Setting up payments with Stripe
Online donations are paid into your organization's own Stripe account, and Stripe pays them out to your bank. Fun Run Fundraiser keeps only each event's transaction and platform fees. Until payments are set up, your donate buttons tell families that online giving opens soon.
Setting up payments takes about ten minutes. Only an organization Admin can do it.
Before you start
Stripe will ask for:
- Your organization's details, such as its legal name and tax ID number.
- A person to verify, usually the PTA treasurer or president. Stripe may ask for their date of birth, home address and part of their Social Security number: banks require this for any account that takes card payments.
- The bank account the donations should be paid into.
Setting it up
- In the portal menu, choose Payments.
- Choose Set up payments with Stripe. You'll go to a secure form hosted by Stripe.
- Fill in the form and submit it. You'll come back to the Payments page.
If you need to stop part way, choose Continue setup later. Stripe saves what you've entered.
What the Payments page tells you
| Payment setup isn't finished | Choose Continue setup to finish Stripe's form. |
| Stripe is checking your details | This usually takes a few minutes, occasionally a day or two. Choose Check again to refresh, or Update details with Stripe if Stripe needs more. |
| Donations are open, but Stripe has paused payouts | Donations work and are held safely, but Stripe needs a bank account or more information before paying out. |
| Payments are set up | You're done. Your events can take online donations. |
After setup
Choose Open Stripe dashboard on the Payments page to see your payouts and change your bank account. See Getting paid.
Stripe uses the Contact email from your organization's settings when the account is created. Make sure it's an address someone checks.