About the organization
My Hope Chest
P.O. Box 3081
Seminole, FL 33775
UNITED STATES
EIN: 20-0299888
My Hope Chest is the only national 501c3 organization focused on breast reconstruction for uninsured and under insured breast cancer survivors who do not have adequate financial means to afford such surgery. We are moved to ACT and our goal is to heal and provide closure to the breast cancer journey. For those who desire, My Hope Chest works to help all survivors return to a "new" normal with feelings of hope, self-worth and completeness.
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My Hope Chest
P.O. Box 3081
Seminole, FL 33775
UNITED STATES
EIN: 20-0299888
We use Chase/WePay and PayPal for payment processing on GivingGrid.com. They’re both safe and secure. Chase/WePay is our first choice for nonprofits and the only choice for personal fundraisers, where the funds are going to your own personal or business account. You can sign up and start accepting donations in about one minute.
The primary goal of Chase/WePay is to facilitate payments and allow you to retrieve your funds with as little as friction as possible, so we have worked with their staff to create a partnership that allows all involved to excel at this goal.
PayPal is also an option for nonprofits based inside U.S. It's required for nonprofits without a U.S. bank account.
Just signup or connect with both, if you already have accounts.
Here’s why you’d want do that:
Click here to see an example of what the donation form looks like.
Zero! We don't charge you any fees!
Most other fundraising websites take 5% - 10% of every donation, in addition to credit card fees. That can add up to between 8% - 13% off the donation! That means if a $100 donation is made, as little as $87 makes it to the fundraiser. When it's for a good cause, we just don't think that's right, so unlike those sites, GivingGrid takes no fees from the fundraiser. Zip! The fundraiser only pays third party credit card fees (roughly 3% which can't be avoided), so on that same $100 donation, they get $97. Big difference!
Be careful of sites that say they take 0% of your donations, but charge a transaction fee, sometimes as high as $.95 cents. Think about it. That's almost 10% of a $10 donation!
So how does GivingGrid pay for its operating expenses? We apply a unique method where the donor is given the opportunity to add a small contribution for us, in addition to their donation. Think of it as a small tip. If they think we're providing a valuable service, they give us a little something. If not, they also have the option to make it zero and give us nothing. Sound fair?
Simple! The money you raise goes directly into your Chase/WePay or PayPal account. From there it's up to you. GivingGrid never touches the funds. You can set-up the method by which you'd like the money to get to your bank account with each provider. If fact, with Chase/WePay you can arrange to have them automatically transfer the money to your account.
If you have any questions about getting the money you've already raised, please contact Chase or PayPal directly. Click the links below to contact them:
It could be because you set a "Start Date" in the future. Go to your Settings and check the Start Date. Settings > Additional Settings > Set Start & End Dates. If that's the problem, just adjust it to today if you want it to show now. You should also make sure you not receiving any error messages, due to missing required fields or incorrect input.
If neither of these things are the problem, click contact us and we'll look into it ASAP and get back to you.
Yes we do! We love personal fundraisers when they're for a good cause, but only in the USA right now!
Nope! Not for GivingGrid. Any organization or individual can use GivingGrid to raise funds for a good cause, but donations are only tax deductible when made to certified 501c3 nonprofits.
GivingGame is only available to certified 501c3 nonprofit organizations.
Sure! First, we highly recommend you head over to Fundraising Central. Fundraising Central is our comprehensive guide to marketing and managing your GivingGrid. It's filled with all kinds of advice and techniques for making your campaign successful and hitting your goal.
Afterwards, if you still have questions, you can contact us.
Yes for Standard GivingGrids and Wall of Love, but no for Urgent Help! We don't offer it for Urgent Help, because the typical campaign is over in just a few days.
Make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Additional Settings > Run on Your Website and follow the instructions. Everything is synced, so a donation made on your website updates everywhere else. One thing to note, if you don't allocate enough space, we'll automatically show a very cool widget. Details are in your settings.
Have no fear, you're the only one that can see those. It's because you're the admin for the account. Here's what everyone else sees.
For GivingGrid
Make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Fundraising Goal & Grid Type. Next to your goal above the preview grid, click the edit link. Change your goal in the pop-up and click submit.
For Wall of Love
If you have a goal (it's optional), just go to General Settings, change it and click save.
Note: be careful how you use this function. Don't get in the habit of raising your goal, just because you're close to hitting it or have already passed it. That's great and people want to see you beat it big-time! If you keep raising it, donors will start to wonder why you even have a goal and lose interest. One increase would be the maximum we'd recommend. It's primarily there to lower your goal if you were a little too ambitious and set it too high.
For GivingGrid, make sure you're logged in and go to Settings > Fundraising Goal & Grid Type. This is to do it manually. There's also an automatic feature you can turn off or on in your settings.
For Wall of Love, it's all automatic, unless you turn it off in your settings. Anytime 75% of your squares are taken, another ring of squares is added.
Someone clicks on a square and gets this message:
"This square is currently on hold for another supporter for X MORE MINUTES. Please pick another square or if this is the square you've got to have, you can check back in a little bit. Maybe they won't take it before their time is up? You can also keep clicking this check again button. Maybe they'll cancel it before their time is up?"
GivingGrid works just like when you buy theatre or event tickets online with reserved seating. When someone clicks on a square we hold it for them for 15 minutes to complete the donation. If they don't complete their donation in 15 minutes or if they click on another square, that square becomes available again.
Yes you can and we encourage it! It adds credibility to your campaign. You do that in Settings > Additional Settings > Organization Information.
We recommend only linking to your homepage.
To remove your account, please contact us. Unless there are special circumstances, we cannot delete accounts that are connected to GivingGrids that have had donations. Once someone donates to a campaign, we're obligated to leave that GivingGrid available, so they can view or share their donation. Therefore, the account also needs to be left intact.
The simple difference between the two is that with a Standard GivingGrid the donor can upload a photo with their donation and with Wall of Love they post a heart and a message with their donation. No photo. Some campaigns work great with photos and other are better without, so you have both.
We don't recommend Wall of Love for animal campaigns, because people love uploading photos of their fur kids.
GivingGrid is a free service and our entire income comes from optional tips provided by donors. We do our very best to provide speedy customer support to everyone, but we do have limits. While we rarely reach these limits, we cannot continue to provide support to users who have an excessive amount of customer service requests or are abusive or disrespectful of GivingGrid support personnel.
We hope you understand.
Yes and no. You are welcome to include a mailing address in case someone wants to mail you a check. There are still some people who just don't like donating online. What we don't allow is the direct solicitation from your GivingGrid, WOL or Blaze campaign for people to donate online elsewhere. In other words, what you can't do is put a link to your website (or other) donation page on your GivingGrid, WOL or Blaze campaign and ask people to go there and donate. It's confusing and why would you want to do that anyway?
Yes we do! If you're in a country supported by PayPal, you're good! We also allow GivingGrids to be set-up using Pounds or Euros. Simply choose the currency you want in your payment processing settings, after PayPal has been enabled.
At this time, Wall of Love and GivingGame are only available in US.
Yes, GivingGrids can also be set-up using Pounds and Euros through PayPal, assuming it's available in your country. Simply choose the currency you want in your payment processing settings, after PayPal has been enabled.
At this time, Wall of Love is only available in US Dollars.
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Any square that doesn't have a photo or name is available. Just click on the available square you want, fill out the short form, click the "Donate" button and you're on your way!
With our new Fund-icons, you may see a heart, happy face, paw print, flowers or even a company logo. That's what you'd click on to make a donation. Most campaigns also have a donate button.
We use PayPal and Chase for all payment processing on GivingGrid.com. They’re both safe and secure. It’s up to the fundraiser to choose the service best for them or both. You can easily use Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express with any of these services. If the fundraiser has chosen PayPal and you have a PayPal account, you can also donate with the money in your account.
We do not accept checks, wire transfers or ACH payments at this time.
Rest assured that GivingGrid.com and the donation payment process through any of our payment processing partners is secure. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology is used by all to make sure your information is safe.
Your credit card is charged immediately when you successfully complete your donation.
Someone clicks on a square and gets this message:
"This square is currently on hold for another supporter for X MORE MINUTES. Please pick another square or if this is the square you've got to have, you can check back in a little bit. Maybe they won't take it before their time is up? You can also keep clicking the check again button. Maybe they'll cancel it before their time is up?"
GivingGrid works just like when you buy theatre or event tickets online with reserved seating. When someone clicks on a square we hold it for them for 15 minutes to complete the donation. If they don't complete their donation in 15 minutes or if they click on another square, that square becomes available again.
While the fundraiser will certainly make every effort to reach their fundraising goal, your donation will be provided to the fundraiser even if they don't achieve it. Remember, it's still for a good cause. We also cannot guarantee the fundraiser will use the raised funds in the manner specified.
We do not charge the fundraiser any fees, so your entire contribution goes to them (minus 3rd party credit card fees).
Our only source of income are optional small extra contributions that donors provide beyond their donation to the fundraiser. We need this funding to help cover all the costs associated with providing this site for free to all the wonderful causes we support. Think of it as a small tip. It will be displayed to you during the donation process as a separate line item, so you can clearly see the small amount we're requesting. You will be given the ability to edit the amount up or down or even make it zero if you don’t think we’re deserving. Hopefully you won’t think that…
The only exception to our no fees policy is on The Rainbow Bridge Memorial. We take 16% from every donation, because unlike all other campaigns, we take care of everything. This includes all marketing, promotion and management of the memorial.
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Enter your email to find your square(s):
We attach a unique identifier to every square you choose, so even if you did upload the same image or use the same name, we know which is which, but you wouldn't. It just makes it easier for you, although we point to where your square is after each play!
Want us to let you know when any of your referrals make a donation and get special credit? Just enter your name and email address or simply connect with Facebook below.
Click the link below to your favorite email program and we'll automatically open an email with the referral link and a message (which you can change), ready to go. It's so easy!
You can also copy and paste this link anywhere you like (other email services, website, blog post, your Facebook page, etc.).
Now that you've made your donation let your friends know and try to get them on board too. Besides making an actual donation the best way to support a cause is by getting the word out!
Your donation is still being processed by PayPal. As soon as it is completed you will receive an email and your square will be filled with your donation information.
Enter your message (or use ours) and click on the ways you'd like to share below:
Click the link below to your favorite email program and we'll automatically open an email with the referral link and a message (which you can change), ready to go. It's so easy!
You can also copy and paste this link anywhere you like (other email services, website, blog post, your Facebook page, etc.).
Otherwise, click Skip and we'll upload a scenic photo for you.
Send a message directly to the manager of this campaign with any questions or comments you have.
Your generous donation goes directly to the PayPal account of My Hope Chest, less PayPal processing fees. GivingGrid.com does not take a fee from My Hope Chest. It's free to them.You do not need a PayPal account to donate.
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This square has been taken. Please choose another.
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Please don't use this form if you're trying to contact the fundraiser or nonprofit organization. Go back to their campaign and then scroll down the page and look for "About the organization" and click "Email."