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Smarter nonprofit payment processing with GoFundMe Pay

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Published July 17, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

We’re thrilled to share that Classy Pay is now GoFundMe Pay—your all-in-one payment processing solution for donations across GoFundMe and GoFundMe Pro. With full supporter visibility, seamless reporting, and faster payouts, it’s everything your nonprofit needs to manage giving in one place.

More than a name change, GoFundMe Pay marks a major leap forward in how nonprofits manage donations, data, and reporting across every channel.

From flexible giving options to simplified payouts, this upgrade delivers a more connected, efficient experience for your team and supporters.

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The why behind GoFundMe Pay

At GoFundMe Pro, we saw a real opportunity to simplify and strengthen how nonprofits raise money. That’s why we originally built Classy Pay—to provide nonprofits with a secure, user-friendly, and flexible payment processing system tailored to their online fundraising needs. 

Now, as part of the GoFundMe ecosystem, we saw an opportunity to go even further—combining GoFundMe’s community of nearly 200 million with Classy’s flexible fundraising software to help nonprofits reach more supporters across more channels than ever before.

With fundraising tools like embedded online donation forms, drag-and-drop donation pages, and dedicated Nonprofit Pages, it’s clear that fundraising on GoFundMe isn’t only for individual supporters anymore. It’s also for mission-driven organizations and the communities behind them.

That’s where we saw a real opportunity.

Nonprofits using GoFundMe were juggling disconnected systems—Classy Pay to process donations on their website and PayPal Giving Fund to handle contributions from supporters giving or fundraising directly on GoFundMe. That meant:

  • Limited donor visibility: Nonprofit organizations fundraising on GoFundMe often received a single lump-sum payout with no supporter-level data attached.
  • Delayed payouts: Nonprofits received payments from PayPal Giving Fund outside of their normal cadence.
  • Manual reconciliation: Nonprofits had to export spreadsheets and cross-reference online donation data from different sources, making accurate reporting and donor management a time-consuming headache.

GoFundMe Pay solves all of that. It offers one streamlined online payment processing solution, full donor visibility, seamless reporting, and faster payouts—all in one place.

Nonprofit payment processing, simplified

This upgrade to the GoFundMe Pay experience simplifies and connects your entire donation process. Explore what’s new, what remains the same, and who benefits from these emerging developments.

What’s new

One connected platform

Now, all online transactions from GoFundMe and GoFundMe Pro flow directly into your GoFundMe Pro dashboard and nonprofit CRM. No more juggling separate systems or dealing with disconnected data. 

Plus, you can now receive donation payouts from GoFundMe on your regular schedule—no more PayPal Giving Fund delays or lump-sum surprises.

Full donor visibility

You can now see detailed donor information previously unavailable in GoFundMe, including:

  • The location where the donor gave—your Nonprofit Page or a supporter-led fundraiser
  • The specific fundraiser URL, if applicable
  • A “GoFundMe” source tag in the transaction history and your CRM

Expanded digital wallets

GoFundMe Pay supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and, soon, DAF Pay, making online giving faster and more mobile-friendly. Supporters can also still give using the following secure payment methods: credit cards, ACH, PayPal, and Venmo.

What remains the same

GoFundMe Pay keeps everything you loved about Classy Pay—with the same reliability, flexibility, and advanced functionality nonprofits depend on:

  • Intelligent Ask Amounts: Use AI to predict what a donor will most likely give and customize an ask to that individual.
  • Simplified reporting: Receive clear, easy-to-read summaries for every transaction.
  • Industry-leading fraud protection: Rest easy with real-time machine learning that blocks fraud, powered by Stripe Radar—no manual rules required.
  • Automatic credit card updates: Keep recurring donations on track, thanks to automatic payment information updates from Stripe.
  • Streamlined reconciliation: Enjoy one centralized dashboard for full visibility of transactions and daily, predictable payouts.
  • Low payment processing fees: Rest easy with fraud protection and card updating, included in your standard credit card transaction fees of 2.4% + $0.30. PayPal and Venmo start at 2.5% + $0.30. GoFundMe donations have no platform fee—only a 2.2% + $0.30 processing fee.

Why this matters to your team

GoFundMe Pay is for your nonprofit’s back-office heroes—the people who live in reports, reconciliation, and donor data. Whether managing a CRM, overseeing donation workflows, or cleaning up another spreadsheet, GoFundMe Pay helps make your job easier, faster, and more accurate.

CRM and database managers

Say goodbye to incomplete or disconnected donor records. With GoFundMe Pay, all donations—from GoFundMe and GoFundMe Pro—flow directly into your CRM with consistent formatting, campaign tagging, and source attribution. You’ll finally have a single source of truth across every fundraising channel, enabling better segmentation, cleaner data, and more personalized outreach.

GoFundMe Pro admins

Stay in control with real-time visibility into every transaction. GoFundMe Pay brings all donation activity into one backend dashboard, helping you monitor performance, track daily payouts, and avoid manual exports. With predictable processing schedules and synced donor data, your team can enjoy smoother campaign execution and simpler post-campaign reporting.

Fundraising operations teams

Streamline your entire donation workflow from gift to reconciliation. GoFundMe Pay eliminates the need to piece together donation data from different systems, saving you hours in manual reconciliation and freeing you up to focus on strategy and growth. With built-in fraud protection and automatic card updates, you also get peace of mind and fewer donor support issues.

Anyone tired of juggling disconnected data?

Get the visibility, speed, and accuracy you need to work smarter, not harder with GoFundMe Pay. From clear reporting to unified payouts and industry-leading security standards, every feature reduces complexity and puts you back in control.

GoFundMe Pay FAQs: Get the quick answers you need

Who can use GoFundMe Pay?

GoFundMe Pay is available to GoFundMe Pro software customers with verified 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, enabling seamless donation processing across GoFundMe and GoFundMe Pro. 

Nonprofits using only a GoFundMe Nonprofit Page, without a subscription to GoFundMe Pro’s nonprofit software, will continue to receive donations via PayPal Giving Fund.

Is GoFundMe Pay the same as a Stripe account?

No, GoFundMe Pay is our unique payment solution. Our friends at Stripe helped build the foundation for GoFundMe Pay.

How long will it take to process payments with GoFundMe Pay?

Donations appear in reports the next business day, with funds deposited to your bank account two business days later. ACH donations typically settle within 5-7 business days.

Does GoFundMe Pay support international payments?

Yes, GoFundMe Pay does support international donations when made in USD using major card brands, like Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express.

Get started with GoFundMe Pay

GoFundMe Pay helps you save time, eliminate manual reconciliation, and raise more with less effort. This is what modern nonprofit payment processing tools should look like: seamless, connected, and built for the way you fundraise today.

If you’re already using GoFundMe Pro’s fundraising platform, getting started is simple. Claim your Nonprofit Page, and we’ll help you switch from PayPal Giving Fund to GoFundMe Pay in a few easy steps.

Copy editor: Ayanna Julien