Entries by Ross Treakle

Transaction Charges Explained

One of the most frequent questions we get asked is about how One Donation charges for the services we offer. We get asked this question by our donors, non-profits, employers seeking to offer payroll donations for their employees. At the end of the day, One Donation wants as much of the donation to end up […]

Have You Ever Played A Sport?

Were you good? How did you get better? In thinking of my childhood, I was an OK baseball player. I was never the best but I was not picked last either. I was fortunate to have older brother so I was constantly trying to keep up with them and not fall behind. To keep up […]

Beta Testers – iOS & Android

One Donation is looking for beta testers of their upcoming iOS and Android application release. The One Donation platform is on a mission to make giving easy. Through the One Donation application, users can search over 1.5 million non-profits, make a one-time, weekly or monthly donation and then track all donations for tax purposes. Feedback […]

One World. One Company. One Donation.

When the word sustainability is mentioned in conversation, not everyone has the same understanding of what it means. When you google the term, two definitions are provided: the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance. No matter how […]

Payroll Donations – How It Works!

There is a lot of buzz around One Donation and our payroll donation platform. That gets our team really excited but has also led to a lot of questions. For that reason, we created the payroll process flow below in order to answer some of the questions we get asked. To begin, this process can […]

One Donation – More Than Just A Phone Application

The One Donation platform has a four-pronged approach to Giving Made Easy. Phone Application – From our early days we have maintained our original giving made easy phone application. The application gives users the ability to search over 1.5M non-profits, make donations and then track all donations for tax purposes. In the next several months […]

Overhead – The 5,000 lb. Elephant In The Room

  Did you know that the average overhead for a non-profit is 36.9%? Overhead is popular topic surrounding non-profit efficiency. While there are arguments on both sides of the topic, we will save that debate for another time. There are a few non-profits that operate in similar circles as One Donation. Without mentioning names, one […]

Disasters and Jigsaw Puzzles?

Have you ever helped a child complete a jigsaw puzzle?   After your child’s favorite puzzle is chosen, the pieces are dumped out of a box on the floor, and little fingers sift through the pile of pieces finding the “easy” ones. To a five year old the “easy” pieces are the ones with one […]

Is it Ever Late to make a New Year’s Resolution?

It seems like just yesterday it was 2016 – and here I am looking at my calendar and it is already the 22nd of January! Even though January is cruising by, it is never late to evaluate and make resolutions for the year to come and to share your resolutions with coworkers, friends and family. […]

Goodbye 2016. Hello 2017!

Over the past few weeks I have done a lot of reflection on this past year. As a One Donation Co-Founder and Project Manager, I have reflected on items both personal and related to One Donation. Many important lessons have been learned over the past year but I want to take a moment to highlight […]