Americans have strong views on paying extra fees and tipping for services, especially at the holidays.
But what about when making online donations?
The holiday season is usually a big one for charitable contributions. Take Giving Tuesday – which falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Last year it raised an estimated $3.6 billion in the United States. Roughly one-third of that came from online donations –- made either on a third-party online fundraising platform or through nonprofit organizations’ websites, which themselves may be powered by a third-party platform’s fundraising software.
Such platforms have made it fast and easy to contribute to your favorite causes.
With that convenience, though, may come fees and sometimes the option for donors to leave a “tip.”
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