# Stripe alternatives for nonprofits

Title: Stripe alternatives for nonprofits

Description: What is actually published about nonprofit pricing, and what is not. Read November 9, 2026. Source pages linked. Compared with Stripe. No invented rates.

Nonprofit pricing is a place vendors advertise discounts this directory will not repeat unless the discount was on the vendor's own page when we read it. Square's US fee documentation says its processing fees apply to all businesses, including nonprofits.

## What nonprofit pricing could be verified?

Square's US fee documentation says its processing fees apply to all businesses, **including nonprofits**. There is not a separate Square nonprofit card rate in the schedule we read. You get the same published rates, and you get donation-shaped features from the product, not from a special interchange category we can quote.

Stripe's standard pricing page, as read for this edition, shows the standard card rate. It does not show a nonprofit exception. Ask Stripe if you have a determination letter. Do not budget a discount you have not seen in the dashboard.

PayPal's US merchant fee page is long and includes charity-related products. This edition transcribed the commercial checkout, card, dispute, and chargeback tables. It did **not** transcribe a confirmed-charity rate, so none is published here. Read PayPal's page before you put a charity percentage in a board deck.

Braintree has had nonprofit language on older pricing pages that conflict with the May 2026 fee schedule this site uses for the standard card rate. The older figure is not repeated.

## What should a nonprofit buy instead of a discount?

A donation form people can finish, recurring gifts, and a payout your treasurer understands. Stripe, PayPal, and Square all do that for a straightforward charity. A merchant of record is the wrong tool. A high-risk payfac is the wrong tool unless the organization's activity is itself restricted. Frame is not the nonprofit recommendation.

## Questions

### What nonprofit pricing could be verified?

Square's US fee documentation says its processing fees apply to all businesses, including nonprofits. There is not a separate Square nonprofit card rate in the schedule we read. You get the same published rates, and you get donation-shaped features from the product, not from a special interchange category we can quote.

### What should a nonprofit buy instead of a discount?

A donation form people can finish, recurring gifts, and a payout your treasurer understands. Stripe, PayPal, and Square all do that for a straightforward charity. A merchant of record is the wrong tool. A high-risk payfac is the wrong tool unless the organization's activity is itself restricted. Frame is not the nonprofit recommendation.

### Where were the figures on this page read?

The sources list names the pages. This edition was read on November 9, 2026. Stripe's US domestic card rate in that reading is 2.9% + $0.30, and a dispute received is $15.

### When should you stay on Stripe?

Stay when the Stripe account is healthy and you still need Billing, Tax, Connect, or Terminal. Moving subscriptions costs more than a gap of a few dollars on a $10,000 month.

### Which rate should you not rely on?

Do not invent a rate the provider did not publish, and do not treat Frame's from 2.0% + $0.39 as a price you will be charged. A floor is labeled and left out of the calculator.

## Sources

Last verified November 9, 2026.

- Stripe pricing: https://stripe.com/pricing?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stripealternatives.com

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