Adding a donation button to your Non-Profit Kajabi Page is an excellent and accessible approach to drawing new donors. Follow our guide to create and embed a PayPal donation button onto a Landing Page in your Site.
In this article:
- Step 1. Register with PayPal as a non-profit organization
- Step 2. Create a donation button in PayPal
- Step 3. Create a new page for donations
- Step 4. Embed the checkout code into the page
Step 1. Register with PayPal as a non-profit organization
To accept donations as a non-profit on Kajabi, you first need to confirm non-profit status with PayPal. To do so, click the link below to follow PayPal's tutorial on how to confirm your status as a non-profit:
Be prepared to provide the following information:
- Evidence of nonprofit registration with any applicable regulatory body, such as Articles of Incorporation, IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter, or documentation of candidacy.
- A pre-printed bank statement or voided check from your account. Starter checks are not acceptable. The organization needs to own each bank account linked to this PayPal account. You can't use a personal bank account.
- Information about how you intend to use the money (such as donations or membership fees).
Your mission statement (if applicable). - A subordination or fundraising letter (if applicable).
Step 2. Create a donation button in PayPal
To Create a Donation button in PayPal, follow their guide here:
Note:
PayPal's donation button is one third-party application option, however, there may be others. We recommend researching the tools that work best for your business. If your preferred third-party application uses an embed code to add it to your site you can apply your embed code with the instructions below.
Step 3. Create a new page for donations
First, create a new Page:
- Open the Website tab from the Dashboard.
- Click Pages.
- Navigate to the top right corner of the page and click + New Page.
- Select the template that fits best with your vision.
- Click Get Started.
- Enter your Page Title.
This title will reflect in the Page URL and the tab of your site visitor's browser. - Click Create to generate your new Page:
Step 4. Embed the checkout code into the page
To add a Custom Code Block:
- Click Customize to open the Theme Editor.
- Click the Section you want to edit or create a new Section.
- In the sidebar, click Add Content.
- From the list, select Custom Code.
- Your newly created Custom Code Block will generate at the bottom of the Section.
- Click Save to keep your changes:
Then, enter your PayPal Donation Button Embed Code
- In your Page, hover over the existing Custom Code Block you want to edit and click Edit.
- In the Code field, paste a copied embed code or enter your custom code.
- Click Save to keep your changes:
Disclaimer:
For this tutorial, we could not attain the embed code for a nonprofit donation button but the embed process shown above works the same way.
