Fall is almost here and for many private schools and colleges, it is a time when educators and administrators look forward to helping a new group of students continue their academic journey.  During this busy back-to-school time, many schools and colleges are offering many events for parents and students as well as launching new fundraising programs.  This often means mountains of paperwork and accounting for faculty and staff. While fundraising and event management might be considered among the unpleasant aspects of operating a private educational institution, TransactU can help simplify the process.

“If you are responsible for administrating these projects, you know all too well the headaches that can accompany the process,” says Tim Whitehorn, president and CEO of ServiceU. “From managing information sent out to students, parents, and the community, to keeping track of pledges and donations, to hosting fundraising events, there are many factors involved. TransactU can help you simplify the process. It’s the uncomplicated, straightforward, easy-to-use online solution for keeping track of donations, event registrations, and online payments.”

TransactU can help your school with event registrations and online donations

TransactU offers everything you need to accept online registrations, payment and donations with a credit card or online check in a secure, hosted environment. Patrons, whether they are parents, grandparents, or friends of your organization, can simply visit your school’s website when it’s convenient for them, 24/7, whether your office doors are open or closed.

Here’s how TransactU can help your school:

Online event registration and payment – Your school has a lot going on. From workshops to alumni reunions to athletic training camps, there are a lot of ways for people to get involved. Make it easy for students, parents, alumni, and guests to participate in your events by offering online event registration and payment. Because TransactU enables your school to accept payments, you can use it to set up tuition payments and help your staff more effectively manage their events using TransactU’s powerful reporting capabilities.

With TransactU, there are no more hand-written forms to be filled out. People can simply go to your website to register for events and pay using their debit or credit card, or an e-check.

Online giving – Alumni may not return to the campus as frequently as they would like, but they can keep up-to-date with your organization through your website. Many busy parents and distant grandparents would like to contribute to the school or college, but don’t always have the time or the ability to go to your school to drop off a gift. Give them to the opportunity to make online contributions to your school, directly from your school’s website.

In addition to ongoing giving opportunities, TransactU is also a helpful addition to your development team’s fundraising efforts. As your school launches annual fundraising campaigns, your campaign materials can direct patrons to your “online giving” section of your school’s website. From there, patrons can contribute online.  By asking your patrons to give online, you can save your school countless dollars on postage and printing costs.

With TransactU, your patrons can:

• Set up recurring gifts and select amount
• Make payment with debit or credit cards, or e-checks
• Select which fund their gift goes to from a drop-down menu of choices

Sign up for a TransactU demo today and learn how to get a handle on the fundraising process, online donations and payments, and event registrations. Call us at 1.866.709.7420  today to get up-and-running in a week or less!

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Avalon Consulting represents ManeGait, a non-profit therapeutic horsemanship center. Avalon needed an online registration and donation solution for ManeGait’s annual “Gala at the ‘Gait” event. For previous Galas, registrations and donations were received by mail or in person. To maximize the fund-raising potential, Avalon decided to add an online component to this year’s Gala. ServiceU worked closely with Avalon to create and customize the online registration and donation experience. Not only was the staff of ServiceU able to guide Avalon through the process of building the registration form for the event, but they also helped build a customized web template to match the style of ManeGait’s website.

“The donations and contributions were great, and the registration form did wonders.” Thanks to the general convenience TransactU provided Avalon, registrations for the Gala saw a dramatic increase. Though much greater than expected, registrations weren’t the only thing that saw an increase. Overall fund-raising goals for the entire event were nearly doubled. More than half of the fund-raising total alone came from online registration and contributions.

This is only one example of the many success stories experienced by our customers. No matter the size of your organization, event, or fundraising goal, TransactU can work for you. ServiceU can help you rein in the potential of your organization and its goals, and make them a reality.

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Fast turnaround time
Once you submit the application, you can start accepting payments from your website FAST, usually in only 2 or 3 days.

No surprises
ServiceU will send you a checklist of all the information that you will have to provide to get your merchant account set up with Sage Payment Solutions. This eliminates the hassle and delay caused by incomplete information.

Discounted pricing
Because of our tremendous client base, ServiceU has already negotiated extremely attractive rates, with low setup fees, low monthly fees, low discount rates, and NO MONTHLY MINIMUMS.

No middleman
ServiceU’s software is directly integrated to the Sage Payment Solutions gateway. This eliminates the monthly fees and transaction fees charged by many other providers. Plus, by having your own merchant account, funds are deposited directly into your bank account.

Specialized for churches and nonprofits
ServiceU and Sage Payment Solutions specialize in the unique needs of churches, schools, and other nonprofit organizations.

Peace of mind
ServiceU and Sage Payment Solutions are both recognized by Visa and MasterCard as Level 1 Service Providers that are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS). You can view the list of Approved Merchants here.

Easy reconciliation of deposits
ServiceU’s deposit reporting makes it easy for your accounting staff to match deposit batches from your merchant account with the corresponding donations, event registrations, as well as the deposits into your bank account.

These are just a few of the advantages that ServiceU offers to your organization. For more information, visit our website, submit a contact form, or send an email to info@ServiceU.com.

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