Donation Management Software

Instead of managing donations in a separate spreadsheet, payment form, or fundraising tool, Join It helps you collect contributions through your member portal, membership checkout flow, website, or flexible donation-based membership types. Donation activity can be tracked alongside your membership data, giving your team a clearer view of supporters, members, and contributions. The result is less manual admin and a simpler way to grow support for your organization.

Not every supporter needs to join as a member. With Join It, organizations can accept standalone donations through the Member Portal, allowing people to contribute even if they are not ready or eligible to purchase a membership. This gives your organization a flexible way to collect standalone support, with every contribution recorded in the same place your team already works.

Embedding a donation form is useful when your website is the main place people learn about your organization, campaigns, or cause. With Join It's Donation Widget, you can place a donation option on a fundraising page, membership page, event page, or general support page. Giving becomes more accessible for supporters, while every contribution still flows into Join It for your team to see and manage.

Adding donations to checkout is one of the easiest ways to increase giving because members are already engaged and ready to pay. Organizations can invite members to add an extra contribution during the signup or renewal process, turning membership transactions into fundraising opportunities. This helps you raise more support without creating a separate donation campaign or sending members through a separate donation flow.

Donation-based membership types are useful for organizations that want to offer pay-what-you-can options, supporter memberships, contribution-based programs, or alternative donation levels. You can define the structure, naming, and pricing rules, then allow supporters to contribute an amount that fits their level of support. This gives your organization more flexibility than fixed-price memberships alone.

There's no separate or higher fee for collecting donations. The service fee on donations matches your plan's rate: 3.0% on Starter, 2.0% on Total, and 1.5% on Extra, with a negotiated rate on Enterprise. Stripe charges its own processing fee separately, just as it does for membership payments. This keeps costs simple and predictable across everything you collect through Join It — memberships, event tickets, and donations all follow the same transparent structure.

When making a donation, supporters see the option to add an estimated 5% to cover transaction costs, so your organization receives closer to the full intended amount. Many donors are happy to do this because they want their gift to go as far as possible. It's a small option that can make a meaningful difference, especially for organizations collecting regular donations alongside memberships.

Every completed donation triggers an automatic confirmation email with the receipt included, so donors have a record for their files without your team sending anything manually. This gives supporters immediate reassurance that their contribution went through and saves your organization the admin of issuing receipts by hand.

When donations and memberships live in separate systems, it is harder to understand who is supporting your organization and how. Join It keeps donation activity connected to your broader membership data, making it easier to review contributions, follow up with supporters, and understand giving alongside renewals, memberships, and engagement. For organizations with more advanced fundraising needs, Join It can also connect with donor management tools such as Kindful.

Unlike platforms that reserve fundraising tools for higher tiers, Join It includes donations on every plan, so even small organizations can start collecting support from day one. Whichever plan you're on, you can accept donations through the portal, add donation prompts to checkout, create donation-based membership types, and embed the Donation Widget on your website. The only cost is the standard service fee on each donation, plus Stripe's separate payment processing fee, with Join It's service fee decreasing as you move to higher plans.