Givoly: A Free WordPress Plugin for French Nonprofits to Collect Donations via Stripe or HelloAsso

The scenario where Givoly actually earns its keep

Picture a small French association loi 1901 — maybe a local food bank in Lyon or a cultural heritage group in Nantes. They already have a WordPress site, they already have a HelloAsso account because that's what every French nonprofit defaults to, and they need a "Faire un don" page that doesn't take a cut of every gift. The treasurer isn't a developer. They don't want to embed an iframe that redirects donors off-site, and they definitely don't want to pay a monthly SaaS fee for something as basic as a donation form.

This is the exact situation Givoly is built for. You install it, connect either a Stripe account or a HelloAsso account, drop a shortcode or block into a page, and donors give money without ever leaving your WordPress site (or, if you'd rather route through HelloAsso's checkout, it supports that too). No plugin commission gets skimmed off the top. That single use case — a French nonprofit wanting native, on-site donation collection without recurring software costs — is the reason this plugin exists, and it's the clearest signal for whether you should install it today.

What Givoly actually is

Givoly is a free, open-source WordPress plugin listed on the official WordPress.org plugin directory, purpose-built for associations and nonprofits operating in France. It handles:

• Donation forms embedded directly into pages or posts via block/shortcode
• Payment processing through either Stripe or HelloAsso — your choice, no lock-in to one processor
• Recurring donations, so monthly givers can be set up without a third-party subscription manager
• Donor records, tracked locally in your WordPress database (not synced to an external CRM)
• Fundraising campaigns, letting you run multiple donation drives with separate goals and pages
• Receipt management, which matters a lot in France given the tax-deduction paperwork (reçu fiscal / Cerfa 11580) associations are expected to issue

Critically, there's no premium tier hidden behind the free plugin. No "Givoly Pro" upsell, no add-on marketplace, no percentage taken from donations processed through it. What you download from WordPress.org is the whole product.

Pricing

Givoly's pricing model is about as simple as it gets:

Item	Cost
The plugin itself	Free, always
Subscription or license fee	None
Commission on donations	None
Premium/Pro upgrade	Doesn't exist
Payment processor fees	Whatever Stripe or HelloAsso normally charges (Stripe: ~1.4%–2.9% + fixed fee depending on card type; HelloAsso: donor-optional tips, no mandatory fee to the association)

The only money that leaves your account is what Stripe or HelloAsso themselves charge for processing — Givoly doesn't add anything on top. That's a meaningfully different economic model from most donation plugins, which either charge a monthly fee, gate recurring donations behind a paid tier, or take a small percentage.

Concrete use cases

• A neighborhood association collecting one-off and recurring donations for a community garden project, issuing tax receipts automatically at year-end
• A cultural nonprofit running a capital campaign (e.g., restoring a local monument) that needs a dedicated campaign page with a visible progress goal
• A charity that already banks with HelloAsso and wants donations to land there without paying for a second processor or a separate donation tool
• A small association without dev resources that needs donor records kept simply, inside WordPress, without exporting to a paid CRM

How it compares

	Givoly	GiveWP	WP Charitable	Donorbox
Price	Free, no tiers	Free core; Pro plans from ~$149–$699/year for recurring donations, fee recovery, add-ons	Free core; Pro plans from ~$99–$299/year for recurring donations and premium features	Free to start; charges 1.5% platform fee on donations (or $0 fee on paid $19–$179/mo plans)
Payment processors	Stripe or HelloAsso only	Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.net, and more (many gated behind Pro)	Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net (recurring gated behind Pro)	Stripe, PayPal built-in
Best for	French associations wanting a no-cost, HelloAsso-compatible setup	US/international nonprofits wanting deep customization and many payment gateway options	Nonprofits wanting a lighter GiveWP alternative with simpler pricing tiers	Organizations that want a hosted, non-WordPress-dependent donation page fast
Recurring donations	Included free	Requires Pro tier	Requires Pro tier	Included, but subject to platform fee unless on paid plan
Donor management	Basic, built-in, local to WordPress	Robust, expandable via add-ons	Basic, expandable via add-ons	Built into Donorbox's hosted dashboard
Localization for France (fiscal receipts, HelloAsso)	Native support	Not built-in; would need manual workarounds	Not built-in	Not built-in

The honest tradeoff

Givoly's narrowness is also its selling point. GiveWP and WP Charitable are more powerful in the abstract — more gateways, more add-ons, bigger ecosystems — but that power is often locked behind annual Pro licenses once you need recurring giving or advanced reporting, which is exactly the stuff small nonprofits need most. Donorbox sidesteps WordPress entirely and is arguably faster to set up, but its 1.5% fee on free-tier donations is a real cost over time, and it doesn't speak HelloAsso, which matters enormously if you're a French association already using it for other payments.

If you're outside France, or you need a payment gateway other than Stripe or HelloAsso, Givoly isn't going to fit — it's not trying to be a general-purpose donation platform. But for the specific case it targets — a French nonprofit, a WordPress site, and a desire to avoid subscription fees or donation commissions — it's a genuinely rare combination, and worth installing today just to see if the HelloAsso integration works as advertised for your setup.