# Donation campaigns / Crowdfunding

> Levitio lets you collect donations and thereby increase the unit's funds. Donations use the same 3–5% Levitio Pay fee.

Levitio lets you **collect donations** and thereby increase the unit's funds for educational activities, facilities, and materials. There are two ways to do this:

1. **Donation campaign** (the donation page link can be shared with anyone, for example on social networks, a website, or specific local companies)
2. **Regular with donation option for the unit** (donations can be made, for example, by rounding up — parents only)

![‘Nová skupina plateb’ window with types ‘Běžná’, ‘Běžná s možností daru pro oddíl’ and ‘Sponzorský dar’](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-7-1024x395.png)

## Sponsorship donation

Similar to a regular payment, you can also create and configure a **sponsorship donation** payment type.

It is not linked to the membership base like regular payments, but works based on a created link (to the payment page) that you can share with anyone. For example on social networks, on the website, or by sending it to former members, supporters, or local companies.

![Basic information of the sponsor gift with the ‘Veřejná URL’ field and an icon for copying the link](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-9.png)

The link leads to a payment page that shows notes (text you write to motivate donors), a field for entering the payment amount, and identification of the recipient (your organization / unit).

![Sponsor gift page with notes for the donor, an amount field, a ‘Přispět’ button and recipient details](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-8.png)

After filling in the amount, the donor sees fields for entering details (which appear on the payment confirmation); they can also select a legal entity (companies):

![Sponsor gift page ‘Dar oddílu Svišti’ with a ‘Souhrn platby’ window for entering the payer's details](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-10.png)

From there the system works like a regular payment: the donor is redirected to the payment gateway, chooses a payment method, and pays.

![Payment summary with 1000 Kč, payer details, terms consent and a ‘Přejít k platební bráně’ button](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-11.png)

![Comgate payment gateway with a card form for 1 000 Kč, Apple Pay and Google Pay buttons and a QR payment option](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-12.png)

The donor also immediately receives **payment confirmation** by email:

![Email ‘Dar oddílu Svišti’ thanking the donor, with ‘Informace o platbě’ and ‘Potvrzení o zaplacení’ buttons](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-13.png)

You, on the other hand, immediately see the payment in the payer overview (before the first payment, the list is empty):

![‘Platící členové’ table with a payment via the gateway and a 1000 Kč gift in the ‘Dar’ column](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-14.png)

## Settlement and confirmation

Parents / donors immediately after paying (as with a regular payment) **receive email confirmation of payment** and are redirected to a Levitio page confirming the payment.

From the email they can also **download a payment confirmation that states the donation amount.**

![Payment confirmation to save or print, with the ‘Sponzorský dar’ line of 100 Kč highlighted](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-2.png)

The parent / donor also sees the amount of the donation provided in the overview directly in Levitio.

![Payment overview for parents: three children marked ‘Zaplaceno’, one with ‘Přijatý dar: 100 Kč’ highlighted](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-6.png)

In payment administration you can then see a summary of donations separately. Once the unit decides to settle payments (= instructs Levitio to send funds from Levitio to the unit account), the unit receives two separate payments — **all payments within the given payment group in one payment, and all donations together separately**.

![‘Platící členové’ table with the ‘Dar’ column highlighted, showing gifts of 0, 100 and 300 Kč and payment statuses](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-3.png)

After clicking *Settle*, the unit receives a confirmation email that settlement is being processed, and immediately after the transaction is processed it receives an email with an accounting document in which **received payments, donations, and Levitio fees are listed separately in summary**. On further pages of the summary, **all payments are listed individually**.

![‘Souhrn plateb’ document with received payments, gifts, the Levitio service fee and the total](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-4.png)

## Regular with donation option for the unit

Donation collection **must be actively enabled by the unit**, otherwise parents will not see the option. If the organization selects *Payment type* as "***Regular with donation option***" when creating a payment, parents can "round up" the payment (e.g. for a trip / registration). Such an increase is voluntary and the parent can ignore it.

![‘Nová skupina plateb’ form with price, type ‘Běžná s možností daru’, payment methods and bank account](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image.png)

If you choose a payment type with donation option, the parent will see the option to increase the payment and support the unit in Levitio before being redirected to the payment gateway. The default option is CZK 0 (no increase), followed by two preset options and one custom option where the parent can set the amount freely.

![Payment summary with the highlighted ‘Podpora oddílu’ choice offering 0, 50, 100 Kč or ‘Jiná…’](../../../assets/help/uploads/fundraising/image-1.png)

## Fee for mediating a donation

Donations use the same Levitio Pay fee as other payments.

- 5% on the portion up to CZK 1,500,
- 3% on the portion above CZK 1,500.

Depending on the donation amount, the effective fee is therefore 3–5% of the amount.

Example: for a CZK 2,000 donation the fee is CZK 90 in total — CZK 75 on the first CZK 1,500 and CZK 15 on the remaining CZK 500.

You can always find the current rate in the Levitio price list as well.

Mediating a donation payment is also subject to the Levitio Pay fee. Through their donation, parents contribute not only directly to unit activities, but also indirectly — to improving the tool that makes organization and communication easier for leaders.

🔗 More about fees: [Payments FAQ](https://www.levitio.cz/en/help/payments-faq)

Source: https://www.levitio.cz/en/help/fundraising