CRA-approved charitable donation receipts?

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Topic summary

Seeking a low-budget way to automate Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)–compliant charitable donation receipts within an existing Shopify + Mailchimp stack. The OP cites CRA’s strict receipt requirements and notes a developer estimated 30+ hours to custom-build a solution.

A Shopify app developer (Approovly) offers to help by adding a “charitable receipts approval flow” to their app. Proposed approach: tag nonprofit customers, then use an in-app Approval button to send a PDF receipt after orders are placed. App link provided.

Key gaps/unknowns:

  • No confirmation the proposed flow fully covers all CRA-required receipt fields and compliance details.
  • No mention of Mailchimp integration or pricing.
  • No user validation or examples from nonprofits using it.

Outcome/status: No decision yet; OP invited to install the app and contact the developer. Discussion remains open with compliance and integration questions unresolved.

Summarized with AI on December 12. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi there!

I’m curious to know if anyone has found an app that automates the creation of donation receipts for charitable donations. Canada Revenue Agency has some very specific requirements for these receipts.

I’m working with a nonprofit client who has a low budget and wants to use their current tech stack (Shopify + MailChimp) to automate the distribution of receipts for their donations. I got a quote from a developer who said this is a rather complex job and would probably take up to 30+ hours to build something. Eeep! :grimacing:

Is there an app or a hack out there to help with this? Open to ideas and suggestions and really appreciate everyone’s insights! :folded_hands:

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Hi @heather_cb ,

Fellow Canadian here :waving_hand:

I would love to help you out with a new charitable reciepts approval flow in my app.

I think the best way to go about it is to first tag non-profit customers. Then when their orders are placed you can use our Approval button to send out a PDF receipt.

You can help out by installing our app then give me a shout.

https://apps.shopify.com/approovly-app