Payment Methods for Online Giving Forms

Online Giving forms can accept a variety of payment methods from supporters. The options depend on:

  • The type of form.

  • The type of gift.

  • The donor's device and browser.

  • Your organization's onboarding status for payment methods such as Apple Pay and PayPal.

    Tip: To learn how to enable wallets, such as Apple Pay and PayPal, review digital wallets.

Supported Payment Methods and Gift Types

Membership forms supports all of the payment methods for paid memberships and additional one-time gifts.

  Standard Donation Forms Optimized Donation Forms
Credit card One-time gifts, recurring gifts, and pledges One-time gifts, recurring gifts

Direct debit

 One-time gifts, recurring gifts, and pledges One-time gifts, recurring gifts
Apple Pay One-time gifts, recurring gifts, and pledges One-time gifts, recurring gifts
Google Pay One-time gifts, recurring gifts, and pledges One-time gifts, recurring gifts
PayPal One-time gifts One-time gifts
Venmo One-time gifts One-time gifts

Note: To integrate with PayPal, you must have an active Blackbaud Merchant Services account that processes in USD, AUD, CAD, EUR, or GBP.