Fundraising Online with JustGiving

JustGiving send the money through to York SU, and takes out their fees (more info available on their website). They charge a payment processing fee of:

• From 1.9% + 20p, to 1.9% + 30p per donation, for donations given in GBP

• From 2.9% + 20p, to 2.9% +30p per donation, for donations given in another currency  

alongside this, a 5% fee is charged on any Gift Aid. York SU doesn’t charge any fee for setting up or using JustGiving pages, the only fees are from JustGiving directly).

When York SU Finance receives this (which can take a few weeks) it will then be deposited into our RAG one-off account. If you have instructed us as to where the money should go (which charity or which of your student group accounts) finance will contact you and complete this transaction. If you haven’t provided us with this information, or if you are doing a joint fundraiser, or a fundraiser where money needs to be claimed for expenditure out of the fundraised amount, then you should contact finance@yorksu.org

If you’ve done a bucket collection, on-campus fundraiser or something else where donations have not come through your JustGiving page, just email Jasmine at j.pledger@yorksu.org who can add the total of your offline donations to your online total, helping you reach your fundraising target quicker.

We can set up a page to run up until the end of the academic year, as at this point we have to clear our accounts for auditing purposes. This means if you are setting up multiple fundraisers across the year, or want a general page to link to, to encourage others to fundraise you can use this one platform.

There are rules that must be followed as the University of York Students' Union is a Registered Charity, and the Union’s charitable status prohibits money being donated to other charities, political parties, campaigns or trade unions unless specific rules are followed. This doesn't prohibit students fundraising, but just requires specific processes to be followed. As a result of our charitable status, we should declare any funds that have been raised for other charities, and also recognise our group’s achievements. 

Using YUSU’s platform also protects groups from giving to a cause that isn’t who they thought they were initially. Fake crowdfunding profiles and platforms are unfortunately all too common, and we would hate to see you raising a great amount of money that doesn’t end up helping your desired cause.

If you do choose to use an alternative platform, or do your due-diligence and ensure a JustGiving page for a charity is the correct profile, then you are more than welcome to set these up, but make sure you let your link staff member/sabb know so we can recognise your achievements.