Fee Disclosure
The Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society benefits from online platforms that bolster our fundraising efforts. Each platform offers a different value-add service that facilitates and supports our charitable work – from payment processing to automatic tax receipting.
In an effort to provide full disclosure of the fees we incur from using these platforms, please find below information that is current as of January 18, 2024. We encourage you to use the links provided for the most up-to-date information.
Wherever possible, we encourage donors to make their contributions using cash, cheque, or PayPal Giving Fund so we can put 100% of your donation towards our charitable programming.
Value offer: instant tax receipting!
Cause Support Fee – 2.9% (up to $500)
Merchant Fee – <2.5%
PayPal Fee – 1.60% + $0.30 (from Canadian accounts)
Donation/Match Fee – variable
Value offer: instant tax receipting, event ticketing, peer-to-peer fundraising, securities donations, and cryptocurrency donations!
Security Donations – 2.0-3.0%
Cryptocurrency Donations - 2.0-3.0%
All monthly donations – 3.5%
Customizable Donation Forms – 3.75%
One-time donations from charity profile – 4.0%
Ticketed Events Management – 5.0%
Peer-to-Peer Social Fundraising – 5.5%
Value offer: convenient car removal and recycling service!
Re-sale vehicles admin fees range from 0% to 17% of the final sale outcome
Recycle-ready vehicles admin fees fluctuate and are dependent on current recycling tonnage rates
Donations facilitated by CanadaHelps and subject to transaction fees (2.5%)
Value offer: recurring membership invoicing!
Charity Transactions – 1.60% + $0.30
Value offer: instant tax receipting; no fee service!
No fee service!
Value offer: convenient bottle pick-up or drop-off recycling!
Service fee - up to 30% of total refund amount
Value offer: self-serve payment options; facilitates in-person debit and credit card transactions!
Swiped payments - 2.65% + $0.30
Invoice – 2.9% + $0.30
Manual Transactions – 3.4% + $0.15
Online Sales – 2.9% + $0.30
Value offer: online store to facilitate product sales!
Transaction fee – 3.0%