A personal cause is a person, a pet or a project.
FUNDRAISER COSTS
It is FREE to fundraise for a personal cause on mycause
There are no platform fees or commission. 0%
Donors are requested to pay mycause a platform fee (also known as a "tip" or "donor pays") at the time of donating. It is optional for them.
BENEFICIARY COSTS
mycause does not charge a platform fee to the beneficiary. The beneficiary pays bank and credit card processing fees of 2.5% + GST
(mycause does not charge a .30cent loading per transaction)
Funds are sent to the beneficiary net of bank fees + GST at the start of each month.
PAYPAL
If you have attached PayPal to your Fundraising Page then you will pay PayPal the bank fees. Their rate is 2.6% plus .30cents per transaction. mycause cannot control PayPal fees. PayPal funds will be available to you in your PayPal account net of fees separately.
REPORTS
You will receive remittance advice each month when your funds are deposited from mycause. This advice will only display the funds held by mycause and therefore will not include PayPal funds. This remittance can also be downloaded in your mycause account under "Donors & Reports".
You may also download a spreadsheet displaying each transaction including PayPal transactions under "Donors & Reports". (We will not show the PayPal fees here as we cannot control the fees retained by another platform.)