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Every dollar of fees is a dollar that doesn't help your mission. Nonprofits deserve discounted rates, frictionless donation flows, recurring-giving programs that don't lose donors to expired cards, and tax receipting that doesn't require a developer. Xray builds nonprofit accounts that treat your cause like it matters.

1.95%
Nonprofit-discount effective rate
+24%
Lift in donation conversion with optimized hosted forms
94%
Recurring giving retention with Account Updater
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IRS-compliant tax receipts on every donation
The pain

Why generic processing fails Nonprofits.

Fees that take 3% of every gift

$50 donation, processor takes $1.95. Across $500K/year that's $14,500 not helping the mission.

Recurring donors who silently drop off

Expired card, no Account Updater = monthly donor is gone. You don't notice until 3 months in.

Tax receipts manually generated

Year-end rolls around and the development director spends two weeks generating donor receipts in Excel.

No designated-fund tracking

"This gift is for the building campaign." OK, but the processor dumps it all in one account. Accounting nightmare.

How we fix it

What Xray actually configures for Nonprofits.

Discounted nonprofit pricing tier

Verified 501(c)(3) status unlocks rates roughly 50bp below standard — typically 1.95% all-in.

Recurring giving with Account Updater

Monthly donors' cards auto-update when reissued. Smart-retry on declines. Retention climbs from ~78% to 94%+.

IRS-compliant tax receipts on every donation

Auto-email receipt with EIN, gift amount, date, and your charitable disclosure. Year-end summary emailed automatically.

Designated-fund routing

Donor picks "Building campaign" on the donation form; gift tags to that fund; reporting by designation; restricted vs. unrestricted clear in every report.

Programs we run

Configured on your account before activation.

  • Nonprofit-discount rate (verified 501(c)(3))
  • Recurring giving with smart-retry and Account Updater
  • IRS-compliant tax receipting
  • Designated-fund tracking
  • Hosted donation forms with branding
  • Text-to-give campaigns
  • Multi-currency for international giving

Software & integrations

Bidirectional, real-time wherever supported.

  • DonorPerfect
  • Bloomerang
  • Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
  • Kindful
  • Planning Center (churches)
  • QuickBooks Online (Fund Accounting via Aplos integration)
Built for the work

Features tuned for Nonprofits.

Nonprofit-discount pricing tier
Recurring giving with Account Updater
Designated-fund routing
IRS-compliant tax receipts (auto-email + year-end)
Hosted donation forms on your domain
Text-to-give shortcode programs
Donor profile with giving history
Major-donor flagging and reporting
Pledge tracking with auto-charge schedules
A day in the life

What it looks like on a Tuesday.

Children's charity doing $800K/year: hosted donation form on their domain, donor enters $50 monthly recurring + designated to "Education Fund." Card on file tokenized; auto-charge on the 1st; IRS-compliant receipt auto-emailed with EIN and 501(c)(3) disclosure. Six months in, the donor's card is reissued — Account Updater auto-updates; no missed payment. Year-end, the entire donor base gets an automated summary email with their giving total for tax filing. Development director's end-of-year work: zero.

What everyone else misses

Why generic processors fall short.

Most processors don't even verify your 501(c)(3) status — you pay retail rates. They don't support designated-fund routing, force you to manually generate tax receipts, and have no Account Updater for recurring giving. The wrong setup is a fundraising leak that no donor ever sees.

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What this saves you

The actual math.

A $1M-revenue charity at 2.6% generic pays $26,000 in fees. Nonprofit pricing at 1.95% saves $6,500. Account Updater on recurring giving retains roughly 16% more monthly donors — typically $30-50K more annually for a charity with a strong recurring program.

FAQ

Nonprofits questions, straight answers.

How do I get the nonprofit rate?

Send us your IRS determination letter or your EIN. We verify 501(c)(3) status; the discounted rate applies from your first transaction.

Will donors get tax receipts automatically?

Yes — every donation triggers an IRS-compliant email receipt with your EIN, the gift amount, the date, and required disclosure language.

Can I run designated funds?

Yes — donors pick a fund on the donation form; gifts tag to that fund; reporting separates restricted and unrestricted clearly.

How does text-to-give work?

You get a shortcode (e.g., "GIVE to 44321"); donor texts a dollar amount; a payment link returns; donation completes in 60 seconds.

Ready to set up Nonprofits processing the right way?

Bring your last statement and we'll send a custom rate quote in under 24 hours — no obligation, no boilerplate. We'll spec the hardware, configure the programs, and have you live in 3 business days.