Fee Coverage

Support for fee coverage is coming soon.

To help you raise more, choose a fee coverage option for your donation and event registration forms.

• Donor cover lets donors cover the processing fee for eligible transactions so 100% of their donation goes directly to you. We automatically calculate the fee for each transaction and add it to the gift amount. The full amount is tax-deductible.

• Complete Cover™ lets Blackbaud pay the fees for eligible transactions up to $3,000. In exchange, we ask the donor to give toward Blackbaud’s service, which eliminates your processing fee. For transactions equal to or greater than $3,000, your form automatically transitions to a donor cover fee offering and model.

• Coming in 2026: Cover Plus lets your organization set the ask amount.

Note: On Complete Cover forms, ineligible transactions automatically transition to the donor cover option to help offset fees.

Fee coverage is enabled on each form or event.

To assume responsibility for all related fees and hide the option for donors to contribute towards operating costs, keep the default setting of My organization pays on your forms. For more information, see Blackbaud Merchant Services Processing Fees.

Video: Watch an on-demand video that explains the differences between Blackbaud's fee-cover models.

Training: Reduce costs with Fee Cover