Your mission deserves more than
1.5% of every donation.

How does VeloCMS save my nonprofit money vs DonorBox or Classy?

The math is straightforward. On DonorBox: a $100 donation costs your org $3.70 (DonorBox's 1.5% platform fee + Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 = $3.70 total). On VeloCMS with BYOK Stripe: a $100 donation costs your org $3.20 (Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 only — VeloCMS charges 0% platform fee). Save $0.50 per $100 doesn't sound like much, but on $40,000 in annual donations that's $200/year back into your programs. More importantly, Classy starts at $299/month ($3,588/year) just for the platform subscription before transaction fees. VeloCMS Pro is $9/month ($108/year) with no transaction fee at all. The delta is $3,480/year — which for a small food bank is a month of grocery sourcing.

Can I migrate my Wix or Squarespace nonprofit site to VeloCMS?

Yes — for Wix, export your posts via Wix Blog → Posts → Export. For Squarespace, export via Pages → Export XML archive. In VeloCMS Admin → Tools → Import, upload either file and your post titles, bodies, publish dates, and featured images import automatically. Your donor and community email list from DonorBox or Mailchimp imports via Admin → Members → Import CSV. The migration typically takes 2–3 hours total. Your existing site stays live throughout — no downtime for your community during the transition.

Does VeloCMS support recurring donations and monthly giving programs?

Yes — via BYOK Stripe's subscription billing. In Admin → Settings → Membership, create a 'Monthly Supporter' tier at whatever recurring amount makes sense for your community ($5, $10, $25/month). Stripe handles the recurring billing, payment failure retry, and donor notifications automatically. You can also create annual giving tiers with a one-time payment. VeloCMS doesn't add a layer on top of Stripe's native subscription logic — you're working directly with Stripe's infrastructure, which means you're also eligible for Stripe's nonprofit discount program on processing fees (typically 0.7% rather than 2.9% for registered 501c3s — worth applying for).

How does the sermon and program audio archive work for churches?

Upload your sermon MP3 directly in the post editor — it stores to Cloudflare R2 (included in your plan storage up to 10GB on Pro, unlimited on Business). The audio embeds as a native browser audio player inside the post. No SoundCloud link, no podcast hosting subscription. Tag each sermon post with the speaker's name, the series, and the scripture reference — your congregation can browse the archive filtered by any of those tags. For a church with 10 years of weekly sermons, that's a properly searchable library. The same pattern works for community organization board meeting recordings, town hall audio, and program update presentations.

Can we have multiple board members and staff contributing posts?

Yes — VeloCMS has a multi-author system built in. In Admin → Users → Invite, add each contributor with their email address. They receive an invitation email and set their own password — no shared admin credential. Role options: admin (full access), editor (create/publish/edit all posts), author (create/edit only their own posts). Your board chair can write the annual report, your program coordinator can publish event announcements, and your ED can send the monthly newsletter — each from their own login, each with their author name on the post. Author profiles appear on the post page with name, photo, and bio if you configure them.

Does VeloCMS handle 501c3 donation receipt generation for tax purposes?

Donation receipts are handled via Stripe's native receipt system — when a donor completes a payment, Stripe sends them a receipt email automatically. For 501c3 annual giving statements (the IRS Form 1099 equivalent for donors giving $250+), you can download the donor transaction history from your Stripe dashboard and generate PDFs via Stripe's reporting. VeloCMS's member export (Admin → Members → Export CSV) gives you each donor's contact info and signup date. For organizations that need formal IRS gift acknowledgment letters, those are typically generated by your accounting system using Stripe transaction exports — VeloCMS doesn't replace that workflow, but it doesn't complicate it either.

Why is Solarpunk Optimist the recommended theme for nonprofits?

Solarpunk Optimist was designed to communicate collective hope — the visual language of community organizing, mutual aid, and civic action. Warm golden-hour typography, organic asymmetric reading columns, hand-drawn ornamental details — it feels like a well-made community newspaper, not a corporate charity portal. The visual tone signals mission alignment to your donors and community members before they read a word. For contemplative religious communities (Quaker, Buddhist, contemplative Catholic), Wabi Sabi's sumi-ink aesthetic on rich-cream background matches the slower, quieter register of that work. For grant-making foundations and policy-research nonprofits, Memo Garamond's scholarly serif typography signals the rigor funders expect. All three are free on every plan.

Can VeloCMS handle our annual report and financial transparency page?

Yes — create a post titled 'Annual Report 2026' with your program outcomes, budget breakdown, and 990 highlights. You can publish it fully publicly so grant funders and community members can find it via Google search. Or gate the detailed financial appendix behind a free 'Community Member' tier — it's still free access, but you capture the email of each person who reads it, which helps you track donor-level interest in financial details. The post renders as a clean, indexable web page with your org's header and theme — not a PDF hosted on Google Drive. Your development director can link it directly in grant applications. Multiple staff can contribute sections to the post via the multi-author system.