Most organization budgets lean on a few big moments: the annual gala, the fall fund drive, the end-of-year appeal. Those moments matter, but they are expensive to run, exhausting for volunteers and impossible to predict. Recurring income changes the math.

Why recurring income matters

  • You can budget against it the way you budget rent.
  • It arrives whether or not anyone has time to ask for it this month.
  • It grows as your community grows, instead of starting from zero every year.

Where the money already is

Every business in your community pays to accept cards. That cost leaves town every month, to banks and processors. The BrightStar Impact Network redirects part of it: when a business moves its processing to BrightStar and designates your organization, a share of BrightStar's profit on that account is donated to you every month.

Who to talk to first

  • Board members and volunteers who own businesses.
  • Parents, alumni and members who run shops, practices or service companies.
  • Sponsors who already put their name on your events.
  • Your local chamber of commerce and business networks.

How to launch

  1. Register your organization with BrightStar. There is no cost or contract.
  2. Receive your network page on this site, with a link businesses use to designate you.
  3. Share it in your newsletter, at events and with supporters who own businesses.
  4. We handle the statement reviews, proposals and setup for each business.
  5. Donations arrive monthly and are recorded in the network ledger.

Keep supporters in the loop

Businesses that designate your organization are giving every month in a way most donors never see. Thank them publicly, list them in your materials and show your network totals. Visible gratitude brings the next business in.

Published · BrightStar Merchant Services