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IDonate (Ireland)

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Type
  
Limited Company

Founder
  
Alan Coyne

Website
  
www.idonate.ie

Founded
  
Galway (2011)

Headquarters
  
Galway Ireland

IDonate (Ireland)

Products
  
Online Fundraising Tools

iDonate is an online fundraising platform for charities and non profit organisations in Ireland. It was launched in 2011. The fundraising system is available to the 8000+ charities and non profit organisations in Ireland. The system was initially set up to support a small number of West-of-Ireland-based non-profits, and as of 2016 supports over 1100 non-profits across Ireland.

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iDonate offers a white label online donation widget and white label fundraising pages. The fundraising platform includes online donation support, fundraising pages and a Facebook donation App.

Formation and organisation

iDonate was formed in 2012 by entrepreneur Alan Coyne. Coyne was then technical director with Western Webs in Tuam, County Galway, and would later develop the iCrowdFund crowdfunding website and TENDO Giving Micro-donations App.

iDonate is registered in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office, and is a Corporate Member of Fundraising Ireland, the association for professional fundraisers in Ireland.

The company uses the slogan 'Making Giving Easier' in their radio advertising campaign for fundraisers.

The Wheel, which is a support and representative body for charities across Ireland lists iDonate in its ResourcePoint Supplier Directory.

iDonate was the recipient of The SCCUL Entrepreneurship Social Enterprises Award in 2012, iDonate was a regional finalist in the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards in 2013. and featured by Silicon Republic as "Tech Start-up of the Week" in July 2013.

Services

iDonate is an online fundraising system with no setup fees, but does charge a five per cent fee on online donations to cover credit card fees, VAT and money transfer fees. Other fundraising services in the platform include :

  • iFundraise - a general purpose fundraising portal for sports clubs, schools, community groups and individual fundraising causes. iFundraise is used by the Gaelic Athletic Association in their "Off the Booze & On the Ball" social initiative for GAA clubs.
  • iCrowdFund - a crowdfunding website launched in 2014, which was subsequently merged with iFundraise.
  • iRegister - an event registration system.
  • TENDO Giving - a micro-donations app which allows people to 'donate in kind' to charities and non-profits. TENDO Giving is intended as an alternative to the SMS text donations systems.

    • iDonate also offer website hosting and social media services to charities and nonprofits.

    References

    IDonate (Ireland) Wikipedia
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