Case Study: Raisely raises $500M+ for nonprofits with Stripe

Raisely helps more than 2,000 nonprofits and charities raise $500M with Stripe

Raisely, a purpose-before-profit fundraising platform for charities and nonprofits, needed a way to let organizations quickly launch online fundraising campaigns without heavy technical overhead. As it grew, it also needed a payment provider that could capture payment details, process donations efficiently, reduce fraud risk, support global onboarding, and power its subscription offering. Raisely chose Stripe, using products like Stripe Connect and Stripe Billing.

Stripe helped Raisely build a scalable payments foundation for its platform. With Stripe Connect, Raisely can manage complex donation flows, reconcile payments, issue receipts, and onboard fundraisers quickly worldwide, while Stripe Billing supports its Raisely Pro subscription service. The impact has been significant: Raisely has helped more than 2,000 organizations raise over $500 million AUD across about 10,000 fundraising websites, campaigns now launch in just weeks, fundraiser growth is around 80% versus typical online fundraising growth of 10%–15%, and Stripe-enabled donation form improvements increased average funds raised per visitor by 48%.

Raisely

Tom Maitland

Chief Executive Officer