Once you join as a member of IsraelGives, you can connect your merchant account and process payments through all major Israeli credit card brands, Bit, Paypal, and Apple Pay.

We current support merchant accounts with Isracard, Visa CAL, Meshulam, Payme, and Paypal.

For details about choosing your merchant provider and setting up an account, click here.

The total fee that you pay on a donation consists of:

Your merchant provider will charge a fee that averages 1% for donations made by

Visa and Mastercard (other brands have higher fees). To see the fees of the different merchant providers and brands, click here.

Thus, all together, the total fee for most campaign donations will be 2.9% + ₪1.20, and for all other donations, the fee will commonly be 3.9% + ₪1.20.

As an example, here's how the total fee would break down for a Visa transaction:

Please note that if you do not sign up for a membership plan (advanced or international) an additional 2.5% fee will apply.

Paypal

In order to accept Paypal donations, you can either connect your Paypal account to the IsraelGives platform and receive donations directly into your Paypal account - or accept Paypal donations through IsraelGives. In both instances, we'll issue a receipt to the donor in your organization's name, and the IsraelGives fee remains the same.

Our accounts

In the event that you don't have a credit card account of your own, IsraelGives may permit you the use of our own merchant accounts. In the event that we do so, our fee will be 5%.

Receipting

Through our partner EZCount.co.il, we can issue an e-receipt in your name on every payment that you receive. The e-receipt is attached to the confirmation email sent to your donor. The cost is ₪0.70 per receipt.

Billing

The credit card fee and IsraelGives' platform fee (percentage) is charged by the credit card company. So if the total percentage fee of a donation is 2.9%, on a ₪1000 donation the credit card company will deposit ₪971 into your bank account.

All other fees (including our transaction fee of ₪1.20) are billed to you in a monthly invoice. This invoice is collected through hora'at keva (direct bank payment).

When you first sign up for the IsraelGives platform, you can choose that any donations that you receive are made to - and receipted by - the IsraelGives Foundation. The Foundation pays the credit card fee of 2.9% and then donates to you the Net amount of the donation. IsraelGives then collects a 5% fee on this donation. So a donor makes a ₪100 donation by Visa, the Foundation will donate to you ₪97. IsraelGives will then issue you an invoice for 5% of this ₪97.

This option is available for organizations that have a Section 46 approval. However, it's limited to ₪50,000 and can only be used for a limited time.