Hi there, @s4 !
Welcome to the Community! Definitely a great place to gather some input regarding anything about the platform!
When it comes to your criteria, this is definitely something that Shopify can provide for your new business venture. The platform provides all basic and core e-commerce capabilities for you and your business. Please checkout this help document that goes over our Key Features.
As for the rest of your criteria, checkout the following apps that will help you achieve these features:
- Donate Source : this app will allow you to offer donations in your store
- Easy Donation : this app as well will allow for you to offer donations in your store
- PeerBoard Forum and Community : this app will allow you to build a forum board where visitors can express whatever it is they want that is aligned to what you want the board to be about.
- Champ Forum : another forum app that will allow you to create those discussion boards you are after.
All apps come highly rated from the app store. Definitely give these a try as it can achieve the features you have outlined in your inquiry. Also, if you haven’t already, I always recommend giving our 14 day free trial a try as it is a great way to get a firsthand feel of the platform and see how our features can help you and your new business.
I look forward to hearing from you on how these resources work for what you are after.