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Financial & Anti-Fraud
Fee Transparency and Disbursement Policy
How platform fees are calculated, disclosed and disbursed, and how donors can trace every deduction.
- Version
- v1.0
- Effective
- 2026-07-19
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-19
- Next review
- 2027-07-19
- Owner
- CFO
- Approver
- Board of Trustees
Applies to
- All monetary flows
- Fee settlement records
Jurisdictions
- Hong Kong (PDPO, IRD s.88)
- United Kingdom (UK GDPR, DPA 2018)
- European Union (GDPR)
- Singapore (PDPA)
- Australia (Privacy Act 1988)
- Japan (APPI)
- Wider APAC per country taxonomy
How this is applied in-product
- fee_settlements table with per-transaction breakdown
- Public settlement credentials issued as ACDCs
- Donor receipts show gross, fee and net disbursed amounts
1. Fee Schedule
The current fee schedule is published on the /governance portal and version-controlled. Any change requires 30 days' notice to Sponsors and Cause Partners.
2. Disbursement
- Net amounts are disbursed to the Cause Partner within 5 business days of settled funds.
- Delayed disbursements trigger an incident record and donor notification.
- Every disbursement is anchored as a FeeSettlementACDC referenced from the donor's provenance trail.
3. Audit
Annual independent audit of fee accounting. Findings and management responses summarised on the /governance portal.
Questions or concerns about this policy? Contact the DPO.