Iv had some fundraising experience with charities - both in India and the UK. The simplest
method of accepting payment is tying up with an external party such as
http://www.justgiving.com/ (from experience - this is one of many that specialise in
online fundraising for charities in the UK). If the amount is relatively small this makes
sense, however for higher amounts we may as well sign up with a merchant as that would be
cheaper if we have volume. Rather than requesting funds through NEFT (which is a better
mode for payments such as membership fee etc), for this you could opt for Net Banking or
even cheques by post!
As for 80G, the more you run after it the more the babu will want from you. If you put a
bundle on the table, the certificate will be in your hand in days. However, from
experience I can tell you, if you dont bother about it - just complete official
formalities, the form will come by post to your office in due course.
Kind Regards,
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:22:03 +0530
From: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Global Fund raising Support to Indian Currency
I think 80G is nice to have, but shouldnt stop us. Also we are not probably looking at
large scale(We would love if they come), but typically my equivalents to 5 10 20 dollors
would 250 500 1000 INR for which most would not take trouble of getting receipts and
eventually getting the benefit(Atleast the folks who do online donations) since the tax
benefit would be negligible.
+1
So my next question is without which are we eligible to collect donations online, would
just like to know the bureaucracy around it? I now know the chapter can receive donations
through NEFT[1].If we are good to go then the next thing to work out would be a payment
gateway / payments partner helping us in giving options to various bank netbanking /
credit/debit cards, ofcourse a decent API. The more the merrier. Also if we could get some
sponsorship/deal from them in terms of the cut they take for transaction cost. People who
have experience with online payment solutions can add their inputs.
http://www.ccavenue.com/ works best for accepting payments online from various netbanking
accounts in India.
Thanks for the timely reminder and initiative on this, Srikanth.
Ravi
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