What is a donation cushion?
If you donate and there are no matching funds to exchange in the destination country, your donation will show as pending. The pending status will remain until matching funds become available in the destination country on the exchange. During this time the currency exchange rate may change. This may affect the amount that is received by the charity. If the rate goes up/down the charity may receive less funds due to the difference in exchange rate. To help offset the possible difference of exchange rate a cushion may be added to the donation. The cushion will help protect the original donation amount up to the maximum amount entered for the cushion. Should rate remain the same or change to the donors benefit the cushion will not be used. The cushion will only used if the rate changes and causes the final amount to the charity to decrease.