Option A: Direct to charity sites
Lowest effort, but hardest to verify automatically because every charity has different systems.
Verification usually becomes manual (receipts) unless each charity offers an API.
Donate
The goal is to make donating easy while also being able to verify donations reliably.
Recommended approach (GDQ-style)
Use a donation platform that supports campaigns + an API (and ideally webhooks). Donors donate on the platform, and we fetch/receive donation events to display totals and verify donors.
How this appears on your website
- Safest MVP: “Donate” buttons that link out to each campaign page.
- Optional: embed a platform widget (if the platform allows embedding).
- Verified tracking: later, add a small server endpoint to receive webhooks and store events.
Why this is best at small scale
- No handling of card data on your server (lower risk and complexity).
- Verification is automatic: we record a donation event from the platform.
- Receipts/screenshots become an optional fallback, not the core system.
Next decision: pick the platform you want to use for donations.
Once you pick it, I’ll wire the “Donate” buttons and implement verified tracking.
Start a verified donation (Tiltify Relays)
Once configured, this button will generate a one-time verification code and send you to the donation form. After donating, come back and check your code.
Setup guide: docs/tiltify-relay-setup.md
Embed (optional)
Some platforms provide an embed snippet (script or iframe) for a campaign. If embedding is blocked by the platform, the reliable fallback is always linking out.
When you have an embed snippet: paste it here.
(We’ll replace this placeholder block with the platform-provided code.)
Option B: Platform per charity
Create a campaign page per charity (on one platform). Your site links to each campaign.
We can track totals per charity by querying the platform’s API.
Option C: You collect money
Most control, best tracking, but it means you become the payment receiver and must handle accounting, payouts, refunds, and legal/compliance responsibilities.
Privacy
If we display a donor feed, we should make it opt-in (display name) and keep personal data minimal. A basic privacy policy and data retention notes should be added before launch.
Contact
Add an email address or contact form later. For now you can put a simple email link here.