What GiveSendGo does

GiveSendGo is a privately held, for-profit Christian crowdfunding platform headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2014 by three siblings and publicly launched in 2015. The platform enables individuals, families, churches, ministries, missionaries, and faith-based organizations to raise funds for medical expenses, personal emergencies, mission trips, community causes, and legal defense, with a self-described minimal-moderation posture that explicitly positions the platform as an alternative to mainstream crowdfunding sites that decline controversial content. The company claims operations in over 70 countries with multi-currency support, mobile-friendly design, integrated social sharing, and a distinctive "Pray" button backed by an in-house prayer team that calls fundraisers personally.

The core technical product is a cloud-based, self-serve crowdfunding platform accessible via web at givesendgo.com, with no native mobile app disclosed. Fundraising categories span Adoption, Animals & Pets, Business, Church, Community, Competitive, Creative, and Current Events. Surrounding the core platform, GiveSendGo has built an ecosystem of complementary products: the Giver Army, a recurring monthly giving community (501(c)(3) tax-deductible, with subscriptions starting at $5/month) that pools donor contributions across 12 cause areas and deployed over $667K in 2025; GiveSendGo Charities, the associated 501(c)(3) charitable arm; and the God Did It Movement, a branded initiative for evangelism and mission-trip fundraising. The company received Candid/GuideStar Platinum Transparency 2025 recognition.

Monetization rests on three streams: (1) third-party payment-processing pass-through fees of 2.7% + $0.30 per donation for USD fundraisers and 3.5% + $0.30 for non-USD fundraisers (with no platform fee); (2) recurring Giver Army subscription revenue; and (3) direct voluntary donations to support platform operations. The company has no disclosed institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and reports 51–100 employees. Notable historical milestones include the 2019 acquisition of FaithLauncher and a 2020 positioning shift toward free-speech-foundation fundraising after gaining national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic; the platform has since been subject to proposed state legislative responses, most notably Ohio House Bill 505, which would restrict crowdfunding for individuals accused of crimes.

Name

GiveSendGo

Legal name

GiveSendGo

Website

https://givesendgo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GiveSendGo is a privately held, Boston-based Christian crowdfunding platform operating in 70+ countries. It enables individuals, families, churches, and ministries to raise funds online with zero platform fees, supplemented by the Giver Army monthly giving program and GiveSendGo Charities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Crowdfunding Platform

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Creator Tipping, Donations & Micro-Payments (MPACAFAB)

Keywords

• Christian crowdfunding platform
• Online fundraising services
• Faith-based donations
• Crowdfund personal causes
• Charitable giving platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction Processing Fees: GiveSendGo charges 2.7% + $0.30 per donation for third-party payment processing. For non-USD fundraisers, the fee is 3.5% + $0.30 per donation. The platform does not charge a platform fee, making it free for users to create fundraisers.
2. Giver Army Monthly Donations: Monthly recurring donations from Giver Army members starting at $5/month, with optional additional gifts to support the platform. The Giver Army is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible program that pools monthly contributions to fund active fundraisers.
3. Direct Platform Donations: Direct donations to support GiveSendGo's operations, as stated on the FundGSG page where users can contribute to help the platform stay in business and fight censorship.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, families, and faith-based organizations to raise money online for personal needs, medical expenses, business ventures, churches, nonprofits, mission trips, and other causes. The platform charges 0% platform fees, with only standard payment-processor transaction fees (2.7% + $0.30) applied, and offers features such as integrated social sharing, a mobile-friendly interface, multi-currency support, and a proprietary "Pray" button connecting supporters with the GiveSendGo prayer team.

Product overview

GiveSendGo operates as a single unified crowdfunding platform with an associated charitable arm. The core product is the GiveSendGo crowdfunding platform offering 0% platform fees for fundraising campaigns. The Giver Army is a premium monthly subscription giving program that provides additional funding and grants to selected fundraisers. GiveSendGo Charities is the 501(c)(3) organization that enables tax-deductible donations and administers the Giver Army program. The God Did It Movement is a specific branded initiative focused on Christian ministry fundraising.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Giver Army: A monthly giving program and community of donors that pools contributions to support fundraisers on the platform, featuring 501(c)(3) tax-deductible donations and grant funding for disaster relief.
• GiveSendGo Charities

Products and services

• GiveSendGo Personal Fundraising Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• No platform fees charged to fundraisers
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Candid (GuideStar)minorOthersThe Giver Army program received Platinum Transparency 2025 recognition from Candid, formerly GuideStar, indicating high standards of nonprofit transparency and accountability.
• Strategic Response Partners (SRP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRP Urban Search & Rescue uses GiveSendGo for humanitarian relief campaigns, specifically for Venezuela earthquake relief efforts, deploying USAR paramedic teams and emergency assistance.
• VDARE FoundationminorOthersVDARE Foundation, a non-profit journalism organization, received a Giver Army grant from GiveSendGo, indicating support for the platform's diverse cause funding.
• Payment Processor (Stripe/Third-party)coreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party payment processor handles all donation transactions, charging 2.7% + $0.30 per donation. This is a core operational partnership enabling all platform transactions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bonterra (Network for Good): Fundraising software suite for nonprofits including donation forms and peer-to-peer campaigns. Comparable in serving nonprofits and faith-based organizations with recurring-giving and donor management features.
• Givebutter: Free-to-use fundraising platform for nonprofits with a similar zero-platform-fee value proposition. Competes with GiveSendGo for nonprofit and faith-based organization clients, with overlapping donor management and event features.
• GoFundMe: The dominant personal-cause crowdfunding platform and GiveSendGo's most direct competitor. Both platforms serve individuals, families, and nonprofits raising funds for medical, emergency, and personal-need campaigns; GoFundMe is the mainstream incumbent that GiveSendGo explicitly positions against on content moderation.
• Fundly: Crowdfunding platform that serves nonprofits, individuals, and faith-based organizations. Competes directly in the personal-cause and faith-based fundraising categories where GiveSendGo is positioned.
• JustGiving: UK-based charitable crowdfunding platform focused on personal causes and nonprofit fundraising. Operates with a similar donation-transaction model and similar cause categories (medical, memorial, charity), competing for the same donor and fundraiser base globally.
• MightyCause: Nonprofit and faith-based fundraising platform with similar cause-area structure, donor management tools, and recurring-giving functionality — a close comparable for the GiveSendGo Charities / Giver Army subscription model.
• Donorbox: Recurring-donation platform serving nonprofits and faith-based organizations. Closely comparable to the Giver Army-style recurring-giving model and shares the same target donor and fundraiser segments.
• Zeffy: Zero-fee fundraising platform for nonprofits. Directly competes on the 'no platform fee' proposition and targets the same SMB and nonprofit fundraiser segments with similar cause categories.

Broad incumbents

• Patreon: Subscription-based creator monetization platform processing recurring micro-payments with a transaction-fee model. While focused on creators rather than causes, the platform mechanics (payment processing take rates, recurring micro-payments, social sharing) closely mirror GiveSendGo's Giver Army architecture.
• Kickstarter: Major crowdfunding platform that historically operated across creative, technology, and personal-cause categories. While its core has shifted toward creative projects, it remains a broad incumbent in the crowdfunding space with high mainstream brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GiveSendGo
• Facebookfacebook.com/Givesendgo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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