The U.S. Treasury Department now accepts Venmo and PayPal donations to reduce the national debt, but even the maximum Venmo ...

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Change the appearance of your button, if you want, by clicking the "Customize text or appearance" link. You can choose to use the standard PayPal Donate button or use your own image.

The Treasury began accepting Venmo payments a few months ago. Last year, the government received $2.7 million in gifts to pay ...

Previously donors had to leave the app. PayPal says that last year 38.7 million people donated $6.6 billion through its platform, 23% of it on mobile devices.

Charities could also use PayPal’s “donate” button on their own websites to encourage giving. However, in-app donations were never part of PayPal’s own app experience until now.

The button can also be used to donate money to a charity of your choosing. All you need to get started is your own website and an account with PayPal.

The PayPal giving fund, which is a registered charity in itself, has already been established in the US, Canada and the UK and received $160 million in donations, benefiting 46,000 charities in 2017.