Donation funds

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Donation funds

Last updated September 14, 2026 18:13

Use funds to attribute contributions to different causes.

If you accept donations, you can create multiple funds to attribute donor contributions to different causes. Each fund can have its own name, suggested donation amounts, and recurring donation cadence. You can compare revenue by fund, and manage fund settings site-wide from a central location.

Create a fund

To create a new fund:

  1. Open the Donation panel and click Funds.
  2. Click Create fund. Edit the fund settings.
  3. Click Save.

You can edit these settings, which apply to all donation blocks linked to the fund:

  • Details - Add the fund name and a disclaimer with any tax information, terms, and policies you want to show donors. This disclaimer displays beneath the donate button.
  • Donation form - Add form fields to the donation block for donors to complete before checkout. Create a new form, or choose an existing donation form.
  • Suggested donation amounts - Add suggested donation amounts to encourage visitors to donate at specific levels. You can have up to eight. Add descriptions like Gold Membership or Feeds 10 cats to the suggested amounts to let donors know what their contributions are for. Switch the toggle on beside Custom amounts so donors can add an amount outside the suggested amounts. If you delete all suggested amounts, custom amounts are enabled by default.
  • Cover the fees - Give donors the option to pay an extra percentage of their donation to help cover your transaction and processing fees.
  • Recurring donations - Switch the toggle on beside Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annually to give donors the option to give on a recurring basis. To collect recurring donations, you need to enable customer accounts, and connect either Stripe or Squarespace Payments. Recurring donations follow this renewal schedule.
  • Recurring donations upsell - Switch the toggle on to encourage donors to choose a recurring donation instead of a one-time donation. Set the upsell headline and button text that appears in the pop-up message.
  • Default recurring frequency - Click the drop-down menu to select the default renewal frequency for recurring donations.

You and your donors receive an email after every transaction. Donors can cancel a recurring donation from their customer account, and you can cancel their recurring donation for them from their donor profile. Visit Managing donations to learn more.

You can have up to 100 funds.

Note: Donors can't use Apple Pay for recurring donations.

Add a fund to a donation block

Donation blocks are available in the Basic, Core, Plus, Advanced or some Legacy plans. To learn more, visit Choosing the right Squarespace plan.

To add a fund to a donation block:

  1. Add a donation block.
  2. Click Funds.
  3. Select the funds you want to display in the block. Donors can select from multiple funds using a drop-down menu.
  4. Click Save.

You can connect multiple funds to a block. If you have multiple donation blocks on your site, they can each have different fund settings.

Add a donation form

To collect more details from donors before they check out, add form fields to the donation block. Keep in mind that this is separate from the custom checkout form, which appears at checkout if enabled.

To add a donation form:

  1. Click Create new form. Or, to use an existing form, click Connect existing form.
  2. Add a form name.
  3. To edit the default form fields, click the down arrows to change the field labels and description text. To require donors to complete the fields, switch the toggle on beside Require. Drag and drop the fields to reorder them. To delete or duplicate a field, click the ... icon, then click Duplicate or Delete.
  4. To add new form fields, click the + icon.
  5. When you're finished, click Apply, then click Save.

Cover the fees

You can give donors the option to pay an extra percentage of their donation to help you cover your transaction and processing fees.

  1. In fund settings, switch the toggle on beside Cover the fees.
  2. Set the percentage you'd like to ask donors to pay. The transaction and processing fees you pay depend on your plan. If you're not sure what your fees are, visit Transaction fees and payment processing rates.
  3. Write a description to explain the additional charge.
  4. Click Save.

When you enable cover the fees, the option is selected by default for donors at checkout. To opt-out, donors uncheck the box beside your message.

Enable donation renewal notifications

You can enable donation renewal notifications to send donors a renewal notification email 15 days before their renewal date. The email includes the name of the donation fund, donation amount, renewal date, cadence at which the donation renews, and a link to log into their account and manage their settings.

To enable renewal notifications:

  1. Open the Customer Notifications panel.
  2. Click Donations, then click Recurring donation renewal.
  3. Switch the Send to donors toggle on.

Keep in mind, donation renewal emails are only sent to donors whose donations renew every 12 weeks or more.

Review fund revenue

To compare contribution revenue by fund, open the Donation panel and click Funds. The page displays all funds, the total contribution revenue the fund has raised, and the number of active recurring donations for the fund. Click a fund to view a list of individual contributions. You can also see your contribution revenue in the Sales analytics panel.

Edit a fund

To edit a fund:

  1. Open the Donation panel, then click Funds.
  2. Click the … icon beside a fund.
  3. Click Edit.

You can edit the fund name, description, suggested amounts, and recurring donation settings, which will apply globally across all donation blocks the fund is connected to. If you change the fund name, past revenue will be attributed to the original fund name. Changes you make to recurring donation settings only apply to new recurring donations. Existing recurring donations will renew at the original cadence.

Delete a fund

To delete a fund:

  1. Open the Donation panel, then click Funds.
  2. Click the ... Icon beside a fund.
  3. Click Delete.

Note: Deleting a fund cancels all recurring donations. If you delete the only fund connected to a donation block, the block won’t display to visitors.

The general fund

You may see a fund called the general fund in the funds panel. This was created for you automatically when you added your first donation block. You can rename this fund by following the steps above.

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