fundraisers
Say hello to built-in financial management for fundraising, from easy donation collection to a dedicated charity bank account* to spend and store donated funds.
what to use Crowded for?
fundraising page
collect donations
Recurring Donations
Collect Hub
share with your community
Embed a Collection with a Widget
Tracking donation payments
Mobile point-of-sale
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Crowded is a financial platform that offers nonprofit groups an easy way to collect, spend and manage money online.
With Crowded, you can avoid constantly transferring funds between payment apps and banks to access your charity’s money. Utilizing embedded finances, Crowded enables you to bank*, collect, and spend with just one platform.
We charge little to no fees.
When collecting funds through Crowded, you’ll have the flexibility to decide whether to cover processing fees or let your payers handle them. When we do charge fees, they are fair and competitive with industry standards.
With collecting with Crowded, you can avoid constantly transferring funds between payment apps and banks to access your group’s money. Crowded gets it all done in one platform.
Crowded accounts are free to set up – we have no minimum balances or subscription fees.
What do we charge for?
When processing payments, we charge 2.99%, min of 60¢ of the collection amount if paid by card and $5 for ACH payments.
You can always choose whether you want to cover these fees or ask your payers to handle them.
View our full fee schedule here.
