Building Trust, Simplifying Giving: What’s New for Better Giving Nonprofits
Posted: October 30, 2025
When giving feels confusing, donors hold back.
Hidden fees, unclear options, or complicated donation forms can quietly erode trust — and once trust is lost, it’s hard to rebuild. At Better Giving, we believe transparency shouldn’t be an add-on; it should be the foundation.
That’s why we’ve introduced a series of updates designed to make giving clearer for donors and simpler for nonprofits. These improvements strengthen trust, reduce friction, and help supporters feel confident that every penny of their generosity is doing real good.
Here’s what’s new.
1. A clearer, simpler, optional donation to Better Giving
We’ve made it easier for donors to understand how their optional contribution supports the platform.
The extra donation form step with the ‘slider’ that allowed donors to add an optional contribution to Better Giving has gone.
In its place is a straightforward, easy-to-understand button option that clearly explains how optional donations help us keep the platform free for nonprofits.The next page shows EXACTLY how much is being given and where those gifts are going.
This has reduced steps by a page and makes giving faster and clearer, while keeping transparency front and centre.
2. Program-specific donation forms
You can now create separate donation forms for each of your programs or projects, all managed from a single dashboard.
This gives donors a more personal connection to your work. They can choose exactly where their money goes, while you gain clearer reporting and easier admin.
Whether you’re running a Clean Water Project or a Youth Skills Program, each can now have its own dedicated form with separate tracking.
3. Embedded program forms for your website
These new program forms can also be created as an embedded form, letting you collect donations directly on your own website.
Your supporters stay on your page, and you benefit from Better Giving’s secure processing, transparent reporting, and integrated financial tools.
Simple, seamless, and fully under your control.
4. New assets to help your nonprofit grow
🏅 Better Giving Alliance badges
Show your verified membership in the Better Giving Alliance community – a signal of trust, transparency, and accountability.
Display your badge on your website, fundraising materials, and social media to help donors give with confidence.
You’ll find your badges in your Better Giving dashboard – take a look in the new ‘Assets’ section.
5. QR codes for your donation forms
QR codes, having been around for maybe 20 years or so, have finally become useful!
So, every nonprofit can customize and download unique QR codes, linking directly to your main donation form.
Add them to posters, newsletters, event displays, or campaigns to make giving as simple as a scan on a phone – And as Better Giving – unlike many forms – enables digital giving using such as google and apple pay, then it’s just a couple of clicks and the donation is done.
Easy for you, easy for the donors.
The goal: less donor friction, more donor trust, and better giving for all
Every update we make is built around one principle: When giving is clear and simple, trust grows.
These new tools make it easier for donors to feel confident about their donation, and for nonprofits to focus on what really matters: creating lasting impact.
Log in to your Better Giving nonprofit dashboard, explore the new tools and start building more trust through simpler giving today.