How does Braid Work?

Start a Braid Pool

Start a Braid Pool

Use the pool to manage your gala budget and pay for event expenses.

Share your Pool Link to collect donations

Share your Pool Link to collect donations

Attendees can purchase tickets and donate 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 gala expenses and to spend contributions after the event.

A dedicated place to pool money for every fundraising gala

All your gala fundraising needs covered

Create pools to manage and pay for gala expenses. Set up pools to accept donor payments for admission tickets, raffle entries, appeals, and more. Track your event’s progress with instant notifications, and have fun reaching and surpassing your fundraising goal.

Pool Links make collecting money easy

Attendees can contribute with a debit or credit card. No sign-up required. Set a fixed amount for admission tickets and let donors make additional contributions in any amount.

Personalize your Pool Link

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

Braid Pools do what you need them to

Braid Pools are an effortless way to manage gala budgets and expenses and collect donations. Invite committee members to manage the fundraising gala pool with you. Spend pool funds whenever you want with the free Braid debit card.

See contributions as they happen

Get optional alerts whenever someone contributes to your pool.

Spend from your pool with a free debit card

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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