How is Crowded different from Venmo or Paypal?

Venmo & Paypal? Great for friends, not for your organization. Here’s why Crowded is the better app for collecting dues & for events:Built for Organizations: Manage all your group’s finances in one platform. Create organized collections, track incoming payments, send reminders, and see who’s paid at a glance. Tax-Friendly: Don’t worry about unexpected tax liabilities with Crowded. In 2025, collecting over $600 will result in extra reporting requirements for users of Venmo/PayPal/Zelle. With Crowded, no extra reporting is required!

school Spirit wear

Process payments for school spirit wear easily

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 hello to effortless online payment collection for your branded school merchandise for all the members in your community.

Collection links

Create an online payment collection link in 1 minute

Mobile point-of-sale

Collect payments straight from your phone

share with your community

Make life easy for your payers

pay for multiples

Your customers can buy an abundance of school spirit wear at once

Tracking merchandise payments

Using the Crowded platform you can:

Trusted by 1,000+ nonprofit groups nationwide

Post University

Delta Tau Delta

IAEE

OLAMI

ASCLS

Visual Effects Society

PHI GAMMA DELTA

Vereinigung Erzgebirge Soccer Team

Warminster, PA

The Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals

National banking partner

Clemson University

Banking partner to student clubs

University of Arizona

Banking partner to student clubs

North Texas Warriors Youth Hockey

Dallas, Texas

Omega Delta Phi

Official banking partner across 40+ chapters

DV7 Soccer Academy

New York, New York

Rochester Coalition Hockey

Rochester, New York

University of Arizona Eller College of Management

Official banking partner

Lambda Sigma Gamma

Official banking partner serving all active chapters

Lambda Alpha Upsilon

Official banking partner serving undergrad and alumnae chapters

Camp La Llanda

Official banking partner for camps across the south and southwest

Alpha Chi National College Honor Society

Official banking partner serving 400 chapters

Alpha Chi Omega

Official banking partner serving alumnae chapters

Iota Phi Theta

Official banking partner serving 300+ chapters.

Pi Kappa Alpha

Official banking partner serving 500 chapters.

Phi Kappa Sigma

Official banking partner serving 50 chapters.

Delta Kappa Epsilon

Official banking partner serving 56 chapters.

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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 group’s money. Utilizing embedded finances, Crowded enables your group 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.

Venmo & Paypal? Great for friends, not for your organization. Here’s why Crowded is the better app for collecting dues & for events:

Built for Organizations: Manage all your group’s finances in one platform. Create organized collections, track incoming payments, send reminders, and see who’s paid at a glance.
Tax-Friendly: Don’t worry about unexpected tax liabilities with Crowded. In 2025, collecting over $600 will result in extra reporting requirements for users of Venmo/PayPal/Zelle. With Crowded, no extra reporting is required!

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 to collect for school spirit wear without the headache?