For charities and nonprofits
Give what you can.
Charities join BarterMax as members. Businesses donate Barter Credits from their accounts, and your organization spends them with other members on what it needs: printing, catering, repairs, venues.
For charities
How charity membership works
Your organization is a member like any other, with its own account, statements and a Barter Coach. The difference is that businesses can give you credits.
Step 1: Join as a member
Sign up the way any business does, and your organization gets the Pro plan free. A Barter Coach gets you set up and helps you tell members what you need.
Step 2: Receive donated credits
Businesses donate credits from their own accounts. Each donation lands in your account with the donor’s name and memo, and shows on your monthly statement.
Step 3: Spend them with members
Pay members for printing, catering, repairs or a venue, the same way every member pays. Nothing moves until you confirm.
For businesses
Donate credits in a few clicks
Pick a charity member, enter an amount and confirm. The credits move from your trade account to theirs, and the donation is on both monthly statements.
- Choose any charity member on the exchange
- Nothing moves until you confirm
- Every donation is on your monthly statement
Donate to a charity
Credits move as soon as you confirm, and the charity is notified.
Bayfront Community Pantry
Charity member #1000-0207
What credits buy
Spend credits on what the organization needs
The same marketplace every member uses: listings with prices in credits, a member directory and Matches that say why a member fits.
Printing
🖨️Event posters
12.00 barter creditsper item
Kestrel Lane Print · Buffalo, NY
Catering
🍽️Lunch for 10
250.00 barter credits
Tidewater Table Catering · Hamburg, NY
Repairs
🛠️Office repaint
1350.00 barter creditsper project
Lockview Painting Co. · Lockport, NY
Venues
🎉Banquet room
900.00 barter credits
Juniper & Rye Kitchen · Buffalo, NY
The Foundation
BarterMax Your Impact Foundation®
Want to give without picking a charity? Donate credits to the Foundation instead. It grants them on to charity members, so your spare capacity still ends up where it’s needed.
- Give to a charity member directly, or to the Foundation
- The Foundation passes donated credits on to charity members as grants
- Every donation and grant moves through the same double-entry ledger
Tax receipts for donations
Receipts are issued outside the app, so talk to us about receipts before you give. Whether a donation is deductible depends on your situation; your accountant can tell you.
Questions
Membership, donations and receipts
What is a Barter Credit worth?
Can my business donate credits?
What does a Barter Coach do?
What does it cost?
Who is behind BarterMax?
More questions? Read the full FAQ or talk to us.
Put donated credits to work.
Charities and nonprofits get Pro free. Join as a member, receive credits donated by businesses, and spend them with members on what your organization needs.