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Raise money and receive it yourself

For a person or for an organisation. Whoever backs you pays however they like, by card, transfer or stablecoin, and you receive it in your account or your wallet. It never passes through us.

Create a cause

From opening the cause to having the money

Four steps, and the hard one is none of the technical ones: it is how many people your link reaches.

  1. You open the causeYou say what you need, what it is for and who it helps. Creating it, publishing it and keeping it open cost nothing.
  2. You share it where your people areWhat travels is a link. Whoever opens it installs nothing and opens no account to contribute.
  3. They contribute however they canBy card, bank transfer, direct debit or stablecoins. Whoever supports you picks the method, and it reaches you all the same.
  4. You receive it yourselfIt goes to your account or your wallet. When the method is a direct transfer, the operation happens between the contributor and you: Causfy does not take part, does not hold it and cannot reverse it.

A cause, not a collection box

Whoever signs or backs a cause does it because they care. Causfy lets them see how it moves forward.

  1. Your cause has room to explain where it comes from, what it is after and who it helps.

  2. Anyone who arrives sees how far it has come and how far is left, without having to ask.

  3. You publish updates and the people who backed you find out. That is what brings them back and what makes them share it.

  4. Your link, your page, your community. If one day you want to close it, you close it.

  5. Beyond posting updates, you can go live from your cause, with chat, and whoever follows it joins without installing anything.

One person starts a cause. Many carry it through

You do not need one big donor here: you need many people giving a little. What decides a fundraiser is how many people your link reaches, not how many you know.

Where the money goes, rail by rail

Whoever supports you picks how they pay, and that changes the path the money takes and who can touch it along the way. All three are set out in clause 9 of the Terms.

    • Visa
    • Mastercard
    • Amex (American Express)
    • Diners Club

    Card

    Where it goes

    It goes through the payment provider and lands in your account.

    Who can stop it

    The provider, by its own rules: chargebacks, reviews and its own fees. Causfy, only where it takes part.

    Subject to the payment provider approving your account.

    • ACH
    • Wire
    • FedNow
    • SEPA
    • Faster Payments
    • SPEI
    • Pix
    • Bre-B

    Transfer or direct debit

    Where it goes

    From the contributor to you, directly.

    Who can stop it

    Nobody. The operation runs between that person and you: Causfy does not take part, does not hold it and cannot reverse it.

    • USDC
    • USDT

    Stablecoins

    Where it goes

    To your wallet, and it is yours.

    Who can stop it

    Nobody, and that includes us. Causfy is neither a signer nor an owner of your wallet at any threshold, so there is no button of ours that could stop it or recover it.

    Real self-custody: it runs on Safe, which is public and audited, so you do not have to take our word for it.

A model that is transparent by design

What people ask before opening a cause

How much does Causfy take from what my cause raises?
Nothing. There is no commission on the amount raised, and creating the cause, publishing it, keeping it open and closing it cost nothing either. If that ever changed, the Terms require thirty calendar days' notice.
So what actually costs money?
What sits outside. Payment providers apply their own fees to every operation, as on any other platform, and Causfy does not receive them. Separately, some specific services are priced: before you sign up for any of them you are told the amount and the taxes it carries.
Will I be able to take card payments from day one?
Not necessarily, and it is worth knowing beforehand. Taking cards requires registering with the payment provider, and that registration is an application, not a switch: if it is not approved, your cause still works with the other rails — transfer and stablecoins — which do not depend on anyone approving anything.
When does the money arrive and where does it pass through?
It depends on the method your supporter picks. When it is a direct transfer or a stablecoin payment, the operation runs between that person and you: Causfy does not take part, does not hold it and cannot reverse it. There is no moment at which we decide to release the money.
Can Causfy block what I have raised?
Only where there are signs of fraud or of a breach of the Terms, or where a competent authority requires it. And it reaches only the funds Causfy takes part in: over a direct transfer there is nothing to block, because it never came through here.
When is a contribution refunded?
When a cause is withdrawn for fraud or for a serious breach of the Terms, and as far as the payment method used allows.
Do I have to declare what I raise?
Causfy withholds no tax and files nothing on your behalf: whoever receives the funds answers for their tax obligations and for any permits required to raise money. What those are depends on your country, on whether you are a person or an organisation and on what the cause is for, so this is not tax advice. Check it before you open one.
Which countries can a fundraising cause be created from?
The payout methods available depend on the country the cause is created from. The list changes, so the one that counts is on the coverage page and not a copy written here.

Everything about the money is in clause 9 of the Terms. And if what your cause needs is not money but support, that is collecting signatures.

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The payout methods depend on the country the cause is created from, and card also on the payment provider approving your account. Check coverage

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