Membership is the base
Tiers with their own price, term and benefits. Monthly payments, an auto-renew discount, gift memberships and complimentary memberships for volunteers. Offer codes with a limit on redemptions, for a membership drive at the farmers market. You decide how renewals and lapses behave.
Campaign gifts and pledges
When a property comes up and you have months to raise the purchase price, record pledges alongside recurring and one-time gifts, and group everything under a campaign so the total is always current. Record checks and cash by hand, without charging a card.
Guided hikes, workshops and volunteer days
Run a guided hike, a naturalist workshop or a youth program as a class, with a roster, capacity, waitlist, attendance and a signed waiver for every participant. Export every signed acknowledgment when your insurer asks.
The annual dinner, the auction and the raffle
Sell tickets and tables, run a silent auction on guests' phones and a paddle raise for a named property, and charge every winner in one batch at the end of the night. Put the room screen on the big display and everyone can watch the total climb toward the goal, scan a QR code to bid and give, and see a thank-you as each gift comes in.
Sell raffle tickets online and at the table, and record the drawing with the winning ticket, so there is a record of how the winner was chosen. Check your state's rules on raffles before you run one.
Year end
The Year-End Giving Summary shows each donor's total, the value of anything they received and the deductible amount, with mailing addresses. Clerestory connects to QuickBooks Online and Mailchimp.
What Clerestory does not do
- Easement stewardship and land records. Clerestory does not track properties, easements, monitoring visits or maps.
- Gifts of land or stock. Clerestory records gifts of money. Record non-cash gifts in your accounting system.
What it costs
Clerestory charges 3% per transaction, on your own Stripe account, plus Stripe's processing. Donors can choose to cover the fees at checkout. If you refund a payment, our 3% comes back with it.
Frequently asked questions
What donor software works for a land trust?
Clerestory keeps a land trust's members, campaign donors and guided-hike participants on one record, with memberships, recurring gifts, pledges, classes with waivers and the annual dinner auction and raffle in the same account.
Can a land trust track pledges for a land purchase campaign?
Yes. Clerestory records pledges alongside recurring and one-time gifts and groups everything under a campaign so the total is always current. Checks and cash are recorded by hand without charging a card.
Can a conservancy run guided hikes with signed waivers?
Yes. Clerestory runs a guided hike, naturalist workshop or youth program as a class with a roster, capacity, waitlist, attendance and a signed waiver for every participant, and exports every signed acknowledgment when an insurer asks.
Does Clerestory work with QuickBooks Online and Mailchimp for a land trust?
Yes. Clerestory connects to QuickBooks Online and Mailchimp, and its Year-End Giving Summary shows each donor's total, the value of anything they received and the deductible amount, with mailing addresses.
Does Clerestory track conservation easements or gifts of land and stock?
No. Clerestory does not track properties, easements, monitoring visits or maps, and it records gifts of money only. Record non-cash gifts such as land or stock in the accounting system.
How much does Clerestory cost a land trust?
Clerestory charges 3% per transaction on the land trust's own Stripe account, plus Stripe's processing. There is no license fee, no per-seat fee and no contract, donors can choose to cover the fees at checkout, and if a payment is refunded the 3% comes back.
