Effective date: July 12, 2026
Last updated: July 12, 2026
We donate 25% of what we receive after Apple takes its cut. If you don't name a place of worship, we donate it to a nonprofit Clayviss selects.
Either way, that money goes to a place of worship or a nonprofit. We never keep it.
This page explains exactly how it works — every step, every date, and what happens in every situation. It is part of our Terms of Service.
Apple takes a commission on every subscription before any money reaches us. We donate 25% of what actually reaches us. We don't subtract anything else — not our costs, not banking fees, not overhead. Just Apple's cut, then 25% of the rest.
We do not publish a dollar figure for each plan. Apple sets its commission and can change it, so a number printed today could be wrong tomorrow. The rule does not change: 25% of what reaches us, after Apple's cut.
The 25% is not a surcharge. It is not added to your price, and it does not change what you pay. It comes out of what we would otherwise keep.
Inside the Clayviss parent dashboard you have two choices, and only two:
1. Name your place of worship. Your donation goes to it.
2. Leave it with Clayviss. This is what is already filled in when you start. Clayviss donates the money to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that we select.
You may change your choice at any time. A change applies to donations that build up after you make it. It does not move money that has already been set aside for someone else.
We put the donation money in a separate, dedicated bank account. We do not spend it on payroll, marketing, servers, or anything else it takes to run our business. It sits there until it is paid out.
To be plain about what this is: this is a commitment we make and keep, not a legal trust and not an escrow account. We are telling you what we do with the money, and we do it.
Payments you make from September 1 through August 31 are donated the following December. A payment made on or after September 1 is donated the December after that.
That September-to-August window is our accrual year. Donations build up across it, and we pay them out once, in December, after it closes — by check or direct deposit (ACH).
What counts is the date you made the payment. It is on your receipt. You should never have to guess: it is not the date Apple passes the money along to us, which you cannot see.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| September 1 – August 31 | The accrual year. Your donations build up across it for the place of worship you named. |
| By November 1 | Your place of worship must send us its paperwork to be paid that December. |
| December | We send the payment, for the accrual year that closed the previous August 31. |
You subscribe in October 2026. Your payments fall in the September 2026 – August 2027 accrual year. That year closes on August 31, 2027. Your place of worship has until November 1, 2027 to send its paperwork. Your first donation is paid in December 2027.
So yes — if you join in the autumn, your first donation goes out the December of the *following* year, not the one a few weeks away. It is building up the whole time, and it is yours to direct.
If your place of worship does not send its paperwork by its November 1 deadline, we donate that money to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit we select. That happens on the first missed deadline. We do not hold it over for another year.
We would much rather pay your place of worship. If you have named one, tell them — a nudge from a member is the thing most likely to get the paperwork done.
To be paid, a place of worship or nonprofit sends us all six of these:
A determination letter is not required. Under federal tax law a place of worship of any faith qualifies as a church, and churches are automatically tax-exempt and are not required to apply to the IRS for a letter — so most do not have one. That is normal, and it does not stop us from paying you.
What we check. We confirm that the EIN and the signed statement are valid on their face and consistent with each other. That is the whole check. We do not require a determination letter, and we never will.
| What happens | Where the money goes |
|---|---|
| You name a place of worship and it completes its paperwork by November 1 | To your place of worship |
| You name a place of worship and it misses its November 1 deadline | To a nonprofit Clayviss selects |
| You name a place of worship and it declines the money | To a nonprofit Clayviss selects |
| The EIN and signed statement don't check out | To a nonprofit Clayviss selects |
| The place of worship closes or dissolves before payout | To a nonprofit Clayviss selects |
| You do not name a place of worship at all | To a nonprofit Clayviss selects |
| Your payment is refunded | No donation builds up from that payment — see below |
| Clayviss stops operating | Paid out or donated to a place of worship or nonprofit before we dissolve — see below |
In every single case, the money goes to a place of worship or a nonprofit. Bellalu Management LLC never keeps it.
If a payment is refunded, no donation builds up from it. Apple returns the payment, so nothing reaches us for us to take 25% of.
If the refund happens before that December payout — which is almost always the case — the donation is simply reversed before it ever leaves us. Your place of worship is never asked to give anything back, because it was never sent anything.
If a refund is somehow processed after we have already paid, we recover it by subtracting it from the next payment we make to that same place of worship — not by asking it for money back. We will never do that.
Money that has already built up is not ours to keep, and that does not change if the company does.
If Bellalu Management LLC ceases operations or is wound up, we will pay out or donate every accrued dollar to a place of worship or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit before we dissolve. If Bellalu Management LLC or the Clayviss app is sold, this obligation transfers with it to the buyer. It does not evaporate.
After each December payout, we will publish a summary on this page showing:
We are keeping this promise simple on purpose, so that we can keep it every year.
Our first payout is in December 2026. After each December payout we will publish the total amount donated that year and the number of organizations that received it.
Clayviss will grow, and this program may change as it does.
Any change applies only going forward, and only after we tell you about it. We will never reach backward and change what happens to money that has already built up. Money already set aside stays committed to a place of worship or a nonprofit.
Bellalu Management LLC
32 N Gould St, Sheridan, WY 82801
Telephone: (888) 598-8484
Email: hello@clayviss.com
If you lead or administer a place of worship and you want to know what your congregation has built up, email us and we will tell you. Once two or more families have named it, we can share the total. While only one family has named it, we can't — that number would tell us, and you, exactly what that one family pays.