Fundraiser Management For Districts
Every fundraiser in your district, approved, tracked, and deposited to district accounts.
Becky Oliver
Principal, Carbondale Community
"SuccessFund has truly been a game changer for us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support. Last year our Monster Dash raised $24,000 and this year we raised $43,614.77!! It meant a lot to me to be supported by you all in my first year as principal to make our fundraiser a huge success!"
Derek Gillard
Pasadena ISD
"What we discovered was that crowdfunding or similar types of fundraising platforms, traditionally take 20 to 50% of the profits from our activity groups... The fees from SuccessFund are very minimal and include many of the tools our end users want."
Adriana Faz
Kaufman ISD
“Our faculty saw Venmo and everyone clapped. They are so excited.”
Nikki Withrow
Gwinnett County Public Schools
"SuccessFund transformed our school stores. Simple to use, amazing reporting, and a huge jump in sales."
What’s happening in your district today
Families want easy ways to pay. When the district doesn’t offer one, money goes around the district.
No visibility
Paper forms and approval steps that aren’t tied to payments. The office can’t see what was approved, collected, or deposited.
How we fix it
Venmo to personal accounts
Families want to pay with Venmo, so coaches and club sponsors collect it in their own accounts.
How we fix itToo many outside vendors
Every team picks its own platform, with its own fees, logins, and reports. Many keep a cut or ask families for a tip.
How we fix it
Every fundraiser in your district, in one place
Crowdfunding, school stores, events, camps, and more all run on SuccessFund. Each fundraiser is approved before it takes a dollar, so the district office sees everything, live.
Crowdfunding
School stores
Concessions
Events
Camps and registrations
Sponsorships
Auctions
Spirit wear
Pledges
Car washes
Gift card fundraisers
Fees and more
Free for every school and district
No setup fee, subscription, or contract. Training and support are included, and every deposit carries your account code, ready for your books.
What your district pays
Every year- Setup$0
- Subscription$0
- Per school, group, or user$0
- Training and support$0
Total$0.00
Every transaction has a payment services fee that covers credit card processing, and each campaign organizer chooses how that fee is handled.
Venmo, without the personal accounts
Families want to pay with Venmo. Today that money lands in a coach’s or sponsor’s personal account, where the district can’t see it, receipt it, or audit it.
SuccessFund takes Venmo and every other way families pay, online and in person.
PayPal
Tap to Pay- Cards
Every payment goes through an approved campaign. Families get a receipt, and the money deposits weekly to a school or district account.
Take payments in person, too
Concession stands, school stores, and events still run on cash boxes. Nobody knows who collected what until the count.
- Tap to Pay
- Cash
Any volunteer can take payments on a phone or iPad paired with a card reader. On Android, Tap to Pay works with no reader at all. Cash gets logged too, and every sale lands in the same reports and weekly deposit.
"SuccessFund transformed our school stores. Simple to use, amazing reporting, and a huge jump in sales."
Nikki WithrowGwinnett County Public SchoolsWhat outside vendors cost your community
Many fundraising vendors keep a share of what families give. Some also ask families for a tip on top.
One $10,000 fundraiser, run two ways
- School keeps
- Vendor’s cut
- Card / payment fee
Typical outside vendor20% cut + card fees
School keeps $7,680
Many fundraising vendors keep about 20% of what schools raise, then take card processing fees (2.9% + 30¢ per gift) on top.
SuccessFundAny campaign type
School keeps $10,000*
No cut and never a tip. One payment services fee, shown before paying. More than 92% of supporters choose to cover it.
Dashed line: the $10,000 families meant to give. *When supporters cover the fee; organizers choose who pays it.
See how five platforms compare$92,800
Your schools keep $92,800 more each year when 40 teams each raise $10,000 on SuccessFund instead of a vendor that keeps 20% plus card fees.*
"What we discovered was that crowdfunding or similar types of fundraising platforms, traditionally take 20 to 50% of the profits from our activity groups... The fees from SuccessFund are very minimal and include many of the tools our end users want."
Derek GillardPasadena ISDBoosters and PTAs, without the liability
Outside groups raise money under your schools’ names. Register every group, see who runs it, and choose how much oversight you want. Their money stays in their own accounts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does SuccessFund cost the district?
Nothing. SuccessFund is free for every school and district, with no setup fee, subscription, or contract. Families pay one clear payment services fee per checkout, and organizers choose who covers it. There’s never a tip or a cut of the funds, and cash and checks logged in SuccessFund are free.
How long does setup take?
Not long, and we do most of it with you. After a short configuration call, we set up your approval steps, schools, and bank accounts, then train your admins and staff. We also help you announce it to your organizers.
Do we need a fundraiser management platform if we already have a student fee solution?
SuccessFund is the nation’s leading fundraiser management platform, built for the #1 problem area in school districts. It gives districts complete oversight over all fundraising activity while providing organizers with modern payment tools they can run independently, without burdening administrators. SuccessFund works side by side with your existing student fee solution and can even integrate with your SIS. Because it has the leading fundraiser tools and modern payment processing that organizers actually want to use, it quickly becomes a district’s go-to platform for all fundraising.
How can school districts track and reconcile all fundraising activity?
Every bank deposit from SuccessFund is paired with a detailed deposit report that finance teams can upload or reference in their accounting systems. Real-time dashboards give district administrators visibility into all active campaigns, transactions, and fundraising performance across the district.
Why do school districts choose SuccessFund for fundraising?
SuccessFund gives districts full visibility into every fundraiser across every school, with built-in approval workflows, fraud prevention through direct-deposit-only payouts, detailed audit-ready reporting, and a standardized process that replaces paper forms and cash handling. All of this at zero cost to the district.
Do PTAs, boosters, and external groups need district approval to fundraise?
By default, external groups are set to “unmanaged,” meaning they can operate autonomously without district approval. However, districts can choose to bring external groups under the same approval workflow as school-based campaigns for centralized oversight, while keeping external groups’ bank accounts and funds completely separate, even when the district manages their approval process.
Can school districts customize their fundraiser approval process?
Yes. Districts control the entire approval process, including which questions organizers must answer, how many levels of approval are required, and which administrators have approval permissions. This ensures every fundraiser aligns with district policies before going live.
Can schools accept Venmo for fundraisers without violating policy?
All payments made through SuccessFund, including Venmo, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Tap to Pay, are routed directly to an approved school, district, or organization bank account, not to any individual. Donors pay through SuccessFund's secure checkout, so no personal accounts are ever involved.
See it with your district in 20 minutes
A quick video call. We’ll show you approvals, reports, and deposits using your own schools. No prep and no commitment.
You’ll meet James or Jesse, and we’ll show you districts near you that already run on SuccessFund.
Pick any time that works. Free for every district.