Predictable recovery
Service fee
A configurable fee is added to donations and goes to your group.
Best when: predictable fee recovery matters most.
Big Nest fundraising pricing
Big Nest is built specifically for school parent groups. It combines fundraising with websites, communications, volunteering, events, programs, stores, and other day-to-day tools, while helping each board preserve what it learned for the people who take over next year.
At a glance
Category
All-in-one parent group software
Why groups choose it
- Built specifically around the needs and year-to-year lifecycle of school parent groups
- Connects fundraising with websites, communications, volunteering, events, programs, stores, and other parent-group work
- Preserves organizational knowledge so each new board can build on the work of the one before it
Tradeoffs to consider
- The annual platform cost may not make sense for a group that only needs a donation form or one fundraiser
- Big Nest does not provide the staffed campaign management, prizes, or event execution offered by full-service fundraising companies
- Specialized fundraising products may go deeper in areas such as nonprofit donor CRM, a-thon mechanics, or state PTA integrations
See how Big Nest affects your fundraiser
Change the fundraiser assumptions or pricing setup to see how each amount changes.
Fundraiser assumptions
Using these assumptions
- Fundraiser amount
- $20,000 fundraiser
- Number of donations
- 179 donations
- Average donation
- $111.73 average donation
Pricing configuration
Same fundraiser. Three ways to handle processing.
Annual platform cost
$399/year platform plan
Not included in the fundraiser result above.
Which fee approach should your group use?
Donor choice
Optional donor contribution
Donors can voluntarily contribute additional money to help offset processing.
Best when: donor choice matters most.
Simplest checkout
Your group pays processing
Donors make only their intended donation and processing is deducted from the fundraiser.
Best when: a simple donor checkout matters most.
Your group now receives $20,288.52 from $20,000 in intended online donations.
SPOKANE-AREA LAUNCH OFFER
Your first year of Big Nest is $299
Found Big Nest through the Fundraising Platform Matchup? Parent groups in Spokane and nearby communities can get their first year for $299 instead of $399.
That gives your group a full year to use Big Nest for fundraising, your website, volunteers, events, programs, communications, and the rest of your parent-group work.
Claim the $299 first-year offerFirst year only. Renews at the standard $399/year price.
What to know about Big Nest
Big Nest is built around the parent-group lifecycle
Parent-group leadership changes frequently. Big Nest is designed to keep fundraising history, events, documents, contacts, and other organizational knowledge available so a new board can build on previous years instead of starting over.
Fundraising connects to the rest of the organization
Fundraising is one part of a broader parent-group platform. The same organization can also manage its website, communications, volunteer opportunities, programs, events, stores, funds requests, and other community activity without assembling a separate tool for every job.
Your website does not start from an empty template
Big Nest starts each group with a prepared first version of its website rather than asking a volunteer to build one from scratch. The group can refine it as its leadership, programs, events, and priorities change.
Simplicity is intentional
Big Nest is designed for busy parent volunteers rather than professional marketers, developers, or nonprofit administrators. Administrative workflows emphasize straightforward choices and familiar language over highly configurable enterprise-style interfaces.
Your group chooses how fundraising fees work
A group can absorb card processing, invite an optional donor contribution, or add a configurable service fee that goes to the organization. The right approach can change depending on the fundraiser and the community.
Direct Stripe access also means direct responsibility
Your organization needs to establish and maintain its Stripe account and qualify for any nonprofit processing rates it intends to use. Groups that prefer a platform to completely abstract away the payment account may prefer a different model.
Big Nest is broad rather than specialized in one fundraiser format
Big Nest supports fundraising as part of the parent group's broader work, but specialized products can offer deeper tools for particular use cases. Organizations seeking advanced nonprofit donor analytics, highly specialized a-thon mechanics, or a fully staffed fundraising campaign should compare those products separately.
Payments go directly to your group
Donor
Stripe
Your group
Big Nest does not hold or disburse your fundraiser proceeds.
Payments are processed through your group's own Stripe account. Big Nest does not create an intermediary subaccount that later remits the money.
For eligible nonprofit donations, the Matchup models Stripe processing at 2.2% plus $0.30 per domestic online-card transaction. Stripe requires an approved nonprofit account used primarily for tax-deductible donations, so the discounted rate does not apply to every parent-group payment.
If your group selects a customizable service fee, donors pay that amount in addition to their intended gifts. The service fee goes to your group, and Stripe processing is calculated on the full donor charge.
When Big Nest may not be the best fit
Big Nest is designed to connect the work of a school parent group across the entire year. Not every organization needs that.
You only need to collect donations
If you only need a simple donation form or run one occasional fundraiser, a fundraising-only platform may be simpler and less expensive.
You want someone else to run the campaign
Big Nest does not send fundraising staff to your school, provide student prizes, or operate your event. Full-service fundraising companies are a better fit when reducing volunteer work is the primary goal.
You need an advanced nonprofit donor CRM
Big Nest is built around school families and community relationships, not professional donor development. Organizations that rely on sophisticated prospect cultivation and donor analytics may want a specialized nonprofit CRM.
You need a highly specialized fundraiser
Platforms dedicated to a-thons, auctions, or other specific fundraising models may provide deeper campaign-specific mechanics than an all-in-one parent-group platform.
Pricing details and sources
Uses Big Nest's published plan information and the Stripe nonprofit card rate modeled for qualifying parent groups.
- Pricing modeled
- 2.2% + $0.30 per donation
- Pricing status
- Verified pricing
- Last verified
- 2026-08-30
- Source
- View official pricing
Common questions
No. Fundraising is one part of Big Nest. Parent groups can also use it for websites, communications, volunteering, events, programs, stores, funds requests, documents, family and community information, and other year-round organizational work.
Yes. Big Nest is designed for school parent groups across elementary, middle, and high school. The mix of programs, events, fundraising, and community tools can vary with the organization.
If your organization only needs a simple donation page or one occasional fundraiser, a lower-cost fundraising-only product may be a better fit. Big Nest’s annual pricing is intended for groups that also want to manage other parent-group work throughout the year.
No. Big Nest provides the technology and organizational tools, but it does not send a fundraising team to your school, provide student prizes, or staff a fun run. Groups that want a company to execute much of the campaign should compare full-service providers such as Boosterthon or Apex Leadership.
Big Nest tracks the families and community relationships relevant to a school parent group, but it is not designed as an enterprise donor- development CRM. Organizations running sophisticated donor cultivation, prospect segmentation, or professional development programs may prefer a general nonprofit fundraising platform.
Using the group’s own Stripe account keeps the payment relationship and fundraiser proceeds under the organization’s control. Big Nest does not receive the money first and remit it later.
No. The calculator keeps annual Big Nest pricing separate because the subscription supports the parent group’s work throughout the year rather than one individual fundraiser.
The choice determines whether processing reduces the group’s intended donations or is offset by an optional donor contribution or service fee. The calculator keeps intended gifts, organization-paid costs, and donor additions separate.
Payments are processed through the organization’s own Stripe account. For eligible nonprofit donations, the Matchup models Stripe processing at 2.2% plus $0.30 per domestic online-card transaction.
No. The current participation assumption is identified as a modeling assumption rather than a typical or guaranteed donor response.
Build on every fundraiser.
Big Nest keeps what your board learns ready for the next one.