Nonprofit Program · $0 / month

Free age verification service for nonprofits and charities

Protect minors online and meet UK, EU and US age-assurance rules without touching your program budget. Eligible charities and NGOs get the full ProofAge platform — API, age gate plugins and dashboard — for $0.

  • $0

    per verification

  • No card

    no payment details, no invoices

  • Full

    API, plugins and dashboard

Apply for free access See how it works

Safer internet, zero cost for the people building it

Age checks cost money. For a business, that is an operating cost. For a charity, every dollar spent on compliance is a dollar taken from a youth worker's hours, a helpline shift or a food parcel.

So we made ProofAge free for the organizations that protect people. Most nonprofit software discounts cut the price. We remove it.

Nonprofits run the services where age matters most, and they need reliable online age assurance for charity work — yet they rarely have a compliance budget. ProofAge gives them the same verification technology that regulated ecommerce and dating platforms pay for. Same API. Same privacy standards. Same support. No invoice.

Youth programs & teen communities

Keep adults out of spaces built for young people, and young people out of spaces built for adults.

Health & harm reduction

Route users to age-appropriate sexual-health, mental-health and harm-reduction content.

Charity lotteries & prize draws

Confirm entrants meet the minimum age before they buy a ticket.

Fundraising auctions & charity shops

Sell wine and other age-restricted lots online with a real check, not a checkbox.

What your nonprofit gets with free age verification

The full platform. Not a trial, not a cut-down edition.

Go live without complex code

Install the free age gate plugin from WordPress.org, or add the ProofAge app from the Shopify App Store. Gate your full site, selected pages or specific categories. Running a custom platform? Use the REST API or the SDKs for Laravel/PHP, Node.js and Python. We help you integrate: ready SDKs, an MCP server and an integration prompt for AI coding agents, and direct help from the developers who built it. Your team sees a working verification flow in test mode before a single real user touches it.

Built for UK, EU and US age-assurance rules

Regulators now expect more than a “Yes, I'm 18” checkbox. ProofAge helps you meet the UK Online Safety Act, EU GDPR and DSA requirements, and US state age-verification laws. You set the age threshold per country. ProofAge checks passports, national IDs, driver's licenses and residence permits from 190+ countries. Every verification returns a verification ID for your audit trail.

Privacy that matches your safeguarding values

Your beneficiaries trust you with their data. We protect that trust. Data is hosted in Google Cloud EU regions by default (US on request) and encrypted in transit and at rest; our subprocessors, some outside the EU under standard contractual clauses, are listed in the DPA. If you don't need to block anyone, photos and video are deleted right after the decision. To block people who misuse your service, they are kept for 30 days, and a face template and device fingerprint hash for 12 months. We act as your data processor. We never sell data. Security details. For lower-friction flows, Facial age estimation confirms that a user is clearly over your age limit without asking for an ID document. When the face is inconclusive — as it often is with teenagers close to the threshold — it falls back to an ID document at no extra cost. See what your users experience.

$0 means $0 — no hidden fees

No credit card required, so there is nothing to charge. No setup fee. No per-verification fee. No invoices. We agree your verification volume individually, based on your program.

Get free access in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Submit your application

    Four fields: your website, email, expected monthly verifications and how you'll use age checks.

  2. 2

    Confirm your nonprofit status

    We check your registration against public registers — the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR, the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search, and national registers across the EU. If we can't find you, we ask for your registration details by email.

  3. 3

    Start using ProofAge for free

    We switch your ProofAge account to the free Nonprofit plan. Install the WordPress plugin or the Shopify app, or pass the setup to your developer. Try everything in test mode before real users see it.

A partnership, not a transaction

We don't ask for money. We ask for visibility — so the next charity that needs to protect minors online can find us too. After you go live, choose one:

  • Show the ProofAge logo with a link to us on your website.
  • Share a short testimonial about how ProofAge helps your work.

You help other nonprofits discover free compliance tools for NGOs. We keep the program free. Everyone wins.

Age verification for nonprofits: FAQ

Who is eligible for ProofAge's free age verification service?

Registered nonprofit organizations: UK registered charities and CIOs, US 501(c)(3) nonprofits, EU associations and foundations with nonprofit or public-benefit status, and NGOs registered in their home country. Typical applicants run an online service, community or campaign where checking age protects minors or meets a legal requirement. We review every application individually.

Are there limits on verification volume on the free plan?

No fixed cap applies. We set your volume individually, based on your program and the number of users you expect to verify. If your program grows, tell us and we review your allowance. Test-mode checks are always free. No card on file means no overage fees and no surprise invoices — the most affordable age verification is the one you don't pay for.

Which integrations are available (CMS, plugins)?
  • WordPress — the ProofAge Age Verification plugin on WordPress.org. A free age gate plugin for your full site, selected pages or post categories. WooCommerce charity shops can also gate age-restricted products at checkout.
  • Shopify — the ProofAge app on the Shopify App Store, for charity stores with age-restricted items.
  • Laravel/PHP, Node.js and Python — official SDKs with request signing and webhook verification built in. The PHP SDK works with any framework.
  • REST API — for Drupal, Wix, custom CMS builds and mobile apps. The age verification API is free on the Nonprofit plan and comes with an OpenAPI reference, a Postman collection and examples in 5+ languages at docs.proofage.net.
  • Integration help — an MCP server and an integration prompt for AI coding agents, and direct help from the developers who built it.
How long does it take to process an application?

We review most applications within 2 business days. If your organization appears in a public charity register, it is often faster. As soon as we confirm your status, we activate your plan and you can start verifying users the same day.

Protect the young people you serve — starting this week

Free age verification for nonprofits. We review every application by hand and reply within 2 business days.

No payment details. We use your details only to review your application. Privacy

Questions first? Write to sales@proofage.net or contact our team.