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Manage your organization’s finances like a pro

Dues Simplified
Mission Amplified
Invest Time in
What Matters.

Manage your organization’s finances like a pro.
Collect dues online, track who has and hasn’t paid,
and manage all collections in one platform.

Why Crowded Collect?

Collect Faster

Create online payment links for dues and donations in seconds.

Crowded’s fees are industry low & flexible - choose if the organization or your members cover them

Effortlessly track payments, send reminders, and see who's paid at a glance.

Open-ended collections for donations or variable dues

Offer tap-to-pay payments at in person gatherings!

No App Download Required

Pay online!

Pay through debit or credit cards, ACH, cash or check. 

Our secure online system makes paying a breeze

How it works:

Open a free Crowded account*

Create a collection

Share your collection with a link, email or QR code

Easily keep track of the collection’s progress
and send reminders

Venmo & Paypal? Great for friends, not for your organization.

Here’s why Crowded is the better app
Built for Organizations: Manage all your group’s finances in one platform.
Security: Crowded accounts are FDIC pass-through, insurance-eligible*

Reporting thresholds for income earned on P2P payment apps

2023: $20,000 across 200+ transactions
2024: $5,000
2025: $600

Pricing

Paid by the payer or your organization – you choose
Paid by the payer or your organization – you choose

Creating collections

Unlimited & Free

Card

2.99%, min of 60¢

ACH

Lesser of 2.99% or $5, min of 60¢

One platform for all your organization's financial needs

Say hello to one solution that merges spending, payment collection, expense management, tax compliance and fundraising.

Ready to Collect?

Open a Crowded account 

Your questions,
answered.
Which payment methods are accepted by Crowded?

Payers have the option to pay with debit, credit or ACH by clicking the collection link or scanning the QR code

If a payer wishes to complete the payment by check, POS or cash, the admin must approve and can mark that contact as paid.

Cheddar Up provides a great way to collect payments online, but that’s where it ends. Once you collect funds through Cheddar Up, you have to withdraw it to a bank account to use the funds. 

Crowded offers online payment collection, like Cheddar Up, but also provides modern banking services within the app. You can spend the collected funds, and track payments all in one app!

Crowded is also cheaper. Cheddar Up charges a 3.59% + $0.59 credit card fee while Crowded charges only 2.99%.

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.

We provide extra fund protection.

Unlike payment collection apps, funds you keep on Crowded are protected with FDIC insurance for up to $250K, and our banking accounts are completely free to set up – we don’t have any minimum balances or subscription fees.

With collecting with Crowded, you can avoid constantly transferring funds between payment apps and banks to access your group’s money. Utilizing embedded finances, Crowded enables your group to bank, collect, and spend with just one platform.

Also, we provide fund protection. Unlike Venmo, funds you keep on Crowded are in a FDIC pass-through, insurance-eligible accounts*, and FDIC insurance is available on deposits up to $250k.