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A comment on Ask HN: Why does PayPal giving take so long?.

Re:Ask HN: Why does PayPal giving take so long? by tjr on Sunday July 23, 2023 @09:52PM (#36842152)
I don't know for sure, but I am under the impression that they just do one transaction each month to each charity, rather than multiple (such as whenever someone donates).

One charity that I support used to have a link on their website just for a PayPal donation, and somehow I ended up giving to them via PayPal Giving Fund instead, and they told me that PayPal Giving Fund ended up giving them 100% of the donation amount, whereas with a standard PayPal donation, some percentage was kept as a fee.

So maybe the PayPal Giving Fund delayed schedule is related to them not charging the fee?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does PayPal giving take so long? by mattl on Sunday July 23, 2023 @10:05PM (#36842233)
Yeah this makes a lot of sense. Send one check/payment a month to avoid the burden of dozens or more of tiny donations to a non-profit.
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