Girl Scouts

Want to scale your Girl Scout Troop's cookie sales?

Q: Is Crowded free?

Crowded accounts are free to set up – we have no minimum balances or subscription fees.*What do we charge for?When collecting payments, we charge 2.99% of the collection amount if paid by card and the lesser of 2.99% or $5 for ACH payments.You can always choose whether you want to cover these fees or ask your payers to handle them.View our full fee schedule here.

Say goodbye to collecting cookie payments in cash and hello to enhanced oversight over Girl Scout Troop finances and sales across the council.

bank

Banking* designed for Girl Scout Councils, Service Units & Troops

Mobile point-of-sale

Collect cookie payments straight from your phone

Cookie Rewards Cards

Reward Girl Scouts With Cookie Reward Cards

Choose accepted merchants for Cookie Rewards Cards.
No tax implications for the beneficiary Girl Scout.
Easily track who has been rewarded and how much was given.
Digital or physical cards for Girl Scouts of all ages.
Cookie Rewards cards can be used at the Girl Scout Online shop.

Buy multiple cookies

Payers can buy multiple cookie boxes at once

Process troop payments

Easy Troop dues payment collection

Spend transparently

Smarter Girl Scout spending

Run your troop, not a spreadsheet.

See how Crowded for Girl Scouts stacks up:

There are so many options for collecting Girl Scout cookie payments , we made a comparison chart.

	Venmo*	Cheddar Up	Square
Card processing fees	2.99%	3.59%+$0.59	2.9%+$0.30
No monthly fees
Outgoing ACH fee		.75%	1%
Payment Tracking
Payment Reminders
Collection Links


2.99%

$2.49

Card processing fees
Venmo* 2.99%
Cheddar Up 3.59%+$0.59
Square 2.9%+$0.30
%2.99

No monthly fees
Venmo*
Cheddar Up
Square

Outgoing ACH fee
Venmo*
Cheddar Up .75%
Square 1%
$2.49

Payment Tracking
Venmo*
Cheddar Up
Square

Payment Reminders
Venmo*
Cheddar Up
Square

Collection Links
Venmo*
Cheddar Up
Square

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Your questions,
answered.

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Crowded is a financial platform that offers Girl Scout troops an easy way to collect, spend and manage money online.

Girl Scouts are constantly collecting money – cookie sales, events, trips, donation drives, membership fees, and more. Using Crowded to collect these funds is safe, easy and trackable.

When Girl Scouts are selling cookies, they can accept cash and mobile point-of-sale payments with a smartphone, and these funds will go directly into their troop bank account*.

When the girl scout troop needs to spend, they can spend from the same place where they collect. The Troop treasurer can issue digital debit cards as needed to members to spend with budgeted amounts.

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 in Crowded are in FDIC pass-through, insurance-eligible accounts* and FDIC insurance available on deposits up to $250k.

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, track payments, and use Crowded Rewards to raise extra funds for your group!

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

Crowded accounts are free to set up – we have no minimum balances or subscription fees.*

What do we charge for?

When collecting payments, we charge 2.99% of the collection amount if paid by card and the lesser of 2.99% or $5 for ACH payments.

You can always choose whether you want to cover these fees or ask your payers to handle them.

View our full fee schedule here.

Ready for simpler Girl Scout troop finances?