Giving and donations on WhatsApp

Tithes, offerings and donations online. Receipts on WhatsApp.

One giving page and QR code for your church or cause. People give by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or text GIVE to your WhatsApp number. The money goes straight to your Stripe account, and their receipt and year-end statement come to their chat with you.

  • Tithes, offerings and donations
  • Text GIVE on WhatsApp
  • Receipts and year-end statements
  • Paid straight to your Stripe account

Give to Grace Chapel

What are you giving to?

TitheOfferingMissions

Amount

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✓Add $1.50 to cover the giving feeSo more of your tithe goes to Grace Chapel.

Give $51.50

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay · Secure checkout by Stripe

Fewer people carry cash. Everyone carries a phone.

The offering basket goes round and members reach for a wallet that isn’t there. Those who watch online have no way to give at all. And in January, someone adds up a year of envelopes and transfers by hand to write statements.

With MsgOrb, members give from their seat or from home in about a minute. Every gift goes to the right fund, every giver gets a receipt, and year-end statements are ready when you are.

How online giving with MsgOrb works

Set it up once, in a few minutes. After that, members give whenever they like.

  1. Step 1

    Set up your giving page

    One click gives you a page with Tithe and Offering. Add your own funds, like Donations, Building Fund or Missions, and a receipt note.

  2. Step 2

    Share the link and QR code

    Put the QR code in the bulletin, on the screen or by the door, and share the link in your WhatsApp groups.

  3. Step 3

    Members give in a minute

    They pick Tithe, Offering or a fund, choose an amount and give by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. No account, no app.

  4. Step 4

    Receipts come to WhatsApp

    Every gift has a printable receipt. Givers who leave their number get it in WhatsApp, and a statement at year end.

Three ways for members to give

All three open the same giving page, with your funds and your quick amounts.

Scan the QR code

During the offering, show the QR code on the screen or print it in the bulletin. Members scan it with their phone camera and give from their seat.

Tap the link in WhatsApp

Share your giving link in your church’s WhatsApp groups. Members who watch online or travel can give from wherever they are.

Text GIVE

Members send GIVE, TITHE or OFFERING to your WhatsApp number and get a Give now button at once, with their number already filled in.

For the bulletin or the pulpit

“You can give your tithe or offering online: scan the QR code on the screen, or text GIVE to our WhatsApp number. Your receipt will come to WhatsApp.”

What givers see, step by step

Giving takes about a minute on a phone, and the words speak of giving, not payments.

  1. 1

    Scan, tap or text GIVE

    From the QR code on the screen, the link in a WhatsApp group, or by sending GIVE to your number.

  2. 2

    Pick what they are giving

    Tithe, Offering or one of your funds, and an amount. Name and number are optional.

  3. 3

    Give by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay

    On Stripe’s secure checkout. No account, no app, no password to remember.

  4. 4

    Receipt in WhatsApp

    “Thank you for your faithful giving.” It names what they gave: their tithe, their offering, their giving to the Building Fund.

  5. 5

    Their statement in January

    Every gift of the year in one printable statement, sent by you or by texting STATEMENT.

9:41

Grace Chapel

Business account

SUNDAY
GIVE10:52 AM
Thank you for your faithful giving to Grace Chapel. 🙏

Tap Give now below to give your tithe or offering by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.10:52 AM
Give now
Hi Mary, thank you for your faithful giving. 🙏

Grace Chapel has received $50.00 as your tithe.10:54 AM
My receipt
Sent on WhatsApp

Every giving message, on WhatsApp

These are the only messages a giver receives. MsgOrb never sends reminders or appeals to give: members give when they choose, and hear back with thanks.

  • Text GIVE

    Straight away, when someone sends GIVE to your WhatsApp number.

    Thank you for your faithful giving to Grace Chapel. 🙏 Tap Give now below to give your tithe or offering by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your receipt will come to this chat.

    Give now
  • Giving receipt

    As soon as the gift is paid, to givers who left their number.

    Hi Mary, thank you for your faithful giving. 🙏 Grace Chapel has received $50.00 as your tithe. Your receipt is one tap away below.

    My receipt
  • Fundraiser

    When someone sends DONATE: your newest open fundraiser.

    Thank you for supporting New Roof Appeal at Grace Chapel. 🙏 Tap Give now below to make your donation by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your receipt will come to this chat.

    Give now
  • Year-end statement

    When you press Send statements, or when a giver texts STATEMENT.

    Your giving statement from Grace Chapel for 2026 is ready. Total given: $2,600.00 You can see other years on the same page.

    My statement

Every message comes from your organization’s own WhatsApp Business number, and replies land in your MsgOrb inbox. If the person messaged you in the last 24 hours it goes as a reply (Meta includes 1,000 free a month per number); otherwise it goes as a Meta-approved message, which you add in one click. Anyone who replied STOP is never messaged.

Donations and fundraisers

Take donations for a cause, with its own page.

A building project, a mission trip, relief after a storm: a fundraiser has its own donation page with a photo, your story, a goal and a progress bar. Donors see how far you have come, give in a minute and pass the link on in their WhatsApp groups. For ongoing donations, add a Donations fund to your giving page.

  • Raised so far, the progress bar, the number of donors and the days left
  • Donors can leave a short message and choose to show their name
  • Each donor gets a receipt for their donation on WhatsApp
  • The photo shows in the WhatsApp link preview too
  • Text DONATE to your number for your newest fundraiser
  • Same receipts and the same “cover the fee” box as your giving page

Grace Chapel

New Roof Appeal

$18,450 raised of $25,000 goal

74%142 donors12 days left

Give now WhatsApp

Give to Men’s Meeting

Grace Chapel

TitheOfferingMissions

Giving by group · October

  • Men’s Meeting · 14 gifts$1,240
  • Youth · 22 gifts$860
  • Women’s Fellowship · 18 gifts$1,115
Giving by group

A giving link for each group.

Your Men’s Meeting, Youth or Women’s Fellowship can share its own giving link. It opens your giving page titled “Give to Men’s Meeting”, with your church’s name under it and the same choices. The money still goes to your church’s one Stripe account, and every gift is recorded for the group, so you see the total by group.

  • A “Giving link for” card on every contact group’s page, with a QR code and Share on WhatsApp
  • The group’s name on the page and in the WhatsApp link preview
  • One Stripe account for everything: no separate account per group
  • Totals by group, and a group column in the CSV download
Your money

Your Stripe account. Your payouts.

Every gift, refund and payout lives in your church’s own Stripe dashboard. MsgOrb runs the giving page and sends the receipts and statements on WhatsApp.

Paid straight to you

Every gift is paid on your church’s own Stripe account, and Stripe pays out to your bank. MsgOrb never holds the money.

Givers can cover the fee

MsgOrb’s fee is 2% + $0.50. A “cover the fee” box is ticked by default, so your church receives the full amount given.

Stripe’s fee from your payout

Stripe’s card processing fee comes out of your payout, as with any Stripe payment.

Refunds in Stripe

Refund a gift from your Stripe dashboard, where every charge and payout is listed. Refunds are left off statements.

Givers join your contacts

Givers who leave their WhatsApp number are added to your Givers group, so your announcements reach them too.

Only the owner sees who gave

Names, totals and the giving list are for the account owner only. Other team members just see the link and QR code.

What a gift costs

MsgOrb’s fee is 2% of the gift plus $0.50. Givers see a “cover the fee” box, ticked by default. You receive the amount below, less Stripe’s card processing fee.

GiftMsgOrb feeFee covered: giver paysNot covered: you receive
$20.00 offering$0.90$20.90$19.10
$50.00 tithe$1.50$51.50$48.50
$100.00 tithe$2.50$102.50$97.50
$250.00 to the Building Fund$5.50$255.50$244.50

When the fee is covered, your church receives the full gift. Gifts are in your Stripe account’s currency; outside the US, the fixed part of the fee is about $0.50 in your currency. Online gifts are from $2 to $10,000.

Receipts and year-end statements, without the January rush

  • A receipt for every gift

    A printable page with what was given, to which fund, the date, and your receipt note: your legal name, tax ID and the wording your accountant recommends.

  • One statement per giver per year

    Every tithe, offering, fund and fundraiser gift with its date, and the total. Refunds are left out, and a fee the giver covered isn’t counted as giving.

  • Sent on WhatsApp in one click

    Press Send statements and each giver gets a link to their own, once a year. Givers can also text STATEMENT any time.

Giving statement

Grace Chapel

January 1 – December 31, 2026

Given byMary Johnson

Jan 4Tithe$200.00
Jan 4Offering$20.00
Mar 15New Roof Appeal$100.00
………
Total given in 2026$2,600.00

Grace Chapel, EIN 00-0000000. No goods or services were provided in exchange for these contributions.

Built for churches, open to every cause

Tithes and offerings for congregations, and fundraisers for any organization with something to build.

Churches

Tithes and offerings every Sunday, from the pews and from members watching online.

Ministries and missions

Missions, outreach and benevolence funds, each with its own place on the giving page.

Other faith communities

Any congregation that takes regular gifts and wants to give a proper receipt.

Charities and NGOs

Online donations, and fundraisers with a goal, a story and a progress bar that supporters pass on.

Schools and parent groups

Donations and fundraisers for a trip, new equipment or the school garden.

Clubs and associations

Donations for a building, a cause or a member in need.

Ways to take tithes, offerings and donations, compared

The basket still has its place. This is for everyone who isn’t carrying cash, or isn’t in the room.

 Offering basketPayment apps and transfersChurch giving softwareMsgOrb
How members giveCash or check on SundayAn app, a username or a bank detailA website or app accountQR code, a WhatsApp link, or text GIVE
Members watching onlineCan’t giveIf they know the detailsYesYes, from the same link
Which fund it is forEnvelopes, if filled inA note, if they add oneYesTithe, Offering, donations and your own funds
ReceiptsWritten by hand, if at allThe app’s own noticeUsually by emailOn WhatsApp, with your receipt note
Year-end statementsAdded up by handAdded up by handYesPrintable, sent on WhatsApp in one click
Cost to the churchCounting timeSometimes feesOften a monthly subscriptionIncluded on every plan; givers can cover the fee

Frequently asked questions

Step-by-step help is in the giving guide.

Does MsgOrb hold the money?

No. Every gift is paid on your church’s own Stripe account, so the money is yours from the start and Stripe pays it out to your bank. MsgOrb only receives its fee.

What does it cost?

Giving is included on every MsgOrb plan. On each gift MsgOrb’s fee is 2% plus $0.50. A “cover the fee” box is ticked by default, so the giver adds it on top and your church receives the full amount. If they untick it, the fee comes out of the gift. Stripe’s card processing fee comes out of your payout.

Can we have funds other than Tithe and Offering?

Yes. Add your own, such as Building Fund, Missions or Benevolence, rename them and put them in order, up to 12. A fund you remove is only hidden, so past giving keeps its fund.

Can we take donations, not just tithes and offerings?

Yes, in two ways. For ongoing donations, add a fund such as Donations, Benevolence or Missions to your giving page, so anyone can give to it at any time from the same link and QR code. For a campaign with a goal, create a fundraiser: a donation page with your story, a photo and a progress bar. Donors get a receipt on WhatsApp and the gifts appear on their year-end statement.

Can a charity or nonprofit that isn’t a church use it?

Yes. Any organization can take donations through its giving page and run fundraisers. Rename the funds to fit you (for example General Donations and Emergency Relief), and write your own receipt note with your legal name and charity or tax number.

Do members need an account or an app?

No. They scan the QR code or tap the link, pick a fund and an amount, and give by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay on Stripe’s secure checkout page.

Can someone give anonymously?

Yes. Name and WhatsApp number are optional. An anonymous gift still has its own receipt page, but it can’t go on a year-end statement.

How does Text GIVE work?

When someone sends GIVE to your church’s WhatsApp number, MsgOrb replies at once with a Give now button and their number already filled in. TITHE and OFFERING open that fund, DONATE opens your newest fundraiser, and STATEMENT sends their year-end statement. Because they wrote first, the reply and their receipt need no template and count toward the 1,000 free replies Meta includes each month for your WhatsApp number.

Do givers get a receipt for their taxes?

Every gift has a printable receipt page with your receipt note, where most churches put their legal name, tax ID and a line such as “No goods or services were provided.” At year end each giver can get a statement of all their giving. MsgOrb doesn’t decide what makes a gift tax-deductible, so check the wording of your note with your accountant.

How do year-end statements work?

For each calendar year you see every giver and their total. Open anyone’s printable statement, download the year as a CSV, or press Send statements on WhatsApp to send each giver a link to their own. Each giver gets each year’s statement once, and can always get theirs by texting STATEMENT.

Does each group need its own Stripe account?

No. A group’s giving link opens your organization’s own giving page, titled for the group, for example “Give to Men’s Meeting” with your organization’s name under it. The money goes to your one Stripe account like every gift, and each gift is recorded for that group, so your report shows the total by group.

Can our Men’s Meeting or Youth group have its own giving link?

Yes. Every contact group has a “Giving link for” card on its page with the link, a QR code and Share on WhatsApp, and on Giving you can pick the group under “Link for”. Givers see the same choices as your main giving page.

Can we run a fundraiser for a building project or a mission trip?

Yes. A fundraiser has its own page with a photo, your story, a goal and a progress bar, the number of donors and the days left. Donors can leave a short message and choose to show their name. Share it on WhatsApp and ask people to pass it on.

Will MsgOrb send our members reminders to give?

No. WhatsApp treats asking for money as marketing, so MsgOrb never sends giving appeals or reminders. Members give from your link, your QR code or by texting GIVE, and the only messages they get are their receipt and their statement.

Can members set up recurring giving?

Not yet. Each gift is one at a time for now. Monthly giving is the next step we are building.

Who on our team can see who gave?

Only the account owner sees givers’ names, the totals and the CSV download. Other team members you invite see the giving link and QR code, so they can share them.

Which countries can use Giving?

Organizations in the countries Stripe supports for connected accounts, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, most of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Gifts are in your Stripe account’s currency.

Collecting dues for a ministry group or fees for a class instead? See Membership Dues and Program Fees.

Put your giving page on the screen this Sunday.

Connect your WhatsApp Business number and your Stripe account, set up your giving page and start taking tithes, offerings and donations. Free to start, no credit card.

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