The Ledger, the UnitTally blog
Practical guides on fundraising fees, bank accounts, cash reconciliation and running a sale, written for the treasurers and board members of booster clubs, PTAs and youth organizations.
Latest guideFundraiser Playbooks
How a cookie dough fundraiser works: what a $22 tub really earns, how to pick a program, and how to run a frozen delivery day without lost orders.
9 min read
Read the guide: Cookie Dough Fundraiser: How It Works, Profit & Delivery DayPlatform Fees
Snap! Raise fees and Vertical Raise fees take about $2,000 of a $10,000 campaign. See the real math, why students push back, and lower-cost alternatives.
12 min read
Platform Fees
Should your booster club or PTA ask donors to cover processing fees? Learn the conversion risks, card network rules, tax limits, and the gross-up formula.
10 min read
Fundraiser Playbooks
How to run a wreath fundraiser: real per-wreath profit math, supplier order deadlines, a seller tally sheet, and a pickup day that runs on time.
10 min read
Compliance
What documents a bank needs to open a booster club bank account, whose EIN goes on it, and how to change signers when your officers turn over.
13 min read
Reconciliation & Logistics
Track fundraiser sales by student across online and cash orders, avoid spreadsheet errors, and protect your 501(c)(3) status. Free roster tracker included.
9 min read
Reconciliation & Logistics
Free fundraiser cash reconciliation spreadsheet and 4-step guide. Enforce dual-control counting, log cash variances, and keep clean audit records.
6 min read
Compliance
Whether your scout troop needs its own EIN depends on how it is registered. See whose tax ID to use and how BSA and Girl Scout troops open a bank account.
8 min read
Platform Fees
Zero-fee fundraising is free to your group but funded by a 15-17% tip asked of your supporters. Here is how the model really works.
5 min read
Join the waitlist to run it on UnitTally: your group’s own store, sales credited to each seller’s link, and cash and checks logged in the same ledger as card sales.
Cash and checks cost $0 in UnitTally fees. Card sales pay Stripe’s processing fee plus a UnitTally fee of no more than $20 a transaction.