Give to a charity, Giving Group, or Campaign from your Impact Account
Giving Season
It's the busiest time of year for making donations and sending gifts to charities. Some of the information on this page may be impacted.
Visit Giving Season 2024 for the full list of important dates.
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You can send gifts from the balance of your Impact Account to Canadian registered charities.
There are about 85,000 that are registered with the Canadian Revenue Agency, including:
- charitable organizations
- public and private foundations
- educational institutions
- religious organizations
- qualified donees such as municipalities, registered Canadian amateur athletic associations (RCAAAs), and arts and culture groups
You can also give to Giving Groups or Campaigns on Charitable Impact.
Learn how to:
Good to know:
Give to a charity
- To find a charity to give to:
- On the web: Select Search & give in the top navigation.
- On the mobile app: Select Search & give from the bottom menu.
- Type the name of the charity you would like to give to in the search field.
- Select the charity from the search results.
- Select a gift amount or enter a custom amount on the right-hand side of the charity page, then select Give.
- Select the frequency with 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.
- Select Continue.
- Under Information to share, select the information you would like to share with the charity. Note: The information shared defaults to the options you selected under Impact Account settings in the Information to share tab.
- Include an optional message for the charity. The charity will receive this message with your gift.
- Include an optional note about your gift. This note can be viewed in your transaction details under Account Activity.
- Select Review.
- Review your gift details, then select Send gift.
Note:
When sending a gift to a charity, your gift will be disbursed to them on the next scheduled disbursement date.
Give to a Giving Group or Campaign
- To find the Giving Group or Campaign to give to:
- On the web: Select Search & give in the top navigation.
- On the mobile app: Select Search & give from the bottom menu.
- Type the name of the Giving Group or Campaign you would like to give to into 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.
- Select a gift amount or enter a custom amount.
- If the Giving Group or Campaign you're giving to has enabled monthly gifts, you can choose to give the gift once or monthly on the 1st or 15th of each month.
- Select Continue.
- Under Information to share, select the information you would like to share with the Giving Group or Campaign. Note: The information shared defaults to the options you selected under Impact Account settings in the Information to share tab.
- Include an optional message for the Giving Group members and admin, or Campaign admin. They will receive this message with your gift.
- Include an optional note about your gift. This note can be viewed in your transaction details under Account Activity.
- Select Review.
- Review your gift details, then select Send gift.
Note:
Impact Account admins can only give to groups that the Impact Account owner is a member of or manages.
Good to know
Minimum and maximum gift amounts per transaction
The minimum and maximum gift amounts you can give from your Impact Account per transaction are outlined below:
Gift sent | Min. gift | Max. gift |
To charity | $5 | $1,000,000,000 |
To Giving Group/Campaign | $1 | $1,000,000,000 |
To a friend | $1 | $1,000,000,000 |