mid-sized US nonprofits that want donation forms, text-to-give, online auctions and event ticketing in one platform with US-based bilingual support, fundraising domestically in US dollars.

- All-in-one toolkit: donation forms, text-to-give and text-to-bid, online auctions, event ticketing, recurring gifts and donor CRM.
- Free Starter tier available, with paid annual plans that remove the platform fee and speed payouts to 1-2 days.
- Used by more than 15,000 US nonprofits, with US-based bilingual (English/Spanish) support.
- Payments processed by Stripe; the company states no hidden platform fees beyond the chosen plan and processing.