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Big Give Christmas Challenge: FAQs
Donate to the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024
Big Give Appeal Basic info:
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign. It helps UK-registered charities raise funds for their projects by doubling donations when the campaign goes live on Tuesday 3 December.
The campaign lasts a week until noon on 10 December.
This year, gifts via the Christmas Challenge will go four times further, first matched by our Big Give Champion Funder Coles-Medlock Foundations, then doubled by another Charitable Foundation. BUT they will only be released if we meet our target of £30,000.
Please note, in order to be eligible for the for the match funding, all donations must be made using the Big Give website.
Donations made on our website, or sent to us directly will be used to fund our vital work in Madagascar, but will not count as part of our Big Give £30,000 and cannot be quadrupled as part of the campaign: your donation goes four times further if made through Big Give..
Methods of payment:
Card: For this you need to fill in the online payment form on Big Give, giving your card details and having your email/phone/bank app ready to confirm the payment.
Big Give’s payments processor is Stripe, which requires donations to be made online using a debit/credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
The site accepts the following card types: Mastercard, Visa, Maestro, Switch, Solo, Delta, American Express.
Different cards are subject to different fees. Find out more about fees here. International cards are accepted.
Please note: The voluntary tip to The Big Give is defaulted to a 15% ‘donation’ when you check out, you can change this to the lowest % you wish, or manually type £0. You don’t need to donate to Big Give to send your money to us.
If you’d like to add a tip for them, that’s great (as we don’t get charged for using their platform) HOWEVER, this tip is voluntary: we understand the hardship of the times we live in and if you want to just donate to us make sure you’ve amended this 15% tip.
BAC: Only UK bank accounts can make a bank transfer & it must be £500 or more.
For this you need to:
1) Create a donor account with The Big Give
2) Set the amount. The minimum amount you can add to your account is £500. (If you leave an optional tip, these are paid directly to Big Give on balance transfer).
3) Make the transfer from your bank account. Stripe will generate a unique sort code and account number for your virtual Stripe bank account, where your funds will sit until you choose to donate.
Using your unique Stripe bank details, make a payment from your bank account. Please keep in mind that the transfer can take 1 to 5 working days. Big Give will email you once your funds have been added to your account, e.g., If you transfer £1000, then your donor account will be credited with £1000 of Donation Funds.
4) Start donating your funds on Big Give! You will need to visit the Money for Madagascar Big Give campaign page. Once there, click the ‘donate’ button.
To pay with your Big Give Funds, please log in with your donor account email and password. Then choose the amount you’d like to donate to the charity. The donation payment will be taken from your available balance. Find out more about donation funds on their website, or watch their video.
If I donate through my Give As You Earn account on 4th December (during Big Give campaign), will my donation qualify for the 4x multiplier?
Great question! Here’s how the matching works:
- Give As You Earn Donations: If you donate through your Give As You Earn account directly into the MfM bank account, your donation will still be eligible to be doubled by a foundation that supports MfM.
- Big Give Platform Donations: If you donate with a bank card on the Big Give platform during the live campaign dates, your donation will receive a double match. This means it will be doubled on the Big Give platform and then doubled again by our foundation partner, creating a 4x impact.
For any more information, please contact admin@moneyformadagascar.org
