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The video meeting platform Zoom has added a donation function to its platform for all registered UK charities.<\/h3>\nThe video meeting platform Zoom has added a donation function to its platform for all registered UK charities.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Civil Society News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n The Pledge app\u00a0is free to add and means any Zoom user can fundraise for more than 2.2 million charities operating in over 150 countries around the world. This\u00a0includes\u00a0every registered charity operating in the United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n The donations app is free to use and disburses funds monthly. Charities will receive their funds via electronic payment or cheque.<\/p>\n Charities receive the of the donation, minus standard credit card processing fees. This means Pledge only gets compensated if the donor leaves an optional tip.<\/p>\n There are three steps to adding the app to a Zoom meeting.\u00a0Zoom needs to\u00a0be updated<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to its latest version, and\u00a0then the\u00a0Donations by Pledge app<\/u>\u00a0<\/a>can be added. A fundraiser\u00a0can then be created along with the donate button in Zoom.<\/p>\n The app was tested last week by the One Tree Planted, a reforestation charity based in America. On 21 July it ran a fundraiser using the app, and in three minutes had raised more than $1,000.<\/p>\n Pledge has now seen hundreds of non-profits instal the app and is expecting thousands more to join.<\/p>\n This donation button is part of a new initiative by Zoom, enabling third parties to embed apps within Zoom meetings.<\/p>\n One of the apps listed is Pledge, and on its website is a\u00a0short video on how to enable<\/a><\/u>\u00a0the function or access additional support.<\/p>\n$1,000 dollars raised in three minutes<\/h3>\n