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The member page: one link for dues, sweepstakes, events and donations

Redeema8 min read
The member page: one link for dues, sweepstakes, events and donations

Anyone who has fundraised for a class or a league knows the link cycle: a new campaign gets created, a new link gets generated, it goes to the group chat, it drowns under 200 messages, grandma asks "which link was it?", someone forwards the old one from last month's sweepstakes, and the sale dies in the confusion.

The problem isn't the campaign —it's that every campaign lives at a different link, and loose links die. The member page flips the logic: one link per student or player, permanent, where everything shows up.

The member page is each student's, player's or member's personal page within their organization. When the board creates a new campaign —dues, a sweepstakes, an event, a fundraiser— it automatically appears on the page of every member it applies to. Nobody generates new links; nobody forwards anything.

That changes how sharing works: mom sends her son's link to the family chat once, grandma bookmarks it, and from then on every new campaign of the year is there waiting for her. The September link is still selling in April.

Think of it as the difference between handing out flyers and having a storefront: the flyer gets tossed; the storefront is on the same corner all year, and every time you walk by, there's something new in the window.

Every way to help, through one door

Not every relative can help the same way, and the page doesn't force them into a single lane:

  • The uncle makes a payment toward the student's dues
  • The godmother buys two sweepstakes tickets
  • The neighbors buy tickets to the fair
  • Grandma makes a direct donation — no account to create, nothing to download
  • And the one who can't give money shares the page with their own circle

Everyone enters through the door that fits them, at the moment that fits them. The "sign up first" friction doesn't exist for the person who just wants to donate and get on with their day —and that lack of friction is the difference between the contribution that arrives and the one that stayed an intention.

Every dollar is attributed — and that changes everything

Here's the part treasurers will love: everything that comes in through a member's page is recorded under their name. Not just their dues payments — also the sweepstakes tickets they sold, the event tickets they moved, the donations their circle contributed.

That turns individual fundraising into a visible number, and that number unlocks a powerful tool almost no organization can run today because tracking it by hand is impossible:

Dues you earn down. The student owes $1,000 in annual dues. The board sets the policy: whoever generates a certain amount in sweepstakes sales, tickets and donations gets a reduction on their dues. The more you sell, the less your family pays out of pocket.

Dues − Effort = Balance
attribution turns every sale a student makes into relief for their family

The result: the student stops seeing fundraising as the board's chore and starts seeing it as their own balance to bring down. The family with fewer resources gets a real path —effort instead of wallet— and the organization raises more overall because every member has a direct incentive.

Sponsors travel with the page

The businesses sponsoring the organization are displayed inside the member page. Every time a family shares their kid's link, they're also promoting the businesses that contribute —and every purchase families make at those businesses moves the organization closer to its goal.

It's a self-reinforcing loop: the page gets shared → sponsors gain visibility and sales → their contribution to the organization grows → and the goal gets closer without anyone selling anything extra.

And in the app, with notifications

For existing members, all their campaigns also live in the Redeema app under My Organizations —and when the board launches a new campaign, a notification lands on their phone. The board no longer depends on the chat message getting read: the launch arrives straight in every family's pocket, ready to be shared from right there.

The page fundraises; the ledger organizes

Everything that comes in through member pages lands directly in the organization's ledger, in the right fund, with attribution intact. The board sees who has contributed what, parents see clean numbers, and the year-end close is generated instead of fabricated. Here's how it connects to the full accounting system: how to manage your graduating class finances.

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