How does Braid Work?

Start a Braid Pool

Start a Braid Pool

Use the pool to collect money for fall festival fundraisers

Share your Pool Link to collect money

Share your Pool Link to collect money

Anyone can contribute with the Pool Link, no sign-up required

Spend from the pool

Spend from the pool

Every Braid Pool comes with a free debit card. Use it to pay for festival supplies, decor, food, etc. 

A dedicated place for fall festival fundraiser money

All your fall festival needs covered

Use it to collect money for your fall festival fundraiser or make separate pools to collect payments for admission fees, raffle tickets, and other festival offerings. 

Pool Links make collecting money easy

Anyone can contribute with a debit or credit card. No sign-up required. Set the amount to be paid or let contributors pay what they can.

Personalize your Pool Link

Add custom text and images to let contributors know what you’re collecting money for.

See contributions as they happen

Get optional alerts whenever someone contributes to your pool.

Spend from your pool with a free debit card

Use it wherever MasterCard is accepted. Add it to Apple Pay or Google Pay for contactless payment.

Braid is safe and secure

We use best-in-class security and compliance practices to keep your money safe and your personal data private.

All payments and personal information are encrypted end-to-end using SSL 256-bit encryption.

Get spending notifications from your pools, and freeze your debit card anytime in the app.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Does Braid charge fees?