Rallyhood

Rallyhood is our place to connect, share resources, and get inspired with Girl Scout families, volunteers, and council staff!

Rallyhood is an all-in-one online platform that combines many of the tools we all use to communicate with each other, manage event promotion and registration, share files and photos, post, respond, and collaborate with other volunteers and parents, and more!

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Service Unit team members, you can access our Service Unit Volunteer Rally here!

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We are opening the Stripe payment platform on Rallyhood!

We are excited to make Stripe, an online peer to peer payment platform, available and connected to Rallyhood. Troops and Service Units are able to connect the Stripe platform to their Girl Scout bank account in order to accept payments from families and others. Check out this resource for more information on how to set up your bank account with Stripe.

Please read below for details about the platform and information about the best ways to navigate the inherent risks of any peer to peer Payment Platform. By using the Stripe platform on Rallyhood, you have agreed to and understand the information included below.

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Stripe Platform on Rallyhood

Rallyhood partners with Stripe to offer a safe, secure, and easy way to collect payments. Rallyhood charges a platform fee of 2.9% to help cover costs for things like development of functionality, maintenance of the technology, and security for users.

Stripe charges a credit card processing fee of 2.9% + $.30 per transaction. Organizers have a live calculation of any associated fees (platform and credit card processing) right on the setup page. As organizers are creating tickets or payment requests, they can see exactly what the fees might be without any guessing.

Rallyhood tries to keep fees as low and fair as possible. For comparison, fees on a $10 ticket in Rallyhood are $.91 vs. $2.24 in Eventbrite, which is almost 2.5 times higher.

Peer to Peer Payment Platforms (P2P)

Peer to Peer (P2P) platforms are platforms intended to process small money transfers between two people who know each other. These are platforms like Venmo, CashApp and Stripe .

Troops can use P2P platforms, including Stripe on Rallyhood, but cannot require that caregivers use a particular platform to pay troop dues and must accept troop dues or other payments via check or cash when requested by a caregiver. Service units can use an electronic payment platform for peer-to-peer transactions provided the Service Unit team agrees and understands the risks associated. Service units cannot require that troops use a particular platform and must accept payment from troops via check when requested.

Note that P2P platforms often have associated fees that are paid by either the purchaser or the organization offering the purchase. Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania does not cover any service fees from any P2P platform, including Stripe through Rallyhood. All fees associated with transactions on P2P platforms must be paid for by family members or the Troop/Service Unit.

Setting up a P2P Account

To avoid receiving a 1099-K reporting personal income, accounts must be set up under the council's federal tax ID number, not a person’s social security number (SSN). If the payment platform requires you to submit your personal SSN, that is a sign your account may not be set up correctly. When entering the council’s federal tax ID number, the platform may require you to use a matching address (for instance, square requires you to enter a matching address). Please enter the council’s Shelly Ridge office address: 330 Manor Road; Lafayette Hill, PA 19444

Risks when using electronic payments

Using an electronic payment platform is complex and comes with inherent risk. Girl scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania regularly encounters issues with electronic payment platforms that cause troops to lose funds. These guidelines are in place to protect Girl Scouts’ funds and prevent problems before they arise. Troops that use an electronic payment platform assume the risks that are associated with using these platforms. In general, payment platforms have their own terms of service that limit how much Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania can support if there is an issue with the payment processor. Please note that while these guidelines are intended to help troops minimize their risk when using a payment platform, it cannot eliminate the risk entirely.

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Contact Rallyhood Support for technical questions or questions/help with product features and functionality.

Contact GSEP Member Services for assistance getting connected or getting started with your Rally.

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FAQs

What is it for? How will it help my Service or Troop? toggle arrow

The purpose of Rallyhood is to make the day-to-day responsibilities of volunteers in leadership roles easier. The Rallyhood platform combines the functionality of tools like Eventbrite, SignUp Genius, Shutterfly, Facebook, Flickr, Google Calendar, Google Forms, and Survey Monkey in one place. It seamlessly integrates so many of the functions our volunteers need — communication, calendaring, file sharing, surveys, and payment — and that’s just a partial list! Service units and troops can customize their sites with their own photos and information, creating their own space for volunteers and parents to communicate.

Why did GSEP choose Rallyhood? toggle arrow

GSEP is launching Rallyhood this year to provide an additional level of support to service units and troops at a time when staying connected online is more important than ever. Rallyhood has been working with Girl Scout councils for 5+ years—they’re familiar with the Girl Scout movement and the needs of its volunteers. In fact, Rallyhood has worked directly with Council staff and volunteers to build out functionality that addresses our organization’s unique needs. Rallyhood has created an ecosystem customized to our Council and volunteer groups, and will continue to work with Council staff to improve how the system works for our volunteers.

How is Rallyhood different from other apps? toggle arrow

We have heard from many volunteers that the inconsistency of using fragmented tools creates lots of challenges and makes volunteer lives difficult. A key benefit of Rallyhood is that it helps us take a more streamlined approach. The intent is to have one platform with all the tools and all our Council groups in one place. It provides us with a council-wide solution that brings all of our groups, troops, committee panels, and forums together on one platform to create a more consistent and efficient Girl Scout experience for all of us.

How much does it cost? toggle arrow

GSEP covers the cost of using Rallyhood. The only cost associated would be processing fees for Stripe if you choose to use the payment feature for events or activities.

How do I start a Rallyhood Community for my Service Unit? toggle arrow

GSEP has already created a Rallyhood community hub for each service unit. Service unit managers will receive an email invitation to access and start using their Rallyhood site, which they can choose to use, ignore if not interested (It’ll be there later if you change your mind!), or delegate to another volunteer on their service unit team.

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There are a number of council-level community hubs categorized by types of volunteer roles and activities where Council staff will post content for volunteer groups or Girl Scout families. In addition to these council-level Rallyhood communities, each service unit may have its own community hub with additional rallies (sub-groups) within it, such as rallies for troop leaders, troop cookie managers, families, event coordinators, day camp/encampment volunteer committees, and others that are specific to that service unit. Within these community hubs and rallies, a service unit or troop can promote events, post information, start conversations, take registration and payment for activities, create calendars, etc. There is no limit to the number of rallies allowed to be created within a community hub, and these can be created by anyone who is an admin on the account.

What if my Service Unit or Troop already uses Rallyhood? toggle arrow

We know some service units and troops are already using Rallyhood on their own. That’s great! Your existing Rallyhood community can be integrated into our Council ecosystem, which will allow you to stop paying for your own account and for your volunteers to access other council-level Rallyhood communities. Additionally, if you are currently using a free version of Rallyhood, moving your Rally to the Council ecosystem will allow you to access premium paid features.

Who can see my Rallyhood Community Hub and Rallies? toggle arrow

Community hubs and rallies can be set to public or private. If set to public, anyone could find that hub or Rally in a search, join it, and access content. If set to private, an individual would need to be invited in order to access the hub or Rally. This way you can control who is a member of individual rallies, such as inviting all troop cookie managers within your service unit to a Rally specific to them.

I’m already using other platforms (Shutterfly, Facebook, Band, etc.) to store and share files, posts, calendars, and photos. How do I move them to Rallyhood? toggle arrow

There is not an automatic way to move content from other platforms to Rallyhood, since they are competing companies. You will need to move content manually to Rallyhood by downloading from your existing platform(s) and uploading to Rallyhood. The good news—it might be a good time to clean up and reorganize your photos and files!

What are the fees associated with using the payment and special events tools in Rallyhood? toggle arrow

Rallyhood tries to keep fees as low and fair as possible. For comparison, fees on a $10 ticket in Rallyhood are $.91 vs. $2.24 in Eventbrite, which is almost 2.5 times higher.