Do I owe taxes on the money I raise?

It depends on the nature of your campaign — not on PledgeEdge.

Money raised for personal causes — weddings, funerals and memorials, medical bills and similar situations — is generally considered a gift to you and is usually not taxable income.

Money raised from selling tickets, goods, or services — like dinner tickets, club fundraisers, or raffle proceeds — is generally reportable income to you or your organization, usually offset by the expenses you paid to put the event on.

Tax rules vary by situation. Please talk to a qualified tax professional about your specific circumstances.

Will PledgeEdge send me a tax form?

PledgeEdge is a technology platform and does not file tax forms on your behalf.

Card payments on PledgeEdge are processed by our payment processing partner. Under IRS rules, that partner — as the payment settlement entity — is responsible for issuing Form 1099-K to organizers who cross the federal reporting threshold.

That threshold is generally more than $20,000 in gross payments across more than 200 transactions in a single calendar year. Most personal and community fundraisers never reach it, so most organizers will not receive a form.

What if I receive a tax form anyway?

A Form 1099-K reports the gross amount paid to you through card payments — before refunds and without any context about what the money was for.

Receiving a form does not automatically mean the whole amount is taxable. For example, gifts for a memorial campaign are generally not taxable income even if a form was issued.

Your accountant or tax preparer can help you report it correctly on your return. Your monthly activity statements and year-end tax summary from PledgeEdge give them a clear record of what the payments were for.

What about donations to a registered nonprofit?

If funds are raised for a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, that money is generally not income to the organizer — the charity is responsible for acknowledging donations to its donors.

If a donation of $75 or more includes something of value in return (such as a dinner ticket), the charity is expected to tell the donor how much of it was tax-deductible.

PledgeEdge does not provide donation receipts or charitable acknowledgments — those come from the nonprofit itself.

What records can I download from PledgeEdge?

From the Statements page in your organizer dashboard, you can download a monthly activity statement for any month or event.

A year-end tax summary is also available on that page — it groups everything you collected in a calendar year by type (ticket sales, donations, contributions, and off-system amounts), which makes it easy to hand to a tax preparer.