OnZoom allows you to turn your OnZoom event into a fundraiser. This allows Attendees to directly make in-platform donations to verified nonprofit organizations during your Meeting or Webinar event. A live donor feed will be shown as well.
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Pledgeling Technologies is OnZoom’s technology partner to power charitable donations through OnZoom. It is the leading charitable giving and crowdfunding platform for mission-driven brands, nonprofits, and individuals. Pledge was a top 5 finalist in the 2020 Whale Watch Zoom App Marketplace Competition and powers the Donations by Pledge app on the Zoom App Marketplace. For questions, contact zoomdonations@pledgeling.com.
Pledgeling Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and donor-advised fund that simplifies charitable giving. It processes donations from 90+ countries and regrants them to 2MM+ organizations, including all U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in IRS good standing, as well as hundreds of thousands of vetted and verified international charities operating in 100 countries around the world. Pledgeling Foundation is nonpartisan and headquartered in Los Angeles, California (Federal Tax ID: 46-2440594).
Charitable fundraisers can be created, modified, or accessed through the OnZoom platform at this time.
You can add a fundraiser to your event to help raise funds for a nonprofit 501(c)(3) when you create an OnZoom event.
Donations are currently limited to 2MM+ nonprofit and charitable organizations, including all US 501(c)(3) ‘public charities’ in good standing with the IRS, as well as qualified charitable organizations in 90 countries around the world. Pledge expects to roll out crowdfunding capabilities enabling donations to individuals in the coming months. Stay tuned!
Attendees will be able to donate to a fundraiser before, during, or after the event as follows:
Once a fundraiser is created on your OnZoom event, you will receive a link to instructions to set up the Pledge virtual donation overlay.
Currently, the Pledge virtual donation overlay can be activated on desktop computers only.
Event Hosts can select up to 10 nonprofit or charitable organizations at a time to receive donations from their event. However, Hosts can change the beneficiary organization as many times as they want. For instance, if you've set up a birthday party on OnZoom, after you've raised $250 for your favorite nonprofit, you can switch the beneficiary organization so that new donations go to another charitable organization.
Pledge does not share details about your OnZoom event, such as the name of the Host or the event, with nonprofit donation recipients at this time. Pledge only shares donor names (if they choose not to remain anonymous), donation dates, and donation amounts with nonprofits. Authorized representatives from the nonprofits can log into their organization's account and view that donor data.
On OnZoom’s event creation or edit page, go to the Event Options section and uncheck the Fundraising option to remove the fundraiser from your event page.
People will no longer be able to make donations, but any funds already processed will be forwarded to the organization that you designated.
If you change your mind or want to donate to a different organization, you can edit your event by clicking on the Manage tab to modify your previously created event.
The pre-set dollar amounts on the donation buttons ($25, $50, $100, and $250) are not customizable. If the donors want to donate anything outside of those amounts, they can type in whatever amount they wish to donate in the custom "$ USD" box. The minimum donation is $5.
OnZoom Hosts who have created a fundraiser will be able to view a list of donations in the Host Dashboard.
If a fundraising goal has been set, the total donation amount raised to date will appear on the donation form visible to everyone if at least one donation has been made. If a fundraising goal has not been set, the total donation amount raised to date will appear if there has been at least $25 donated.
Note: Hosts will receive an email to notify them when 80% of their event's fundraising goal has been met.
To see a general overview of the total donations you have raised from your fundraiser events:
To see donation details that are specific to an event:
None. OnZoom will cover credit-card processing fees so that 100% of donations made through OnZoom will be distributed to verified nonprofits.
Note: Donation forms have an optional tip that is used to cover Pledgeling Technologies' costs in providing this free service to OnZoom Hosts and participants. The tip is optional to all donors and can be adjusted, including to $0.00. If participants do not provide a tip, Pledgeling Technologies does not receive any funds. The tip is displayed to donors prior to approving the payment. Tips are in addition to the donation amount, so they do not affect the amount reaching the charitable organization. Because tips flow immediately to a for-profit service provider, under IRS rules they are not tax-deductible to the donor.
It should be in your email. Pledge's system emails a tax receipt within minutes of successfully processing a donation, so if you don't receive it, search your email for the word "Pledge" and be sure to include your junk or spam folder.
If it's not there, it's possible that you mistyped your email address on the donation form. Submit a support ticket at help.pledgeling.org with the name you donated under, the email address you would have used on the donation form, the organization you donated to, and the approximate date and the amount you donated. If you can provide the exact amount and date, along with the last four digits of your credit card number, that helps a lot. Pledge doesn't necessarily need all this but it can help cut down on back-and-forth emails if Pledge can't find your record right away.
Pledge can regrant donations to:
Have an organization in mind, but not sure if it qualifies? For US nonprofits, visit guidestar.org or search the IRS site directly.
If you'd like to request that Pledge adds an organization, please see this page for additional information.
Yes, donations to Pledgeling Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law and your personal tax situation. Pledgeling Foundation is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) entity so donations to it are treated the same as to any other nonprofit.
Pledge emails a receipt immediately after you make a donation, and it will provide the information you need to substantiate a deduction. Search your email, including your junk or spam folder, for "Pledge".
Pledge has virtually all US 501(c)(3) nonprofits in their system. If one does not appear in search results, the most common reasons are:
You can search for US nonprofits, both 501(c)(3) and other types on the IRS website.
If you’d like to see a US 501(c)(3) organization included, complete a form to suggest a nonprofit. Include as much information as possible about what you searched for and the organization you are trying to find (name, EIN if known, address, website).
Listings of non-US organizations are provided by Pledge's partners and they have no direct control over those listings. Pledge can request that our partners add an organization to their listings, but they incur research, vetting, and processing costs that they pass on to Pledge. As a result, where Pledge's partners are able to perform the service, Pledge charges a minimum of $500 to add a non-US charitable organization, and the amount can be much larger depending on the country.
Pledgeling Foundation provides the following to the recipient organization by default:
This is the same information they would receive if you donated directly to them online.
As a donor, you have the option of hiding your name & email address. If you don't want Pledge to pass along your name & email, there is a checkbox to make an anonymous donation. In that case, Pledge only passes along the date and amount.
If you made a donation through OnZoom, you have the option of sharing your contact information with the nonprofit organization you donated to. This option occurs on the Thank You screen following your donation submission. The different settings control what the charitable organization sees as follows:
See Pledge's privacy policy for more details. Note that if your donation is initiated through a partner where you have an account, such as OnZoom, you should reference their privacy policy as well.
See Pledge's current privacy policy to know what information Pledge collects, when Pledge collects it, and how Pledge uses it.
This Pledgeling article summarizes some of that policy but does not replace it. In case there are any differences between the following and Pledge's privacy policy, Pledge's privacy policy is the controlling document:
Donate from any place at any time, but please keep in mind that unless otherwise noted, all donations are processed in US dollars (so if you are in Australia or Canada, that $ sign means "US$").
Donations to Pledgeling Foundation are tax-deductible for US taxpayers. If you are outside the US, check with your local tax authorities regarding deductibility or other tax benefits.
Pledge currently can only provide tax receipts targeted to US donors. So if you are in Australia, donating to an Australian charity, Pledge's receipt may or may not be sufficient for your taxing authority.
Find your receipt: Your most recent emailed receipt will include a manage your subscription link in the paragraph that begins with, "This is a monthly donation …" Click the link and you'll be directed to a Subscription page. On the Subscription page, find the Cancel recurring donation button. Click the Cancel recurring donation button.
If you are not getting emailed receipts for recurring donations, first check your spam or junk mail folder – search for anything with the word "Pledge".
If you still can't find the receipts, open a support ticket using the New Support Ticket button. Because the reason you're not getting receipts is probably because of a problem with the email address Pledge has on file for you, verify that you enter it correctly and include the date, amount of the charge, and the last four digits of the card being charged so that Pledge can quickly find your recurring donation.
Unfortunately, due to laws and regulations governing charitable contributions and Pledge's inability to recover funds already sent to recipient nonprofits, many donations are "irrevocable gifts" and are non-refundable.
Email Pledge if you have:
In those cases, if the funds have not been regranted to the recipient nonprofit yet – basically, if it's still the same calendar month as the erroneous donation – Pledge may be able to fix the problem.
If Pledge has already forwarded the funds to your designated charitable organization, you will have to get in touch with the designated charitable organization directly.
If you don't recognize a charge, search your email, including your spam or junk mail folder, for "Pledge” on or right after the date of the charge. Contact Pledge before disputing the charge with your credit / debit card company.
Pledgeling Foundation is a nonprofit donor-advised fund that receives donations from a number of sources and re-grants those funds to the donor-designated organizations.
Pledge emails tax receipts almost immediately after a donation are processed. Unless there was a typo in your email address, you should have that as proof. Search your mail, including your spam or junk folder, for "Pledge" and see if that email appears.
Search for OnZoom events that you were invited to around the date of the charge. Click the link to the event's web page, and the Activity tab may show donations, including yours.
Ask your spouse, partner, or family members if they made the charge – if they did, they probably provided Pledge with their email address, so they should search for an email from Pledge right around the date of the charge.
If you still don't recognize the charge, submit a New Support Ticket to ask Pledge to find out more about your donation. Please include:
Unfortunately, if you contact your credit card company, that creates a "dispute" that Pledge's card processor charges Pledge $15 for. Pledge has to deduct that $15 from the next monthly donation Pledge makes to the charitable organization associated with your donation, and that comes out of other people's donations. Contact Pledge before disputing a charge through your bank or credit card company.
Find your receipt: Your most recent emailed receipt will include a "manage your subscription" link in the paragraph that begins "This is a monthly donation …" Click the link and you'll go to a page titled "Subscription," seen in the screenshot below. That page has a large red button labeled "Cancel recurring donation" – click it and you're done!
If you are not getting emailed receipts for recurring donations, first check your spam or junk mail folder – search for anything with the word "Pledge".
If you still can't find the receipts, open a support ticket using the New Support Ticket button on this page. Since the reason you're not getting receipts is probably because of a problem with the email address Pledge has on file for you, please double-check that you entered it correctly, and include the date and amount of the charge, and the last four digits of the card being charged so that Pledge can quickly find your recurring donation.
Pledge itself does not capture, transmit, or store your credit card information. It is encrypted locally on your device and sent directly from there to Pledge's payment processor, Stripe, without passing through Pledge's systems. No credit card information, encrypted or not, ever passes through or is stored on a Pledge system or network.
Stripe is a PCI Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Level 1 provider used by companies like Lyft, Shopify, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Pinterest, Slack, and many more. See more about security at Stripe for more information.
For other information, Pledge applies strict standards and protocols for encrypting, storing, or transmitting data. Pledge's infrastructure uses a SOC1 / SOC2 / SOC3 certified hosting service. Pledge regularly installs security updates and actively monitors their systems to detect suspicious activity.
Reasons for refunds on both charitable donations include: