# Pricing
All For Climate strives to keep host fees as low as possible, as we know many collectives work with very limited budgets. Our host fees help cover **basic operational expenses**, including platform costs, VAT, accounting, software, and essential administration.
Please note that **host fees do not fully cover all of our expenses**, such as the ongoing work of our volunteers and our one-women back-office lead. We are deeply grateful to everyone who chooses to[ support this work](https://opencollective.com/allforclimate/donate?interval=oneTime\&amount=20\&contributeAs=me) and help keep All For Climate running.
## HOST FEE
**A. DONATIONS**
Pricing depends on the size of your collective:
1. **Small Collectives** (fewer than 15 donations per year and an annual budget under €1000) have a host fee of **6%**.
2. **Large Collectives** (more than 15 donations per year and an annual budget above €1000) have a host fee of **8%.**
The cheapest way to donate is via **manual bank transfer**.\
If a donor gives €10, €9.40 or €9.20 will be added to the collective’s balance.
* 6% or 8% goes to All For Climate to cover operating costs
* Your donor receives an e-mail with the instructions for a manual bank transfer
When donors use automatic payments or PayPal, additional transaction fees apply.\
These fees are charged by Stripe (credit cards) or PayPal — not by All For Climate.
**B. GRANTS**
When collectives apply for grants of subsidies, there is a lot more back office work. We take care of the paperwork and are responsible for signing contracts. However some grants require more work and responsibility than others, which is why there are 2 categories for the grant fees:
📌 **Important:**
When you want to apply for a grant, please connect with us early in the process so we can discuss the necessary [steps to be taken](https://docs.allforclimate.earth/policies/applying-for-a-third-party-grant). If your granter has certain conditions for the host fee, contact us as well, we want to support your work no matter what.
| Category 1 | Category 2 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Any grant | Any grant |
|
Meeting/call to inform us about grant/project + purpose/objective/timeline
A4C shares steps + platform options to manage separate projects/track grant spendings
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Meeting/call to inform us about grant/project + purpose/objective/timeline
A4C shares steps + platform options to manage separate projects/track grant spendings
|
| A4C takes legal responsibility by signing grant agreement on behalf of collective | A4C takes legal responsibility by signing grant agreement on behalf of collective |
| A4C needs to sign reports that are fully explained to A4C and we are kept up-to-date on a regular basis | Extra MoU is needed in addition to cooperation agreement to fit requirements of grant |
|
| A4C needs to follow up if requirements for spending are being met |
|
| A4C needs to help provide a financial report |
|
|
A4C needs to follow up on preparation narrative report
→ regular calls according to deadlines
|
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| A4C needs to sign final reports |
| 8% | 10% fee |
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**PLATFORM TIPS?**
For every donation, there is a **default optional tip of 15%** for the platform we use for fiscal hosting: Open Collective.
* This tip does **not go to All For Climate**
* It goes directly to Open Collective, which provides the technical infrastructure for our fiscal hosting
💡 Good to know:\
The tip is optional. Donors can remove it by selecting **“Edit” and choosing “I don’t want to contribute.”**
We recommend informing your donors about this option so they can make an informed choice.
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