diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61d87a69..09eb7d2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ db/*.sqlite3
 log/*.log
 tmp/**/*
 Capfile
+.env
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 44903513..2add685c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
+gem 'dotenv-rails', :groups => [:development, :test]
+
 gem 'rails', '= 3.2.18'
 #gem 'sqlite3-ruby', '~> 1.3.1', :require => 'sqlite3'
 gem 'mysql2', '>= 0.3.11'
 
 # https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rubyonrails-security/4_YvCpLzL58/discussion
-gem 'json', '~> 1.7.7'
+gem 'json', '~> 1.8.1'
 
 gem 'haml', '~> 4.0.0'
 gem 'rdiscount', '~> 1.6.5'
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ gem 'rack-attack', '~> 2.2.0'
 
 gem 'react-rails', '~> 0.8.0.0'
 
+gem 'stripe', :git => 'https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ruby'
+
 # Needed for the new asset pipeline
 group :assets do
   
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5f6ca19c..2cf09e89 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ GIT
   specs:
     RocketAMF (1.0.0)
 
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ruby
+  revision: 2c6f4caa99916c33d3f9af57f66422ff5ea913cf
+  specs:
+    stripe (1.15.0)
+      json (~> 1.8.1)
+      mime-types (>= 1.25, < 3.0)
+      rest-client (~> 1.4)
+
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -129,6 +138,11 @@ GEM
       railties (~> 3.1)
       warden (~> 1.2.1)
     diff-lcs (1.2.1)
+    dotenv (0.11.1)
+      dotenv-deployment (~> 0.0.2)
+    dotenv-deployment (0.0.2)
+    dotenv-rails (0.11.1)
+      dotenv (= 0.11.1)
     dye (0.1.4)
     em-socksify (0.2.1)
       eventmachine (>= 1.0.0.beta.4)
@@ -159,7 +173,7 @@ GEM
     http_parser.rb (0.5.3)
     i18n (0.6.9)
     journey (1.0.4)
-    json (1.7.7)
+    json (1.8.1)
     mail (2.5.4)
       mime-types (~> 1.16)
       treetop (~> 1.4.8)
@@ -310,6 +324,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   character-encodings (~> 0.4.1)
   compass-rails (~> 1.0.3)
   devise (~> 2.2.3)
+  dotenv-rails
   em-http-request!
   em-mysqlplus!
   em-synchrony!
@@ -320,7 +335,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   globalize3!
   haml (~> 4.0.0)
   http_accept_language!
-  json (~> 1.7.7)
+  json (~> 1.8.1)
   memcache-client (~> 1.8.5)
   mini_magick (~> 3.4)
   msgpack (~> 0.5.3)
@@ -347,6 +362,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails (~> 2.0.0.beta.22)
   sanitize (~> 2.0.3)
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.6)
+  stripe!
   swf_converter (~> 0.0.3)
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
   whenever (~> 0.7.3)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/static/donate.js b/app/assets/javascripts/static/donate.js
index ee714f12..3efde440 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/static/donate.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/static/donate.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 (function() {
   var donationForm = document.getElementById('donation-form');
-  var amountField = donationForm.amount;
+  var amountField = donationForm.querySelector(
+    '[name=donation\\[amount\\]]');
   var tokenField = donationForm.querySelector(
     '[name=donation\\[stripe_token\\]]');
 
   var checkout = StripeCheckout.configure({
-    key: 'pk_test_wEvgn4baD9W5ld5C9JCS9Ahf', // TODO
+    key: donationForm.getAttribute('data-checkout-publishable-key'),
     image: donationForm.getAttribute('data-checkout-image'),
     token: function(token) {
       tokenField.value = token.id;
diff --git a/app/controllers/donations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/donations_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03c77bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/donations_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class DonationsController < ApplicationController
+  def create
+    @donation = Donation.create_from_charge(current_user, params[:donation])
+    render text: @donation.inspect
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/donation.rb b/app/models/donation.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e7b269c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/donation.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+class Donation < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :user
+
+  def self.create_from_charge(user, params)
+    amount = (BigDecimal.new(params[:amount]) * 100).floor
+
+    customer = Stripe::Customer.create(
+      card: params[:stripe_token]
+    )
+
+    charge = Stripe::Charge.create(
+      :customer    => customer.id,
+      :amount      => amount,
+      :description => 'Donation (thank you!)',
+      :currency    => 'usd'
+    )
+
+    donation = Donation.new
+    donation.amount = amount
+    donation.charge_id = charge.id
+    donation.user_id = user.try(:id)
+    donation.save!
+
+    donation
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/static/donate.html.haml b/app/views/static/donate.html.haml
index 81a21d0f..034b84cb 100644
--- a/app/views/static/donate.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/static/donate.html.haml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   toward our hosting costs this year. Thanks so much!
 
 = form_tag donations_path, method: 'POST', id: 'donation-form',
-    'data-checkout-image' => image_path('default-preview.png') do
+    'data-checkout-image' => image_path('default-preview.png'),
+    'data-checkout-publishable-key' => Rails.configuration.stripe[:publishable_key] do
   = hidden_field_tag 'donation[stripe_token]'
   %header
     %p#donation-form-title
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
       All donations go directly to our hosting costs. Thanks for your help!
   %div
     = precede '$' do
-      = text_field_tag 'amount', '10.00'
+      = text_field_tag 'donation[amount]', '10.00'
     %button{:type => 'submit'} Donate now!
 
 #description
diff --git a/config/initializers/stripe.rb b/config/initializers/stripe.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e4a7875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/stripe.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Rails.configuration.stripe = {
+  :publishable_key => ENV['STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY'],
+  :secret_key      => ENV['STRIPE_SECRET_KEY']
+}
+
+Stripe.api_key = Rails.configuration.stripe[:secret_key]
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f7d0121a..68fabb3c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ OpenneoImpressItems::Application.routes.draw do
       only: [:create, :destroy]
   end
 
+  resources :donations, only: [:create]
+
   match 'users/current-user/closet' => 'closet_hangers#index', :as => :your_items
 
   match 'users/top-contributors' => 'users#top_contributors', :as => :top_contributors
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140910014231_create_donations.rb b/db/migrate/20140910014231_create_donations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90b30644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140910014231_create_donations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class CreateDonations < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :donations do |t|
+      t.integer :amount, null: false
+      t.string :charge_id, null: false
+      t.integer :user_id
+      t.string :donor_name
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c28eec92..eb4e6e57 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20140403034558) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20140910014231) do
 
   create_table "auth_servers", :force => true do |t|
     t.string "short_name", :limit => 10,       :null => false
@@ -100,15 +100,12 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20140403034558) do
   add_index "contributions", ["user_id"], :name => "index_contributions_on_user_id"
 
   create_table "donations", :force => true do |t|
-    t.integer  "amount_cents"
-    t.boolean  "processed"
-    t.datetime "created_at"
-    t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.string   "transaction_id"
-    t.string   "access_token"
-    t.integer  "campaign_id"
-    t.integer  "outfit_features_count", :default => 0, :null => false
+    t.integer  "amount",     :null => false
+    t.string   "charge_id",  :null => false
+    t.integer  "user_id"
     t.string   "donor_name"
+    t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
   create_table "donations_old", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/spec/models/donation_spec.rb b/spec/models/donation_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc31731a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/donation_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Donation do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
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