Money that arrives, and proof that it did
Giving on Ardent runs on Ardent Africa Foundation causes. You can give without an account, in the way you already pay for things, and see what the money went on afterwards.
Foundation causes take no cut, so the whole gift reaches the work
Give with mobile money or a card, with or without an account
Ardent never holds the money: it settles to the cause through a licensed processor
What giving here comes with
Most of this is about what happens after the payment goes through, because that is the part that is usually left out.
Give without an account
A donation needs a payment method and nothing else. No sign-up wall in front of somebody who has already decided to give.
Mobile money, not just cards
MoMo is how most of Ghana pays, so it is a first-class option rather than an afterthought behind a card form.
Dedicate a gift
Give in somebody’s name or memory, and choose whether that dedication shows on the cause page or stays between you and us.
A supporter wall you can stay off
Your name appears if you want it to. Giving anonymously is a setting on the form, not a favour you have to ask for.
Impact reports you can read
What a cause spent and what changed is written up and published on the cause page, so the account of the money sits next to the appeal for it.
Every figure on the page is live
Totals, supporter counts and progress come from the ledger as it stands, not from a number somebody typed into the copy.
How a gift moves
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You choose an amount
The page shows what the cause is for and how far along it is before it asks you for anything.
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You pay the way you normally pay
Mobile money or card, through a licensed processor. Ardent never sees or stores your payment details.
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The cause receives it
For a Foundation cause there is no platform cut, so the amount that arrives is the amount you gave, less only what the payment processor charges.
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The work happens, and gets written up
Money is drawn as the work needs it, and what it paid for is published on the cause page for anyone to read, including people who never gave.
What we are careful about
This is the part of Ardent that handles other people’s money, so the limits matter more here than anywhere else on the platform.
Ardent does not hold your money. Payments go through a licensed processor and settle to the cause, and we never take custody of funds belonging to anybody else.
Public fundraising by individuals and other organisations is not open. Every cause you can give to today belongs to the Ardent Africa Foundation, and the page says so rather than implying a marketplace of strangers.
A donation is not a purchase and not an investment. It buys no goods, no shares and no return, and nothing on this platform should be read as financial advice.
An impact report is a report, not an audit. It is written by the people doing the work and reviewed by us, which is a real check and not the same as an accountant signing it off.
Refunds are decided case by case. Once money has been spent on the work it cannot simply be reversed, and pretending otherwise would be the easiest promise on this page to break.
The reporting requirement is a setting, and it is currently off. Ardent can refuse a second withdrawal until a report on the first is approved, and does not do so today. Saying a control is enforced when it is available is the difference this page is trying not to blur.
Questions, answered
Not yet. Public fundraising by individuals and other organisations is switched off while the Foundation causes are the fundraising path. Petitions are open to everybody today, and you can start one now.
Nothing. Foundation causes carry no platform fee, so the only deduction is whatever the payment processor charges to move the money.
No. You can give as a guest. An account is only useful afterwards, for keeping your giving history in one place and following what a cause does next.
Yes. The supporter wall is opt-in on the donation form, and choosing to stay off it changes nothing about the gift itself.
Read the impact reports on the cause page. They set out what was spent and what changed. Ardent can also require an approved report before a cause draws money again, though that control is not switched on today, so treat the reports as an account rather than as an audit.
Your card and mobile money details are entered with the payment processor, never with us. Ardent does not receive or store them at any point.
Give to something that reports back
Every cause on Ardent today is a Foundation cause, takes no platform cut, and has to account for what it spent before it can spend more.