Fees per credit/debit card

Credit/debit card companies charge a fee to the seller when you buy something. This applies to all charities too when you make a donation. We think this is a shame. Each credit/debit card charges AMF a slightly different fee when a donation is made online.

2.25% (1.75% for £ and 3% for US debit cards)	2.25% (1.75% for £)	1.40% + £0.20 for £	£0.25 flat fee	1.75% for £

The average fee is 2.35%

$100 donated buys...

	Online donation	Other donation*	Across all donations
Donor gives	$100.00	$100.00	$100.00
Fees	$2.35	$0.00	$0.80
	$97.65	$100.00	$99.20
Bank interest**	$1.10	$1.10	$1.10
UK Gift Aid**	$2.85	$2.85	$2.85
Total	$101.60	$103.95	$103.10

*Bank transfer or check/cheque payment
**100% of both bank interest and UK Gift Aid (25% added by the UK government to eligible UK taxpayers' donations) buys nets. The figures included in the table represent the average bank interest and Gift Aid received per $100 donated.

Therefore:

• $100 donated online leads to $101.60 being used to buy nets
• $100 donated by other means leads to $103.95 being used to buy nets
• Overall, $100 donated leads to $103.10 being used to buy nets

We state on the website and elsewhere that '100% of the funds we receive buys nets'. This is indeed the case. We also believe donors may read this as '100% of my $100 buys nets' and through the above table aim to demonstrate that, overall, we buy more than $100 of nets with each $100 donation.

We recommend

For donations of $5,000 or more, bank transfer or check/cheque donations are preferred, assuming it is convenient for the donor to do so, to minimise fees.