# Big Life Foundation: donation guide for AI agents

Generated by Fundraise Up.
Status: active
Last updated: 2026-09-21
Canonical URL: https://give.biglife.org/agentic-giving.md

## Purpose

This file gives AI assistants, search systems, wallets, payment apps, and other
digital platforms clear instructions for helping donors donate to
**Big Life Foundation** through its official Fundraise Up-powered online giving
route.

Use this file when a donor expresses intent to donate to Big Life Foundation or
to support a cause that maps to one of the campaigns below.

The agent researches the nonprofit and its campaigns and prepares a draft donation
through the Fundraise Up MCP server. Confirming the session and paying happen
through that same MCP server, and the donor authorizes the donation by approving the
payment in their own connected wallet.
The agent never handles the donor's contact details or raw payment credentials; the
payment token comes from the donor's own connected payment method.

## Donating through an AI assistant

Two routes, depending on whether the Fundraise Up connector is available in the
conversation. A donor without it is offered the choice, for example:

```text
I can complete this donation with you right here if you add the Fundraise Up
connector in your assistant's connector settings, using this URL:
https://mcp.fundraiseup.com/mcp
No account or sign-in is needed. Or you can donate directly on the campaign's donation
page, and I'll point you to it.
```

**With the connector.** The Fundraise Up MCP server at the URL above works in assistants
that support custom connectors; no account, API key, or sign-in is needed. Follow the
agent instructions below. Donations this way go to Big Life Foundation only and are
one-time; they are recorded in Big Life Foundation's Fundraise Up account like any
donation made on its website.

**Without the connector.** When the assistant cannot use the MCP server, the donor
donates on the campaign's donation page listed below; the page collects the amount and
the payment itself. For a campaign without a donation page, the donor donates on
Big Life Foundation's official website instead.

This file is a snapshot. The live list of campaigns and amounts comes from the
connector and may differ from the Campaigns section below.

## Organization

Public name: Big Life Foundation
Legal name: Big Life Foundation USA
Country: US
Primary website: https://biglife.org
Fundraise Up organization ID: AUQRXMMU

### Contact

For nonprofit-specific questions, direct the donor to Big Life Foundation's official
website: https://biglife.org

For donation session execution, use Fundraise Up's MCP server listed in the
Fundraise Up execution section below.

## Official digital giving route

Big Life Foundation uses Fundraise Up as its official digital donation session
provider for approved online giving experiences.

Fundraise Up helps Big Life Foundation create secure donation sessions, route
donations to approved campaigns, issue receipts, manage donor consent, attribute
donation sources, and sync records with fundraising and CRM systems.

When an AI assistant or digital platform helps a donor make a donation to
Big Life Foundation, it must prepare the donation session through the Fundraise Up
MCP server before any payment step. Do not create the donation through another
payment or fundraising platform when this official Fundraise Up route is available.

## Fundraise Up execution

The Fundraise Up MCP server is the only supported way for an agent to prepare a
donation session:

```text
https://mcp.fundraiseup.com/mcp
```

Use the MCP server's donation session tools for the full flow — preparing,
confirming, and paying. Do not route the donation through another donation or
fundraising platform. Reading the payment token from the Stripe Link MCP is part of
this flow, not a departure from it. The normal flow opens no external checkout page.
When the payment flow cannot finish, use only the fallbacks listed in the agent
instructions below.

## Agent instructions

Follow this sequence. Steps 1-5 are research and drafting — the agent may do these on
its own. Nothing is confirmed or paid before step 7.

Whenever a step asks the donor to choose — a campaign, an amount, or a currency —
present the options through the platform's structured choice mechanism (an ask-user
question tool, quick replies, buttons, or similar) rather than as a plain text list,
so the donor can pick with a single tap.
Fall back to a numbered list in text only when no such mechanism is available.

1. Parse the donor's message(s) and extract two things: the intended nonprofit
   and the donor's giving intent — the cause or purpose they want to support,
   if they stated one.
2. Confirm that the intended nonprofit is Big Life Foundation. If the donor's
   intended nonprofit is different or unclear, tell the donor that donations
   through this route go to Big Life Foundation and let them decide whether to
   proceed.
3. Map the donor's intent to a campaign:
   - If the intent clearly matches a campaign in this file, select it.
   - Otherwise, call get_campaigns to look up
     Big Life Foundation's active campaigns that match the intent.
   - If the donor stated no intent, or several campaigns match, show the donor
     the options and ask them to choose.
   - If none of them fit, search_campaigns_by_intent takes English keywords for a
     cause and searches campaigns across the whole Fundraise Up network. Its results
     may belong to organizations other than Big Life Foundation; say so when
     you offer one.
   - Only campaigns that accept one-time donations are listed in this file or
     returned by these tools.
   - Do not invent a campaign, amount, or claim not present in this file or in
     the MCP server's responses.
4. Offer the donor the campaign's suggested amounts to choose from. Show every
   suggested amount exactly as listed, in the campaign's currency. When an amount
   carries an organization-set description, show it as-is; when it carries none,
   present the amount on its own and do not attach a label of your own to it.
   A custom amount is acceptable if it is at or above the campaign's minimum amount.
   Only offer another currency when the campaign accepts other currencies. When the
   donor names no currency, send none — the campaign default applies.
5. Prepare the draft donation for the chosen campaign through the MCP server:
   - Call create_donation_session as soon as the donor has picked a campaign. Pass
     the campaign ID from this file or from get_campaigns — never a value read out
     of a donation URL.
   - Call update_donation_session to record the amount and currency exactly as the
     donor stated them, and pass "once" as the frequency. Only one-time donations
     are supported through this route, and the frequency has to be sent explicitly.
   - Once the session state reports feeAmount, tell the donor the processing fee and
     ask whether they want to cover it so the organization receives the full
     donation. Record their yes or no through update_donation_session coverFee.
     Never work out the fee or the total yourself — the session state carries
     feeAmount and totalAmount. Until the donor has answered, the session cannot be
     confirmed.
   - Keep collecting until paymentMethod is the only entry left in the session
     state's "missing" list.
   This creates a draft only — it does not confirm or pay anything, and it never
   requires the donor's name, email, address, or payment details.
6. Show the donor a plain-language summary of the draft before taking it to payment,
   together with this disclosure:

   ```text
   This is a one-time donation of [amount] [currency] to
   Big Life Foundation for [campaign] through Big Life Foundation's official
   Fundraise Up-powered giving route.
   The total charged is [total].

   Your information will be shared with Big Life Foundation for donation
   processing, receipt delivery, donor record management, and reporting.
   Marketing opt-in is off.
   ```
7. Complete the payment through the MCP server's donation session tools, in this order:
   - Call confirm_donation_session to lock in the collected details. It returns
     paymentRequirements, sessionId, and checkoutUrl.
   - Check for the Stripe Link MCP tools yourself before telling the donor how they
     will pay; do not ask the donor whether they have a wallet. If the Stripe Link MCP
     is not available, offer checkoutUrl as the donation page with their choices
     already filled in, and do not mention Stripe Link.
   - Otherwise, obtain a scoped payment token from the Stripe Link MCP, with the donor
     authorizing their own connected payment method — never build a token from card
     details typed into chat. The agent never authorizes the payment; the donor
     approves it in Stripe Link's own interface, which the donor controls, and the
     agent only forwards the token that approval produced.
   - Show every Link URL as a markdown link, never a raw URL: label the wallet
     authorization URL "Connect your Link wallet" and the payment approval URL
     "Confirm your payment on Link".
   - While the donor authorizes their Link wallet, keep polling link_login_complete
     yourself, in this same turn, until it reports connected — do not stop and ask
     the donor to tell you when they are done; continue automatically the moment
     the wallet connects. Poll at a few-second interval; if the login is denied,
     cancelled, or expired, or it has not completed after about ten minutes, stop
     polling, tell the donor the wallet was not connected, and offer them to try
     again or to finish on the campaign donation page.
   - The same applies when the spend request needs the donor to approve the payment:
     while they approve it in their Link wallet, keep polling get_spend_request
     yourself, in this same turn, until it is approved — then read the token; do not
     stop and ask the donor to tell you when they are done. Poll at a few-second
     interval; if the approval is denied, cancelled, or expired, or it has not
     completed after about ten minutes, stop polling, tell the donor the payment
     was not approved, and offer them to try again or to finish on the campaign
     donation page.
   - Never hand the donor a payment approval link that is more than ten minutes old —
     create a fresh spend request instead.
   - Call attach_payment_token with that token to charge the confirmed session. Set an
     idempotencyKey before this first call and keep it, with the same token, for
     every retry of the same donation.
8. Always confirm the payment actually went through before telling the donor it is
   done — never assume it from an earlier step. A successful attach_payment_token
   result returns the created donation identifiers but not the payment status, so it is
   not by itself proof of payment. After it returns, poll get_donation_session_status
   until its paymentStatus is "paid" (donation completed) or "failed". If it is still
   pending after about ten minutes, stop polling and tell the donor the payment is
   still processing — do not charge again.
   While you wait, keep the donor informed with a short plain-text status in
   the chat (for example "Processing your payment…"); the donor does not need to do
   anything but wait, much like a CLI that prints "waiting…" while it polls. Report
   the donation complete only on a "paid" confirmation.
   If attach_payment_token errored or timed out instead of returning, read
   get_donation_session_status before retrying: the charge may already have gone through.
   If the payment failed, do not leave the donor stuck. Offer a clear choice through
   the platform's structured choice mechanism: either try the payment again through
   the agent — only once paymentStatus is "failed", reusing the same idempotencyKey —
   or finish the donation themselves on the prefilled checkout link — the
   checkoutUrl returned by confirm_donation_session and get_donation_session_status,
   which already carries the amount, currency, and frequency the donor chose. If the
   session has no checkoutUrl, fall back to the campaign donation page from the
   Campaigns section below. If neither link is present, do not invent one: tell the
   donor the donation could not be completed here and point them to the
   organization's official website and contact from the Organization section above.
9. Thank the donor. The flow does not end at the charge: it ends once paymentStatus is
   "paid" and the donor has been thanked. Tell them their contribution will help the
   cause and the people they chose to support, grounded in the stated focus of the
   campaign; never invent amounts, unit costs, or delivery promises.

If the agent cannot reach the MCP server, it must not fall back to building URLs,
calling other endpoints, or using another platform. Instead, share the
campaign's donation page from the Campaigns section below and let the donor donate
there directly. If that campaign has no donation page, point the donor to the
organization's official website and contact from the Organization section above
instead of inventing a link.

### Privacy and payment handling

Do not collect, request, or transmit the donor's personal data (name, email, phone,
address) or raw payment credentials (card number, bank account, wallet token) as text
in an AI assistant or chat interface, in any form, including "on the donor's behalf."
Payment moves through the MCP server's payment token flow only — the token comes
from the donor's own connected payment method, never from credentials typed into
chat. Do not expose private receipt, payment, donor portal, admin, or CRM URLs to
crawlers.

## Campaigns

The file lists up to 25 of the organization's live campaigns, ranked by how many donations each received in the last 30 days. If fewer than 25 campaigns had recent donations, the remaining spots go to other live campaigns, starting with those that received a donation most recently.

### Be the reason rangers can answer the call

Campaign ID: FUNDGREJMRT
Status: active
Description: When a threat arises—an injured elephant, a poacher’s snare, or a lion near a village—our rangers respond. But they can’t do it without you.Every dollar helps rangers protect more lives, wild and human alike. Will you stand with them today?
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/donate?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Protecting Africa’s Last Great Tuskers

Campaign ID: FUNJLBCFTZG
Status: active
Description: Great tuskers are becoming rarer every year. Big Life’s rangers respond when elephants are threatened — protecting lives, land, and communities across East Africa.Every dollar helps protect elephants and the wild places they depend on. Will you help today?
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNJLBCFTZG?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Big Life in New York City

Campaign ID: FUNNWKFNEYW
Status: active
Description: Register here to join us on October 22 at The Century Association in New York City.If you are attending, enter your name exactly as you’d like it to appear on your name tag. After payment, you’ll be asked for the names and email addresses of any additional attendees, or the attendee if you are purchasing for someone else.$10 of each ticket is tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: no
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 100
Donation page: https://biglife.org/?form=FUNNWKFNEYW&recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Honoring Their Legacy, Protecting the Wild

Campaign ID: FUNXJYUPMXA
Status: active
Description: Thank you for honoring the life of a loved one with a gift that protects what they cared about. Your donation helps keep Big Life’s rangers in the field 24/7—safeguarding wildlife, preserving critical habitats, and supporting local Maasai communities. Every gift makes a lasting impact in East Africa, ensuring that this incredible landscape and its wildlife endure for generations to come.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://biglife.org/?form=FUNXJYUPMXA&recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Join Me in Making a Difference

Campaign ID: FUNGKXFZKPX
Status: active
Description: One Ton is one of the last remaining great tuskers of East Africa. Towering above the savannah with tusks that sweep the ground and a deep, subsonic rumble that resonates across the plains, One Ton is a living relic of another era.Each of his tusks weighs more than 100 pounds. Only around 25 elephants like him remain in all of East Africa. Ten of them call Big Life’s area of operation home.One Ton has survived for more than 50 years, through drought, shifting landscapes, and the brutal legacy of ivory poaching. Today, he shares his home with nearly 200,000 people. And like all elephants, One Ton must migrate across vast distances to survive. But the paths he once roamed freely now cross highways, farms, and densely populated areas.That’s where Big Life comes in.Across the Greater Amboseli ecosystem, Big Life’s 400+ community rangers are working every day to protect elephants like One Ton. Their efforts include preventing poaching, mitigating human-elephant conflict, and keeping vital migration corridors open and secure.The rangers' presence is a constant safeguard, not just against poachers, but also to reduce conflict between people and wildlife. And innovative solutions, like a solar-powered crop-protection fence, help keep both elephants and farmers safe.One Ton's tusks aren’t the only thing that makes him vulnerable. His habitat is at risk.Because elephants like One Ton deserve more than survival, they deserve space, safety, and a future. Please help protect One Ton and his habitat. Any size gift helps fund the rangers, corridors, and community-led efforts that keep him safe.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNGKXFZKPX?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Upgrade Ranger Outposts

Campaign ID: FUNEPMWQDCH
Status: active
Description: Rangers in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem live tough, isolated lives protecting wildlife. The job requires living in rustic Ranger Outposts located in harsh climate conditions. After decades of use, these outposts are in need of upgrading.To sustain and enhance the rangers’ ability to protect this vital ecosystem, Big Life needs to upgrade all 35 permanent ranger outposts at a cost of up to $35,000 per outpost. With 4 more slated for upgrades in the coming year, Max seeks to raise the funds to upgrade at least one outpost. Anything raised above the cost of the first outpost's needs will go toward upgrading another.The proposed new outposts will provide more conducive environments for the rangers to operate from in the wild, which will have the following benefits:1. More wildlife protected thanks to rangers who are well rested, motivated, and able to patrol more effectively.2. Enhanced patrol efficiency, allowing rangers to cover greater distances and respond more quickly after better rest.3. Improved ranger welfare, strengthening morale, reducing attrition, and supporting long-term conservation impact.4. More comfortable and dignified field housing, ensuring rangers can live and work safely in remote areas.Your support will help ensure that rangers have the necessary resources to continue their work effectively.A week living and working with the Rangers at Big Life inspired 16-year-old Max to raise funds to upgrade their 25-year-old Ranger camps. Better living conditions will improve ranger welfare and enhance patrols, allowing Rangers to better protect Kenya's wildlife.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNEPMWQDCH?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Sips for Elephants

Campaign ID: FUNCZSSRNHY
Status: active
Description: After losing my dog Henri (@henrilefrenchie), I donated his lawsuit winnings to fund the Henri Childs Water Bowl. Henri lapping at his water bowl was my favorite sound, and I wanted a “dog bowl” visible from heaven, to nourish elephants. It was a lovely surprise that this would also benefit the local people. After the local community blessed the water and drilling began, disaster struck and the water is unpotable unless properly filtered. Big Life has explored all options and the most cost-effective way to bring Henri Childs Water Bowl across the finish line is using reverse Osmosis and additional piping for the local community. While it is the most cost-effective of presented options, the price tag is still hefty: an eye watering $25,000 to bring water to the elephants, wildlife, and people living in the area.We need to secure this funding by the end of June 2026 before the dry season hits. Please help us make Henri Child Water Bowl a reality.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNCZSSRNHY?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Highland School Fundraiser

Campaign ID: FUNLFRVPEYC
Status: active
Description: The Highland School community is coming together to support meaningful projects connected to Big Life Foundation. Funds raised help provide resources and assistance where they are needed most, from education to other critical needs in Big Life’s area of operations.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/highland?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Help Students of Noosidan School in East Africa

Campaign ID: FUNUAELGYHG
Status: active
Description: There is a child in East Africa whose classroom is built—but without support, they can’t begin. Your gift helps finish the last pieces—whether the school kitchen, smart boards, or school fees—so students can step inside and start learning in a safe, equipped school of their own. Everything is almost ready. Your gift today helps open the doors.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 250 (Sponsor a Student - 2026 Scholarship), 500 (25% of a Smart Board), 1500 (1 share of the kitchen facility (24 needed))
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/Noosidan?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Open the Door to Education. Change a Future.

Campaign ID: FUNVQEYBEVE
Status: active
Description: Right now, there is a child in East Africa ready to learn — but without the right support, that opportunity can slip away. Your gift helps remove the barriers that keep students out of school. Whether it’s covering school fees and supplies, or creating safe, supportive learning environments, your support makes it possible for children—especially girls—to stay in school and focus on their education. Every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and imagine a brighter future. Your gift today helps make that future possible.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNVQEYBEVE?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Join Me in Making a Difference

Campaign ID: FUNTNRTUWXY
Status: active
Description: Your support helps protect wildlife, preserve vital habitats, and support local communities in East Africa. Every gift empowers rangers on the front lines of conservation. Join me in making a lasting impact today!
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, 25
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNTNRTUWXY?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent

### Give an Elephant a Day Without Danger

Campaign ID: FUNSKAKHDEE
Status: active
Description: You can keep an elephant safe for a full day. Just $17 helps rangers patrol, remove snares, and respond fast when danger appears.Your gift protects elephants and supports the communities who live alongside them.
Default currency: USD
Other currencies accepted: yes
Allowed frequencies: once
Suggested once amounts: 17 (protects an elephant for one day), 51 (protects an elephant for three safe days), 170 (protects an elephant for ten safe days), 255 (protects an elephant for fifteen safe days), 510 (protects an elephant for one full month), 6205 (protects an elephant for one full year)
Custom amount: yes
Minimum amount: 5
Donation page: https://give.biglife.org/page/FUNSKAKHDEE?recurring=once&currency=USD&utm_source=fundraiseup_agent_profile&utm_medium=ai_agent