iDonate.ie
Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.
An Irish online fundraising platform founded in 2011, offering a 0% platform fee with a 1.95% + EUR0.25 transaction fee, used by charities, clubs, schools, and corporates across Ireland.
- Headquartered in
- IE
- Funding model
- Keep What You Raise
- Platform fee
- 0%
- Payment processing fee
- 1.95% + €0.25
- Recipient gets
- €97.80 / €100
- Data residency
- —
- Countries
- 1
- Languages
- 1
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Our overall editorial assessment. Full weights are published in the methodology.
The review
iDonate.ie is an Irish online fundraising platform founded in 2011 by father and son Paddy and Alan Coyne, based in Tuam, County Galway. It describes itself as one of Ireland's largest fundraising platforms and supports a wide range of fundraising types, including standard donation pages, crowdfunders, charity raffles, and event fundraising.
The platform operates a 0% platform-fee model, charging a transaction fee of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation to cover payment processing, with no setup or monthly costs. A donor-covers-the-fee option lets supporters absorb that transaction cost on behalf of the cause, which can reduce the net deduction for charities.
iDonate's strength is its deep focus on the Irish market, where it serves charities, community causes, clubs, schools, and corporate fundraisers, and where it reports having raised over EUR125 million for more than 6,000 causes. The trade-off is geographic: it is built around Irish fundraising and euro donations, so it is less relevant to organisations seeking a multi-country or multi-currency platform.
Beyond standard donation pages, iDonate supports crowdfunding campaigns, recurring and once-off giving, charity raffles, and event registration, making it a broad fundraising toolkit for Irish nonprofits and community groups rather than a single-purpose donation widget.
What’s good, what’s not.
- ✓0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- ✓No setup or monthly fees.
- ✓Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- ✓Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.
- ✓Well-established in Ireland, reporting over EUR125 million raised for 6,000+ causes.
- ✓Serves charities, clubs, schools, and corporate fundraisers.
- −Focused on Ireland and the euro, with limited relevance to multi-country campaigns.
- −English-only interface aimed at the Irish market.
- −Smaller international brand recognition than global platforms.
- −A payment-processing transaction fee applies on every donation unless donors opt to cover it.
Where each €100 actually goes.
Fees vary by payment method. We default to Credit card because that’s the dominant method in New Zealand.
iDonate.ie doesn’t process payments in NZD. Pricing is shown in EUR, its native currency.
1 countries · 1 languages · 4 payment methods.
Better-fit alternatives to iDonate.ie.
Our curated shortlist — the platforms we’d actively recommend instead of iDonate.ie for fundraising in New Zealand, with the figures behind the call. For the full, neutral index of every side-by-side, see Compare with below.
WhyDonate lets more of each donation through than iDonate.ie — NZ$97.85 reaches the recipient per 100, against NZ$97.80.
JustGiving operates in more countries than iDonate.ie (6 vs 1), so it reaches donors iDonate.ie can’t.
Donorbox operates in more countries than iDonate.ie (23 vs 1), so it reaches donors iDonate.ie can’t.
See how iDonate.ie stacks up head-to-head.
Frequently asked questions
What does iDonate.ie charge?
iDonate.ie charges a 0% platform fee and 1.95% + €0.25 in payment processing per donation.
Where is iDonate.ie based?
iDonate.ie was founded in — and is headquartered in IE. Data residency is unspecified.
Which countries does iDonate.ie operate in?
iDonate.ie operates in 1 countries including major European markets and English-speaking markets.
Is iDonate.ie suitable for nonprofits?
iDonate.ie’s primary audience is individual fundraisers and groups; nonprofits can use the platform but may find specialized alternatives better suited.
Rankings are produced by a public editorial methodology — open to peer review. We disclose ownership, scoring weights, and every change.