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Collecting annual dues for a homeschool co-op? Recurring memberships on MemberDrive let each family set up auto-pay once a year. You stop chasing. They stop forgetting.
A matching gift campaign shouldn't end with your team manually chasing the lead donor for their share. When the match closes, MemberDrive generates the invoice automatically.
Independent school development teams: MemberDrive's recurring memberships put annual fund renewals on autopilot. Families can pause, update their card, or cancel from a self-service portal - without calling your office.
MemberDrive never holds your money. Donations go directly to your Stripe account; Bitcoin goes straight to your wallet. You're always in control of your funds.
Have donors outside the traditional banking system, or supporters who want to give in Bitcoin? MemberDrive accepts it on-chain and via Lightning Network, straight to your own wallet. No platform fee on Bitcoin donations. memberdrive.org
A donor pledges $6,000 payable over three years. MemberDrive counts the full amount toward your campaign goal the moment the pledge is made. Installments collect automatically by card or bank.
Running a capital campaign for a church or parish? Set up a matching gift with a lead donor. MemberDrive tracks incoming donations against the match, then auto-invoices the lead donor when it's fulfilled. No manual follow-up.
Your donors can update their payment method, pause giving, or download donation receipts without emailing your team. MemberDrive's self-service portal handles all of it.
Most fundraising platforms charge $100+ per month before you collect a dollar. MemberDrive charges 1% per transaction. No monthly fee, ever. memberdrive.org
A "free" donation platform still gets paid. Often it's a tip added to your donor's checkout, already filled in.
On a $500 gift, a 15% default tip is $75. A 1% platform fee is $5.
Why tipping is a bad fit for most nonprofits: memberdrive.org/memberdrive/…
MemberDrive now has a self-service onboarding wizard. Paste your organization's website, get a live campaign preview, claim your team, connect Stripe, and publish when you're ready.
What's New: memberdrive.org/memberdrive/…
You can now sign in to MemberDrive three ways: emailed one-time code, email + password, or Google (Facebook when enabled). Same session underneath.
What's New: memberdrive.org/memberdrive/…
Early fundraising momentum is mostly operational.
The orgs that launch faster usually do 6 things in order:
1. create the campaign
2. set a real goal
3. connect Stripe
4. upload logo/header
5. publish
6. share immediately
Simple setup beats endless pre-launch tweaking.
Recurring revenue does not start with a checkbox.
It starts with a concrete promise.
Instead of “give monthly,” try:
“$25/month keeps one student in tutoring all semester.”
Then make it easy to pause or adjust later.
That framing builds stronger recurring programs.
One small fundraising lever: let donors give without leaving your site.
MemberDrive can host the donation page or embed the same form on your own site with one snippet.
Update the campaign once and the embedded form updates too.
Less redirect friction. More completed gifts.
Year-end donor support gets expensive when every giving statement becomes a manual request.
Better setup:
- donors can print their own statements
- staff can generate statements in bulk
- offline gifts stay on the same donor record
Not flashy. Very useful for small fundraising teams.
The fundraising ask is not the only workflow that matters.
The update matters too.
If campaign updates, member-only posts, and email notifications live next to the donation page, a small team can keep donors informed without bolting on another tool.
That usually means more consistent follow-up, which is where retention starts.
Campaign goals get muddy fast when recurring gifts are involved.
One useful distinction:
- count one-time gifts when cash lands
- count recurring gifts either as cash received or by annual value, depending on what the goal is for
- don't double-count pledge payments or matched dollars
That accounting choice changes how a campaign gets managed.
A donor CRM earns its keep when the next stewardship action is obvious.
Can staff see, in one place:
- full giving history
- contact points
- acknowledgements still due
- statements for any date range
That is how a database becomes a fundraising tool.