Venmo and your group's money.
Lots of groups collect on Venmo, and you can keep taking it. Here's what Venmo's own rules say, what it costs, and what changes when the money is tied to the family and the event.
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What Venmo does well
- Familiar, and quick between people who know each other
- "No fee to send money to a Venmo account" from a Venmo balance, debit card or bank account
- Business profiles, for those who sell things
Where it gets hard
- The money lands in one person's account unless you set up something else
- Someone still has to work out which payment was for which child and which event
- When the treasurer changes, the group's history doesn't come along
Side by side
| What a group needs | Venmo | Grouperly |
|---|---|---|
| Using a personal account | Its agreement says personal accounts "may not be used to conduct business, commercial or merchant transactions with other personal accounts". It's worth checking whether that covers what your group does | Your group's own Stripe account |
| Fee to receive | 1.9% + $0.10 on a business profile, or 2.99% for goods and services on a personal account | Stripe's card fee, currently 2.9% + 30¢, plus 1% on Free and nothing on Plus. Venmo's business profile can cost less |
| What a payment was for | The note the sender typed | Tied to the family, the child and the event |
| One list of who's paid | You build it | One list, however they paid, including Venmo |
| Cash and checks | Not its job | Recorded on the same list and tracked until they're deposited |
How to move
- 1Bring in your roster from a spreadsheet, or type it in. Nobody gets an email until you say so.
- 2Connect Stripe to take cards. It will ask who your group is, and it works best with the group's own bank account.
- 3Add a price to your next event, so families pay when they RSVP.
What to keep
- Venmo itself: when someone pays that way, record it in Grouperly and it goes on the same list
When you should stay with Venmo
- You split small costs among friends now and then.
Grouperly isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Venmo, and Venmo is a trademark of its owner. What this page says about Venmo comes from its own website, checked on November 9, 2026. Products change, so check their site for the latest. If we've got something wrong, tell us at support@grouperly.com and we'll fix it.
Sources: Venmo fees, Venmo User Agreement, Venmo for business.
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