Charity WordPress Theme Overview
Charity is a WordPress design for foundations, fundraising drives and donation-led organisations, built on Bootstrap and aimed at people who would rather configure a site than write code for one. It is among the older listings in this category, released years ago and updated since mainly to keep its bundled slider current.
SkatDesign is the author. The giving side has no purpose-built engine of its own: it relies on Easy Digital Downloads together with a crowdfunding plugin, both supplied in the package. That pairing produces campaign pages with pledges, and PayPal arrives free with Easy Digital Downloads, while other gateways are sold separately as extensions by that plugin’s vendor.
The rest is a straightforward responsive design. Unlimited colour styles, custom widgets, touch and swipe handling, prepared page layouts and translation files are included, and the documentation runs to video walkthroughs and layered source files. The vendor stresses that no coding knowledge is needed.
Key Features of Charity WordPress Theme
- Bootstrap-based responsive layout, from phone screens to large desktops
- Donation and custom pledge pages through the bundled crowdfunding plugin
- Easy Digital Downloads included, and required for the giving features
- PayPal available at no extra cost through Easy Digital Downloads
- Further payment gateways sold separately as extensions by that plugin’s vendor
- Unlimited colour styles for adapting the design to your identity
- Custom widgets supplied with the theme
- Touch and swipe handling, plus the bundled slider plugin
- Translation files in .po and .mo form, ready for any language
- Extended documentation with prepared layouts, video tutorials and six PSD designs
Who Charity WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Small Canadian charities, foundations, community appeals and grassroots fundraising groups working to a tight budget are the audience this was written for, especially where a handful of campaign pages and a single giving route are all that is required.
Organisations needing recurring gifts, tribute donations, donor records, receipting workflows or integration with a fundraising database should expect to add a dedicated donation plugin, or to choose a newer design built around one. The crowdfunding approach here suits time-limited appeals better than continuous giving programmes.
Important Notes About Charity WordPress Theme
The age of this listing is the main thing to weigh. Its version log shows little beyond slider updates, and the giving features depend on two third-party plugins that have moved on considerably since the theme was written. AppiAppi therefore installs it on staging first, tests it against current WordPress and PHP, checks that the crowdfunding side still behaves, and tells you plainly if it does not, in which case a newer donation design is the better spend.
Fundraising carries duties the software cannot handle. Only organisations registered with the CRA may issue official donation receipts, and a group without that status must not suggest a gift is tax-deductible. Donor names, addresses and payment records need protection and a stated purpose, recurring gifts need cancellation terms a donor can act on, and published totals should reflect real figures. AppiAppi offers no legal or accounting advice; compliance is the organisation’s own.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
You buy Charity on ThemeForest, where SkatDesign supports the product itself. AppiAppi installs it along with the required plugins, checks the result on staging, then builds the site around your own material: who you are, what the money does, campaign pages, news, annual reports and photographs used with the consent of anyone shown.
We configure the giving pages against your organisation’s own payment account, set real targets, add a clear refund and privacy statement, build and test contact and volunteer sign-up forms, connect the newsletter, and load event dates. After launch the site runs on your subscription plan, with content updates, upgrades tested before release, replies to donor and supporter enquiries, and AI-assisted SEO and content support.
Original design by SkatDesign. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source