How can I add my charity to an ecommerce platform?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A UK-based charity seeks guidance on how to be added to Shopify so a merchant can donate a portion of sales.

  • Initial suggestion: Use the ShoppingGives app, which can look up registered charities. It primarily supports 501(c)(3) organizations (a U.S. tax-exempt nonprofit classification) and appears limited to the U.S. and Canada.
  • Clarification: The charity is in the UK, and the app does not seem to support UK charities. No UK-specific alternative was identified in the thread.
  • Related note: ShoppingGives has a partnership with PayPal Giving Fund (a donation platform that routes funds to registered charities). However, it’s unclear if this enables UK charities within Shopify via ShoppingGives.

Outcome and status:

  • No step-by-step guide or confirmed method provided for adding a UK charity to Shopify via this app.
  • No decisions or actions taken; the question remains open with an unresolved need for a UK-compatible solution or app.
Summarized with AI on January 15. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hello all!

Sorry if this is a silly question or in the wrong place, but I’m new to shopify. I’m a volunteer at a small charity, and a company who sells things through the shopify app suggested they would like to donate a portion of their sales to our charity. They say we would need to add our charity to shopify for them to do this.

Is there a guide or step by step as to how to do this? I can only find guides for donating to charities already on shopify, not how to get yours added.

Thanks a ton!

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Hey @RobynArcher96 ,

If your charity is listed as a 501c3 you may already be searchable on the Shopping Gives app

I’ve only used this app a handful of times, but I liked their lookup options for 501c3’s.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks for this response!

It seems this app only works for 501cs in America and Canada. We’re based in the UK. Do you know if there’s a UK version?

Thanks for the help!

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Ah, I’m not sure about that.

The only thing I’ve come across is a partnership between ShoppingGives and PayPal Giving Fund. Other than that, I don’t think the ShoppingGives app will work for UK stores. Sorry I can’t be more helpful here.