Give without an Impact Account
Having an Impact Account makes giving easy. But don't worry if you don't have one yet – you can still support your favourite charity, Giving Group, or Campaign.
Learn how to:
Give by credit card
Give to a charity
- To find the charity to give to:
- Go to charitableimpact.com.
- Select the magnifying glass icon at the top of the page.
- Type the name of the charity you would like to give to in the search field.
- Select the charity from the search results.
- Select the gift amount or enter a custom amount, then select Give on the charity page.
- Select the frequency in which you would like to send the gift:
- Once - send the gift once
- Monthly - send the gift once a month, on the 1st or 15th of each month. Note: Monthly gifts require you to create an Impact Account. You’ll be asked to create one in the next step.
- Select the information you would like to share with the charity. Note: The information shared is defaulted to the options you selected under Settings and Information to share.
- Optional: Include a message with your gift. The charity will receive this message with your gift.
- Click Continue.
- Enter your tax receipt recipient information.
- Enter your credit card information. Note: Charges to your card appear as “CHARITABLE IMPACT.”
- Review your gift details, then click Send gift.
Give to a Giving Group or Campaign
- To find the Giving Group or Campaign to give to:
- Go to charitableimpact.com.
- Select the magnifying glass icon at the top of the page.
- Type the name of the Giving Group or Campaign you would like to give to in the search field.
- Select the Giving Group or Campaign from the search results.
- If you’re giving to a Giving Group, you’ll need to join the group first in order to give to them. Select Join group.
- Select Give on the Giving Group or Campaign page.
- If the Giving Group or Campaign you’re giving to has enabled monthly gifts, you can choose to give the gift once or give monthly on the 1st or 15th of each month. Note: Monthly gifts require you to create an Impact Account. You’ll be asked to create one in the next step.
- Select the information you would like to share with the Giving Group or Campaign. Note: The information shared is defaulted to the options you selected under Settings and Information to share.
- Optional: Include a message with your gift to the Giving Group members and Giving Group admin, or Campaign admin.
- Click Continue.
- Enter your tax receipt recipient information.
- Enter your credit card information. Note: Charges to your card appear as “CHARITABLE IMPACT.”
- Review your gift details, then click Send gift.
Give by direct debit
Complete the direct debit form via DocuSign to make a one-time donation over $200 to a charity, Giving Group, or Campaign.
Give by cheque
Complete the Add Money by Cheque form to make a one-time donation to a charity, Giving Group, or Campaign. Address the cheque to CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada).
Please mail the completed form and your cheque to:
CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)
Attention: Financial Administration
1500 West Georgia St., Suite 1250 Vancouver, BC, V6G 2Z6
Attention: Financial Administration
1500 West Georgia St., Suite 1250 Vancouver, BC, V6G 2Z6
Tax receipts for cheque donations
When making a donation by cheque, a tax receipt will be electronically issued to you by email (so please be sure to include your email address on the cheque donation form). If you haven’t received your tax receipt by email within four (4) weeks of sending your cheque, please contact us at hello@charitableimpact.com.
We also accept non-cash donations
Charitable Impact accepts donations of publicly traded securities, private company shares, cryptocurrency, life insurance, real estate, and art. An Impact Account is required to facilitate non-cash donations. Learn how to donate non-cash assets and reach out to philanthropy@charitableimpact.com to get started.
Good to know
Scheduling monthly gifts requires an Impact Account
An Impact Account is required to give monthly to charities, Giving Groups, or Campaigns on Charitable Impact.
Each month, the gift amount you choose is charged to your payment method and deposited to your Impact Account. Gifts to charities, Giving Groups, or Campaigns then come from the balance of your Impact Account.
Updating your credit card details for monthly gifts
If you need to update the credit card details for your monthly gift, you will need to cancel your monthly gift first and then set it up again with the new credit card. See the section below on how to cancel monthly gifts made without an Impact Account.
Note that when you set up a monthly gift with the new credit card on Charitable Impact, you will now need to
sign up for an Impact Account. Having an Impact Account enables you to easily manage your gifts, access your tax receipts, and update your credit card details without having to cancel and recreate your monthly gifts.
If you’re making a donation using a donation button on a charity or fundraising webpage (outside of
charitableimpact.com), you can set up a new monthly gift with new credit card details without having to sign up for an Impact Account
Cancelling monthly gifts in your Impact Account
If you’ve created monthly gifts in the past on Charitable Impact, these monthly gifts can continue without an Impact Account.
If you need to cancel your monthly gift, find and open the email from
hello@charitableimpact.com under the subject line “Thanks for setting up a monthly gift to...”. Select cancel your monthly gift at the bottom of the email.
Consolidating monthly gifts in your Impact Account
It’s important to know that existing monthly gifts you’ve set up on Charitable Impact in the past will not get transferred to your Impact Account upon account creation.
If you have now signed up for an Impact Account and wish to manage all your monthly gifts from your account, you’ll need to cancel the monthly gift you created without an account (see above), and re-create it when logged in to your Impact Account.