Charities Trust processing

We process donations to UK charities via our partner, Charities Trust.

  1. Donor makes a donation to a UK charity

    • If making a CC donation, funds go straight to Charities Trust (CT) and donor receives a donation receipt from CT

  2. Organization is invoiced for all batch (non-CC) donations by Processing in USD and funds USD into their BBGF bank account

  3. Partner Processing Analyst (PPA) batches all eligible donations from all clients and transfers the client’s batch funds from client BBGF account to Processing Fees account

  4. PPA wires all funds in USD monthly via international wire to CT

  5. CT confirms receipt of funds and provides currency conversion

  6. CT processes out donations in GBP according to their schedule

 

  • Donation Type: All

  • Processing Currency: GBP

  • Processing Cadence:

    • Partner wire batched monthly on the first Friday and sent the following Tuesday

      • If Friday or Monday are Blackbaud holidays, wire will be sent on Wednesday

    • Batch processed electronically (all CT clients, not just YC) monthly within 5 days of the 15th of the month

  • Refunds are not possible

  • Vendor Name on Donor Bank Statement (CC Only): Charities Trust

  • Vendor Name on NPO Bank Statement: Charities Trust

  1. Donor makes a donation to a UK charity

  2. If making a CC donation, funds go straight to Charities Trust (CT) and donor receives a donation receipt from CT

  3. Organization is invoiced for all batch (non-CC, non-payroll) donations by CT in GBP

  4. If payroll, client has option to cover in-country payroll fees, and will handle separately with CT

  5. PA creates transaction report and sends to client and disbursement report to CT

  6. CT confirms receipt of funds

  7. CT processes out donations in GBP according to their schedule

 

  • Donation types: Credit card, payroll, and payroll match

  • Processing currency: GBP

  • Processing cadence: Batch processed electronically (all CT clients, not just YC) monthly within 5 days of the 15th of the month

  • Refunds are not possible

  • Vendor name on donor bank statement (CC Only): Charities Trust

  • Vendor name on NPO bank statement: Charities Trust

  • Fee structure: Tier 1

  • Fee coverage options: Fees can be covered by client as part of Global Processing Model

  • Finance invoices for: 4.99%