How donations work
EcoDues never takes your money. We accrue your monthly climate impact into a running tab, then email you a checkout link when it clears your charity’s minimum. Depending on the charity, that link points to one of two providers — and each has different fee mechanics. Here’s how they compare.
Short version
Prefer PayPal Giving Fund when available.
PPGF delivers 100%of your gift to the charity — PayPal absorbs all card processing fees. Every.org is our fallback for charities that aren’t yet enrolled with PPGF; it deducts a payment-processing fee, so we set a $10 minimum there to keep fee efficiency reasonable.
Side-by-side
| PayPal Giving Fund | Every.org | |
|---|---|---|
| % delivered to charity | 100% (PayPal covers card fees) | ~85–92% (payment-processing fee deducted; higher when donor covers fees) |
| Minimum donation | $1 | $10 (EcoDues internal minimum to keep fees reasonable) |
| Amount pre-fill from email | You type the amount on PayPal | Pre-filled from your tab |
| Tax-deductible receipt | Automatic (US) | Automatic (US) |
| Payment methods | PayPal balance, cards, bank | Cards, bank, Apple/Google Pay, crypto |
| Charity coverage | A subset of our list — must be enrolled with PPGF | Nearly every US 501(c)(3) |
Why raise Every.org to a $10 minimum?
Every.org’s payment processing carries a per-transaction fee (roughly $0.30 + a percentage). At a $1 donation, that fee eats a huge share of the gift — you’d be sending a nonprofit maybe 60–65 cents on the dollar. At $10, fee efficiency climbs to ~92% (higher when you check “cover the fees” on their checkout page).
PPGF has no such threshold: PayPal absorbs the card fees regardless of amount, so we keep the PPGF minimum at $1. That’s why we recommend picking a PPGF-enrolled charity when your favorite is on the list — smaller monthly tabs still clear, and every penny reaches the charity.
The one catch with PPGF
You type the amount yourself on PayPal.
PayPal Giving Fund’s hosted donation page doesn’t accept a pre-filled amount in the URL. Our monthly email tells you the exact figure (e.g., $1.24) — you just paste or type it on the PayPal page. It’s an extra five seconds in exchange for 100% pass-through.
EcoDues is a suggestion, never a charge
We don’t take your card. We don’t hold your money. We estimate the damage your AI usage caused, multiply it by your chosen offset factor, and when your tab clears the charity’s minimum we send you a link. You decide whether to donate, and to whom. Change charity, adjust multiplier, or skip a month — nothing about this system runs on autopilot.