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Account roles

A role describes how you use CharitMe — it is not a permission you have to apply for. Every account can donate to campaigns and start its own fundraiser from the moment it is created. You never need to request a role to raise money.

Only the two staff roles at the bottom of this page change what you can open. Everything else on this page is a description, not a gate.

Roles anyone can hold

These describe what you are doing on CharitMe. They do not unlock or restrict anything.

Donor

DefaultOpen to every account

The default for every account. Can give to campaigns and manage their own giving history.

  • Donate to any live campaign
  • View and export own donation history
  • Request a refund on own donation
  • Control own public giving visibility

Organizer

Open to every account

Runs fundraisers. Today this is a label — any signed-in account can already create and manage campaigns.

  • Create and publish campaigns
  • Edit and post updates to own campaigns
  • Connect Stripe and receive payouts
  • Message and thank own donors

Beneficiary

Open to every account

Someone a campaign raises money for, who is not necessarily the organizer. Currently descriptive only.

  • Be named as the recipient of a campaign
  • Confirm the beneficiary relationship

Nonprofit

Open to every account

A registered organization. Note: tax-deductibility is NOT granted by this role — it comes from per-campaign verification.

  • Issue tax-deductible receipts
  • Hold a verified nonprofit profile with EIN
  • Show a verified-nonprofit badge

Staff roles

These are assigned by CharitMe and genuinely restrict access. They cannot be requested.

Admin

Restricted access

Trust-and-safety and support staff. This role genuinely gates access.

  • Open the admin console
  • Review campaigns, reports and payouts
  • Run cron endpoints without CRON_SECRET

Super Admin

Restricted access

Full platform control, including granting roles to other people. This role genuinely gates access.

  • Everything an Admin can do
  • Assign and revoke roles
  • Edit platform-wide settings and banners

Tax-deductible giving is per campaign, not per role

Holding the Nonprofit role does not by itself make donations to your campaigns tax-deductible. Deductibility comes from verifying an individual campaign, so a verified organization can still run a campaign that is not deductible. Look for the verified badge on the campaign itself, and see the Transparency Center for exactly where each donation goes.

You can see the roles on your own account on your profile page. Questions about a role assignment go to our support team.