# Donation crowdfunding · France

Which platform delivers the most of every euro to French causes — and how the réduction d’impôt changes what a €100 gift is really worth.

France runs on cards: the domestic Carte Bancaire network, co-badged with Visa and Mastercard, carries the large majority of online payments, with PayPal and mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay) growing fast. There is no bank-transfer rail like the Dutch iDEAL dominating checkout, so the per-donation story turns less on payment method and more on platform fees and the tax receipt.

The headline mechanism for French giving is the réduction d’impôt: a donor who gives to a recognised general-interest organisation (organisme d’intérêt général) reduces their income tax by 66% of the gift — or 75% for gifts that help people in difficulty. A platform that issues a compliant reçu fiscal automatically adds far more value than a fraction of a percent on processing, which is why our French ranking weighs receipt automation heavily.

Donation platforms operate under the Intermédiaire en financement participatif (IFP) status, registered with ORIAS and supervised by the ACPR (part of the Banque de France); investment-style crowdfunding sits with the AMF. Donor data is governed by the RGPD — the French GDPR — under the CNIL, so platforms with EEA data residency carry a lighter compliance burden.

## Facts

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| --- | --- |
| Currency | EUR |
| Regulators | ACPR, AMF |
| Payment methods | cartes-bancaires, card, sepa, paypal, apple-pay, google-pay |

## Platforms

1. **4fund.com** — £100.00/£100 · Individuals, charities, and small organisations across the EEA who want a multilingual, no-commission fundraiser backed by an established Polish crowdfunding operator with EU payment-institution licensing.
2. **HelloAsso** — £100.00/£100 · French associations — no platform fee, optional donor tips
3. **Les Petites Pierres** — £100.00/£100 · French associations and nonprofits running solidarity-housing and anti-poverty projects, who benefit from partner matching that doubles eligible donations and from French tax-deductible giving.
4. **OnParticipe** — £100.00/£100 · French and European organisers running cagnottes, ticketed events, or association fundraising who want a no-commission, French-hosted platform with identity controls, and who will read the terms for inactivity and refund charges.
5. **Tribee** — £100.00/£100 · Friends, families, and colleagues in France organising group gifts or money-pots for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, and farewells who want part of every collection to support an environmental, educational, or health cause.
6. **CerfApp** — £99.00/£100 · French loi 1901 associations and religious communities (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian) that need donation collection with automatic CERFA tax receipts, member management, and a ready-made website in one place.
7. **Kagnotte** — £98.75/£100 · French and EEA-based organisers running social group pots or association fundraising who want low, transparent per-contribution pricing and unlimited payouts at no extra cost, and who don't need an English-first international experience.
8. **WhyDonate** — £98.35/£100 · EU nonprofits — 0% fee, reçu fiscal, RGPD-native
9. **Dift** — £98.05/£100 · French associations running time-boxed fundraising challenges with volunteer collectors, companies pursuing social and environmental philanthropy, and individuals giving to vetted associations with tax receipts.
10. **iRaiser** — £97.85/£100 · Established European nonprofits, foundations, hospitals, and cultural institutions that want branded, self-hosted fundraising tools — forms, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding, and events — under their own identity.
11. **Papayoux** — £97.80/£100 · French and EU individuals organizing group collections for gifts and events, plus associations running solidarity campaigns, who want a regulated French platform with flexible fee handling.
12. **CotizUp** — £97.60/£100 · French individuals and groups raising money for personal causes, projects, or collective gifts who want a simple cagnotte with no platform commission and a keep-it-all model.
13. **Leetchi** — £96.85/£100 · Cagnottes — group collections and informal fundraisers
14. **GoFundMe** — £96.80/£100 · Personal causes — broad brand reach
15. **Yapla** — £95.80/£100 · Nonprofits, clubs, and associations in Canada and parts of Europe that want to run donations and fundraising inside a single tool alongside memberships, events, accounting, and contact management.
16. **Donorbox** — £94.55/£100 · Embeddable donation forms with French receipts
17. **Gandee** — £94.00/£100 · French individuals and companies who want to raise money for vetted associations through solidarity pots, corporate social-responsibility campaigns, or event-based giving, with automatic tax receipts.
18. **Fundraise Up** — £93.50/£100 · Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.
19. **GoGetFunding** — £92.80/£100 · Individual fundraisers running personal, medical, or emergency campaigns who prefer a fundraiser-paid platform fee over donor tipping, with broad international country availability.
20. **Chuffed** — £92.20/£100 · Nonprofits, social enterprises, and community-cause organisers in 29 supported countries who want a 100%-free, tip-funded platform and are willing to complete identity verification before launching.
21. **Steady** — £87.10/£100 · European creators, independent journalists, podcasters, and publishers who want recurring income from paying members rather than one-off donation campaigns.

## FAQ

### Which platforms work in France?

Platforms such as HelloAsso, Leetchi, Ulule and KissKissBankBank, plus international options like GoFundMe and WhyDonate, all operate in France and support Carte Bancaire. The French ranking leans on low card fees and automated reçus fiscaux as much as on headline pricing.

### Are donations tax-deductible in France?

Yes, if the recipient is a recognised general-interest organisation. The standard reduction is 66% of the gift, within a cap of 20% of taxable income; gifts that help people in difficulty give 75% up to a ceiling of €2,000 (for gifts made from 14 October 2025). Gifts to private individuals are not deductible.

### Will I be taxed on money I raise?

A recognised association receives donations free of gift duties. For an individual, money raised is technically a don manuel, and gifts from a single unrelated donor can in principle be taxed at up to 60% once declared — though genuine public solidarity campaigns funded by many small gifts are generally untaxed in practice. Rewards or services given in return can make it income or VAT instead.

### What’s the cheapest way to receive donations here?

Because cards dominate, processing fees are broadly similar across platforms — so the biggest levers are the platform’s own fee model (some French platforms run on optional donor tips rather than a cut) and whether the cause can issue a reçu fiscal, which hands the donor a 66%–75% tax reduction.