Cards without card custody
Use Stripe-hosted Checkout for one-time dues while MembershipPortal stores only the references and verified outcomes needed to operate membership.
Dues and payments
Every confirmed payment produces an explicit term, receipt, and access outcome.
Accept cards through Stripe-hosted Checkout, record checks and grants, support recurring dues, and keep every confirmed result connected to the member relationship.
Preparing for a limited pilot. Production use follows an organization-specific migration, rehearsal, configuration, and approval.
The governing idea
Stop reconciling payment, membership, and access by hand.
A confirmed payment or authorized grant creates or extends the membership term that drives receipts and access, while Stripe remains responsible for card details and processing.
Every way members pay
01Collect dues without forcing every payment into one path.
Digital checkout and the manual realities of association finance belong in one understandable history.
Checks, cash, and grants
Record manual payments, bank transfers, external payments, complimentary renewals, lifetime grants, adjustments, and write-offs with their context.
Recurring dues with clear consent
Members choose automatic renewal explicitly. Stripe owns payment retries; MembershipPortal records verified subscription and invoice outcomes against the right term.
A financial history people can follow
02Keep the original payment and every later change connected.
Staff and members should be able to understand what was paid, what changed, and which membership period it affected.
One payment history
Keep card, check, cash, grant, adjustment, and write-off records in the same member-centered view with source and method intact.
Receipts members can use
Show the amount, method, date, allocation, membership period, and available receipt from the same confirmed record staff use.
Corrections preserve history
Link refunds, reversals, disputes, cancellations, and write-offs to the original payment and record the approved effect on the membership term.
The membership outcome
03Let a verified financial result finish the work.
Payment collection, membership policy, and member access remain distinct responsibilities with a clear handoff between them.
Payment becomes membership
Only a confirmed payment or authorized grant creates or extends a term, recalculates eligibility, and makes the resulting receipt available.
Exceptions surface for staff
Bring unreconciled checks, provider mismatches, failed outcomes, refunds, disputes, and term-policy decisions into an authorized follow-up view.
Stripe and staff stay in their lanes
Stripe handles card authentication, connected-account verification, processing, balances, and payouts; staff control plans, terms, exceptions, and member service.