⚡ Donation Tools in the United States

Donation tools enable individuals and organizations to collect financial contributions online through one-time, recurring, membership-based, or campaign-driven donations.

The United States of America (USA) is a North American country with a population of over 341 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 1.5% of websites from the United States.

Statistics based on 654K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top donation tools in the United States in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal Donate with a share of 26.3%, followed by Patreon with 23.1% and GiveWP with 16.5%.

PayPal Donate 26.3%
Patreon 23.1%
GiveWP 16.5%
PayPal.Me 6.5%
Ko-fi 6.1%
Donorbox 5.5%
GoFundMe Pro 5.3%
Buy Me a Coffee 5.3%
Bonterra 4.8%
Venmo 2.7%
Flipcause 1.2%
GitHub Sponsors 1.2%
Open Collective 0.9%
Cash App 0.8%
Tithe.ly 0.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in the United States than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

6. Donorbox ^(-1)
7. GoFundMe Pro ^(-3)
10. Venmo ^(-3)
11. Flipcause ^(-11)
14. Cash App ^(-9)
15. Tithe.ly ^(-9)
16. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-5)
17. Liberapay ^(-2)
18. Streamlabs ^(-8)
20. The Giving Block ^(-7)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 26 donation tools used on sites from the United States, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal Donate San Jose, California, United States An online donation service that allows organizations and individuals to collect contributions through hosted donation pages, shareable links, and embedded donation buttons. $$$	26.3%
2	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	23.1%
3	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that adds online fundraising and donor management features for nonprofits, charities, and fundraising campaigns. Free$199+/year	16.5%
4	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	6.5%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	6.1%
6	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform that helps nonprofits collect donations through recurring giving, crowdfunding campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, memberships, and text-to-give. $$$	5.5%
7	GoFundMe Pro San Diego, California, United States A fundraising platform for nonprofits that supports online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and donor engagement. $$$	5.3%
8	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	5.3%
9	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies manage online giving, donor engagement, and fundraising campaigns. $$$	4.8%
10	Venmo San Jose, California, United States A social payments platform owned by PayPal that lets users send, receive, and request money from friends, split bills, pay businesses online, and manage a balance in its mobile app. Free$$$	2.7%
11	Flipcause Oakland, California, United States A cloud-based fundraising platform focused on small nonprofits.	1.2%
12	GitHub Sponsors San Francisco, California, United States A platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments. $$$	1.2%
13	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open-source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	0.9%
14	Cash App Oakland, California, United States A peer-to-peer payment service and mobile digital wallet that lets users send, receive, and store money, set up direct deposits, invest in stocks and Bitcoin, and use a linked debit card for everyday spending. Free$$$	0.8%
15	Tithe.ly Nashville, Tennessee, United States A church giving software designed for churches and nonprofits. Free$72+/month	0.6%
16	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	0.3%
17	Liberapay Querrien, France A French platform for recurring donations with open-source code that enables creators to receive ongoing financial support. $$$	0.2%
18	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	0.2%
19	Ecologi London, United Kingdom A subscription service focused on planting trees to restore forests worldwide, as well as investing in certified carbon reduction projects.	0.2%
20	The Giving Block Miami, Florida, United States A fundraising platform that enables nonprofits to accept cryptocurrency donations from individual and corporate donors. $2,500+/year	0.2%
21	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	0.08%
22	Crowdfunder St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom A rewards-based crowdfunding platform based in the United Kingdom. Free$$$	0.06%
23	HelloAsso Bègles, France A French online fundraising and payment platform designed specifically for nonprofit organizations to collect donations, manage members, and run campaigns. Free	0.04%
24	Buycoffee.to Wrocław, Poland A Polish platform that enables creators and small businesses to receive one-time or recurring financial support from their audience. $$$	0.03%
25	Tipeee Paris, France A French online crowdfunding platform based on the principle of tipping. $$$	0.02%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 654,147 websites from the United States.
We currently track the presence of 27 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 26 were detected on websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on September 19, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.