Payments you can explain to your board

Nonprofit finance committees ask fair questions: what does each channel cost, when does money hit our bank account, and can we defend these choices in an audit? Stripe provides the card and bank infrastructure your donors already trust; Paddle-Up sits on top as the fundraising workflow layer, with a fee structure you can document in one paragraph.

That means $0.15 per successful transaction to Paddle-Up for the product experience—campaigns, ticketing, auctions, operations, and donor tools—while Stripe's processing rates apply to card-present and online payments according to your Stripe setup (including options like Stripe Terminal for in-person swipes and dips, which often carry different blended rates than e-commerce).

What runs through the same stack

• Registration & tickets: pay-at-checkout flows that tie payment to the correct attendee and campaign.
• Auctions & bids: winning bids and settlement paths consistent with your event rules.
• Online sales & donations: one-time and campaign-scoped giving without spinning up a separate gateway for each initiative.
• Refunds & adjustments: operational changes reflected in both supporter-facing records and finance-friendly exports.

Payouts & visibility

Funds route according to your organization's Stripe configuration—into the bank accounts and reporting views your treasurer expects. Paddle-Up aligns transaction metadata with campaign activity so you are not manually tagging hundreds of rows to match a development report.

For teams that split revenue across programs or fiscal entities, the win is fewer reconciliation meetings: the same transaction object that a donor sees on their receipt is what finance sees in exports—not a third shadow system.

Multiple Stripe accounts & bank destinations

You can set up more than one Stripe account so payouts flow to different bank accounts—whether that is separate entities under one campaign, distinct programs that each need their own settlement path, or funds that must be allocated across locations. Paddle-Up aligns activity with the right Stripe context so finance is not manually splitting deposits after the fact.

Why teams choose this model

• Donors encounter familiar, modern checkout—not a clunky legacy form
• Security and PCI scope benefit from Stripe's mature infrastructure
• Fee math stays explainable: processor + transparent platform line item
• No “call us for enterprise pricing” gate between you and core features

See illustrative Stripe rates, examples, and the full breakdown on the pricing page.