This article is for employees who want to use Gusto Giving to make charitable donations.
Gusto Giving lets you support charities you care about by donating directly from your paycheck. We handle the payroll deductions, Form W-2 reporting, and donation processing. Your employer can choose to match your donations. Ask your employer to confirm your company’s matching policy.
With Gusto Giving, employees can donate parts of their paycheck to non-profits of their choice from FrontStream’s database of 501(c)3 IRS-recognized organizations.
Employees can make a one-time or recurring donation. Employers have the option to match donations. If they do, employees will see it on their pay stub.
We get $0 from contributions and do not charge additional fees for charitable transactions.
Donations are 100% tax-deductible.
We automatically report annual charitable donations in Box 14 of employees’ Form W-2. This means employees do not need to keep receipts when donating to charities through Gusto.
To view past and upcoming donations:
In the left menu, go to Giving. Here you can see all upcoming donations.
To view past donations, click Donation history.
Pay stubs include the donation amount, name of the charity, and the employer match, if any.
If the charity signs up for a FrontStream account (required for electronic funds transfer (EFT) deposits), they can view a donor report that includes the employee's first and last name. For charities without a FrontStream account that get check payments, they will not be able to view employee names.
Gusto Giving lets you support charities you care about by donating directly from your paycheck. We handle the payroll deductions, Form W-2 reporting, and donation processing through our partner, FrontStream.
To set up a charitable donation:
Go to Giving.
Click Make a donation.
Search your charity by name or Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Click Save and continue.
Choose how much you’d like to donate.
To make it a recurring donation: Click the toggle next to Per paycheck. On each paycheck going forward, we deduct the selected amount.
Click Save and continue.
Review your donation amount and click Set up donation.
On the next payroll run, we deduct the donation from your paycheck and send it to FrontStream. Your charity will receive the donation from FrontStream the following month.
You can view upcoming and past donations anytime from the Giving section of your employee account.
Taxes and reporting
We take your donation from your post-tax earnings. We automatically report your annual charitable donations in Box 14 of your Form W-2. You do not need to keep receipts when donating to charities through Gusto.
About FrontStream, our donations partner
We process all donations through FrontStream, an industry leader in online donations.
Charities can get donations whether or not they have a free FrontStream account.
We issue donations to charities without a FrontStream account by check, which comes with a check fee. For this reason, we recommend making sure organizations sign up for ACH distribution. To add an organization, have them contact FrontStream by email at [email protected].
FrontStream charges a 3.6% service fee per donation to pay banks, credit card companies, and other processing costs. Go to FrontStream’s Terms & Conditions for more details.
By donating, you’re creating a FrontStream account. FrontStream and the nonprofit you selected get your email address.
We get $0 from contributions and take no additional fee from transactions.
You can cancel upcoming charitable donations as long as we have not processed the donation yet.
To cancel a charitable donation:
Go to Giving.
Under Upcoming donations, find the donation you want to cancel. Click the three dots icon in the Actions column.
Click Cancel donation.
Confirm your cancellation.
On the next payroll run, we will not deduct the canceled donation from your paycheck.
You can edit an upcoming donation as long as we have not processed it yet.
To choose a different charity, first cancel your current donation and then set up a new one.
To change a donation amount or frequency:
Go to Giving.
Under Upcoming donations, find the donation you want to change. Click the three dots icon in the Actions column.
Choose Edit donation.
Indicate how much you’d like to donate.
To change whether this is a one-time or recurring donation, click the toggle next to Per paycheck.
Click Submit.
Your change takes effect on the next payroll run.
1. As of 7/1/2024, service fees increase from 3.5% to 3.6%.