Heartland’s Give Something Back Network OneCard

The Give Something Back NetworkSM OneCard is designed to make charitable giving easy, automatic and beneficial for all involved — one purchase at a time.

The Give Something Back Network OneCard — a prepaid card that works like cash — is an easy and convenient way for cardholders to make purchases — and for nonprofit organizations to increase donations to your cause. If you’re a merchant, accepting the OneCard at your business is a great way to grow your business.

Every time a OneCard — or its duplicative, adhesive-backed contactless tag that affixes to any mobile device — is used to make a purchase, a percentage of the purchase price is automatically returned to the cardholder, who agrees to donate it to the nonprofit organization sponsoring his/her OneCard. The cardholder also has the opportunity to give back an additional portion of the purchase price to other charities.

For example, the OneCard can be used in K-12 school environments as a fundraising tool. Students and their parents, as well as faculty and staff, receive cards/tags to make purchases at participating community merchants. For each purchase made with the OneCard/tag, 1.5% of the price is automatically donated to the school sponsoring the OneCard program. One-third of that is donated to the school’s general fund. Cardholders can then choose to donate the remaining 1% to the general fund or to the school’s booster clubs.

With this setup, parents are encouraged to treat their student’s cards/tags as allowance tools — so they can start teaching their children money management while monitoring their spending, and make sure they have money when they need it.

Learn more about Heartland’s Give Something Back Network. 

Merchants

By joining the growing, nationwide Give Something Back Network, you agree to accept the OneCard/tag — often used by students, faculty, staff and community members at nearby schools, colleges or organizations — as a method of payment at your location. It’s a great way to grow your business, build customer loyalty and give back to the local charities your customers support.

Accepting the OneCard/tag costs you less, saves you money, helps your business grow and brings you a wealth of benefits:

  • Allow your customers to make purchases easily while supporting their favorite cause.
  • Lower your costs with an interchange rate of 1.5%* less than the 1.94% to 3.5%+ effective interchange rate of other bank cards*.
  • Get quick access to your funds with your normal bank card deposits.
  • Build customer loyalty through innovative merchandising opportunities.
  • Access your account online wherever and whenever you want.
  • Receive 24/7/365 customer service and local sales and account support.

* Does not include processor markups.

To learn more about accepting the OneCard, visit OneCardGivesBack.com.

Sponsoring Organizations

Sponsoring a Give Something Back Network OneCard/tag is an effective way to generate donations to your organization. Whether you use the OneCard/tag as a multi-functional ID card, which doubles as a prepaid card, or use it solely as a fund-raising tool within your community, the OneCard/tag is a great way to build additional support for your cause.

When your branded OneCard/tag is used for purchases at participating locations, a percentage of the purchase price is automatically donated to your institution.

Both academic institutions and nonprofit organizations are eligible to sponsor a OneCard/tag. Sponsoring a OneCard/tag brings you valuable benefits:

  • Earn an automatic donation by receiving a percentage of the purchase price of every OneCard/tag transaction made at participating merchants.
  • Benefit from special matching donations from merchants.

To learn more about qualifying criteria for sponsors, visit OneCardGivesBack.com.

Donation Recipients

Your nonprofit organization does not need to be a OneCard sponsor to benefit. As a donation recipient, your organization can simply be included in the Give Something Back Network's list of nonprofits eligible to receive donations.

When cardholders register their cards online, they have the option to select the donation recipient of their choice which could be you.  Every time cardholders use their OneCard to make a purchase at participating locations, you’ll automatically receive a portion of the purchase price.

To learn more about qualifying criteria for donation recipients, visit OneCardGivesBack.com

Cardholders

Using Heartland's Give Something Back Network, OneCard/tag makes it easy to support your community while you do something routine — make purchases.

When you use your OneCard/tag, every purchase you make at participating merchants benefits your community. From buying a piece of pizza to a piece of jewelry, your OneCard/tag is accepted at many shops and businesses. Each time you make a purchase, you automatically make a donation to your OneCard’s sponsoring academic institution or nonprofit organization — at no extra expense to you. Plus, you can select other donation recipients you want to support.

To find out if there’s a OneCard program in your community, visit OneCardGivesBack.com