Fidelity Charitable vs Giving by Funraise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fidelity Charitable
Manage your charitable giving on the go. This app allows you to open a Giving Account, recommend grants to your favorite organizations, and track the status of your contributions and future recommendations. It also provides tools to manage your investment selections and account details.
- Open a Giving Account
- Recommend grants
- Monitor grant status
- View investment selections
- Set up recurring grants
- Nominate NPO Successor
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The free Fidelity Charitable ® app lets you: --Open a Giving Account --Recommend grants --Monitor the status of grants and contributions --See future one-time and recurring grant recommendations Easy ways recommend a grant; --From a list of previously supported organizations --By looking up a new organization --Set up future, one-time, or recurring grant recommendations Other convenient features: --View your current Giving Account investment selections. --Change Giving Account name --NPO Successor Nomination To learn more about Fidelity Charitable, go to FidelityCharitable.org. Fidelity Charitable is the brand name for the Fidelity Investments® Charitable Gift Fund, an independent public charity with a donor-advised fund program. Various Fidelity companies provide services to Fidelity Charitable. The Fidelity Charitable logo is a service mark, and Fidelity Charitable and Fidelity are registered service marks, of FMR LLC, used by Fidelity Charitable under license. Giving Account is a registered service mark of the Trustees of Fidelity Charitable. Fidelity Charitable Privacy Policy: https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/legal/privacy-policy.html
Giving by Funraise
Manage your charitable contributions and fundraising pages in one place. Track donation history, edit recurring gifts, and access tax summaries. Connect with nonprofits you support and stay informed about your impact.
- View and manage donations
- Edit recurring donations
- Manage payment methods
- View and manage fundraising pages
- Resend donation receipts
- Historic donation summaries
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Giving by Funraise connects donors with nonprofits and gives donors access to their donation information. All kinds of nonprofits use Funraise to collect donations and manage donor relationships. When you donate to a charity that uses Funraise, you have access to your donation data through Giving by Funraise. APP FEATURES • View & manage your donations • Edit your recurring donations & payment methods • View & manage your fundraising pages • Resend yourself a donation receipt email • Send yourself a historic donation summary VIEW & MANAGE DONATIONS When you donate to a charity that uses Funraise’s platform, you have access to your donation data using the Giving by Funraise app. View a list of organizations you’ve donated to, as well as a list of donations for each organization. EDIT RECURRING DONATIONS & PAYMENT METHODS Edit your recurring subscription details including amount, frequency, and payment method. You can also cancel or create new subscriptions in the app. VIEW & MANAGE FUNDRAISING PAGES If you have an individual fundraising page for a nonprofit organization that uses Funraise, you can view and edit the details of your fundraising page in the app. RESEND DONATION RECEIPTS Did you lose that donation receipt from a year ago? No problem; resend a donation receipt email to yourself anytime. HISTORIC DONATION SUMMARY Get ready for tax season with a full donation summary that includes all your donations by year for a particular charity. Just click to send yourself an email with your donation summary PDF.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Giving by Funraise at free against Fidelity Charitable's free with in-app purchases. Giving by Funraise also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Fidelity Charitable's advantage is review sentiment (23% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, Giving by Funraise every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fidelity Charitable | Giving by Funraise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidelity Investments | Funraise |
Customer experience
Fidelity Charitable
Giving by Funraise
Bugs and requests
Fidelity Charitable
Reported bugs
38 issues- Latest update crashes immediately after launch
- App crashes immediately after launch
- App references to update which doesn’t work in App Store
- Feedback screen hangs
- Current version crashes
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- Not able to log in
- App no longer working
- Broken login
- Can’t log in
- Face ID not available
- Stuck in security credentials step
- Feedback screen is blank
- Update lost my password
- App doesn’t recognize login credentials
- Login prob
- App errors out when retrieving accounts
- App Stopped Working!
- App errors out
- App Hangs on User Agreement page
- Constantly forgets who I am
- Next to impossible to sign in using fingerprint
- App NOT Working
- Cannot activate FaceID
- Submit button in Feedback section not working
- Touch ID broken
- Crashes on open
- App crashing after TouchID login
- Login issues
- App blows up on login
- Crashes consistently upon loading
- Crashing on login
- Can't get past login screen
- App crashes after login attempt
- App freezes when scheduling future or recurring grants
- Not ready for prime time
- Stopped working with latest upgrade
- Keyboard will not disappear
- App won't accept user ID and password
Requested features
9 requests- Update the green “Contribute” button to match the main Fidelity app style and rename it “Transact.”
- Tapping “Transact” should open a simple menu that lets users contribute or donate from any page
- Allow editing scheduled/recurring donations within the app
- Let me invest in FBTC, the Fidelity Bitcoin Trust
- Add Touch ID support
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- Add ability to grant from a specific fund like you are able to do online
- Add the full website capability in the app, most importantly document manager (confirmations, statement and check images)
- See history of donations to a charity within the app
- Ability to contribute to my account from the app
Giving by Funraise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fidelity Charitable
No in-app purchases
Giving by Funraise
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fidelity Charitable free?
Is Giving by Funraise free?
Do Fidelity Charitable or Giving by Funraise have ads?
Which is updated more often, Fidelity Charitable or Giving by Funraise?
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