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by emosenkis 2158 days ago
Any chance of providing a donations API? This sort of no-fee approach would be amazing for building all sorts of charity-focused apps, from walkathons to nonprofit crowdfunding campaigns, public matching campaigns etc. The minimal functionality would just be to allow a site to direct a user to a page that allows them to complete a grant for a particular amount to a specific nonprofit and receive a callback when the grant is submitted.
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We would love to build an API. We constantly have conversations about it amongst our team. It's just a matter of priorities. Agree it would be amazing to see people build more charity-focused apps integrated with our funds.

We are working with a few select strategic partners to help their giving via Charityvest (that eventually would be replaced by an API). If you have an organization who might be interested in working with us, have them reach out. We'd love to chat with them.