To collect and distribute the donations to recommended nonprofits, Google partners with For Good (formerly Network For Good), a US nonprofit donor-advised fund.
You don't need to be signed up with For Good to receive donations. For Good disburses donations to the address listed on your Guidestar profile, provided your organization hasn't opted out of receiving online donations on your Guidestar profile.
For Good will disburse donations to the address listed on your Guidestar profile (More information below)
You don’t have to be a member of For Good to receive donations. For more info, refer to For Good's website.
If you don’t have an account with For Good, but have opted in to receive payments, they'll send a check to your organization’s address on Guidestar.
As long as your nonprofit is listed in Guidestar's database and has not opted out of receiving online donations on your Guidestar profile, it can be eligible to receive donations.
You can also sign up for a For Good account on For Good's website, giving your nonprofit greater control over managing payments, your donation history, and more.
You can control your disbursement preferences in your For Good account.
Please ensure that you have opted in to receiving donations via Guidestar.
It may take up to two months for a donation to reach your nonprofit. All donations over $10 made in a given month are expected to be disbursed by For Good on the 15th of the following month.
If you're a member of For Good, you can check the disbursement information from your For Good account.
If your organization does not receive a minimum donation amount of $10 during the disbursement period, donations will be rolled over to the next disbursement period until your organization has accumulated a minimum of $10.
For more info about how disbursement works in For Good, refer to For Good’s FAQs. You can also check For Good's privacy policy.
For Good will send a check to your organization’s address found in Guidestar's database. To update your address, refer to For Good's FAQs.
To change your payment method, create or sign in to your For Good account.
Tip: To avoid mailing delays, you can also sign up to receive electronic payment. Refer to For Good’s FAQs.