FutureFund vs ScanRaise: Fees & Best Fit (2026)

Compare FutureFund and ScanRaise on published fees, school administration, forms and sales, athon tools, payment flow, and best-fit use cases.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

About this comparison

Reviewed by the ScanRaise Team

Last fact-checked: August 21, 2026

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The short version

FutureFund combines fundraising with K-12 administration and commerce tools, including forms, memberships, stores, ticketing, point of sale, and messaging. ScanRaise is self-serve fundraising software with a published 2.5% standard fundraising platform fee, per-person QR cards, and browser-based activity tools. The best fit depends on whether the school needs a broad operating suite or ScanRaise's specific fundraising workflow.[2, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5]

Area	ScanRaise	FutureFund
Published pricing	Standard fundraising has a 2.5% platform fee with no setup fee, monthly fee, or contract. Listed Stripe processing applies separately.[4]	FutureFund lists 4.9% plus $0.30 for online card purchases, fundraisers, and A-Thons, and 6.9% plus $0.30 for online card auction payments. The default is purchaser-paid, but an account can choose school-paid or purchaser-optional fees.[1, 9]
School administration and commerce	Fundraising campaigns, peer-to-peer pages, athons, events, auctions, recurring giving, donor management, reporting, and exports.[5]	Fundraising, an online store, digital ticketing, point of sale, memberships, messaging, forms and waivers, surveys, and school-year administration.[2, 6, 7, 8, 10]
Payment and payout	Donations go to the organization's own Stripe account, and Stripe pays out to its bank.[11, 4]	Campaigns are assigned to a FutureFund organization and its bank account. FutureFund says Stripe processes payments and sends payouts, while payout reports show each deposit, status, amount, and campaign breakdown. The cited pages do not state one guaranteed payout schedule.[12, 13]
Athon workflow	Per-unit pledges, phone-browser GPS distance tracking, and a browser step counter. Optional Fitbit daily-summary imports.[5]	Pledge campaigns for Fun Runs, Read-A-Thons, and Jog-A-Thons include participant dashboards, leaderboards, invite emails, optional incentive-point tracking, and participant cash receipts.[3, 14]
Forms, sales, and memberships	Event registration, ticketing, store sales, donor records, participant groups, and fundraising reports in the ScanRaise feature catalog. Owners and admins can manage products and inventory from Products on the organization page.[5]	A visual form builder can collect information, signatures, waivers, and file uploads during First Step, a purchase, or a standalone form. Membership tools cover sales, levels, cards, member lists, dues apportionment, and member messaging.[6, 7]

Where FutureFund fits

School groups that want fundraising, stores, ticketing, point of sale, memberships, forms, and messaging in one K-12 platform can evaluate FutureFund's suite.[2, 6, 7, 8]
Groups that prefer supporter-paid fees by default can review FutureFund's published rates and its school-paid and purchaser-optional configurations.[1, 9]

Where ScanRaise may fit

Groups that want a published 2.5% standard fundraising platform fee with payment processing listed separately may prefer ScanRaise's pricing model.[4]
Organizations that want donations to go straight to their own Stripe account.[11, 4]

ScanRaise vs FutureFund: FAQ

Is FutureFund free for schools?

FutureFund calls the platform free for school groups because its default setting adds the platform fee to the supporter's checkout instead of deducting it from the school. Its support documentation also permits school-paid or purchaser-optional configurations, so the transaction itself is not fee-free in every setup.[1, 9]

What fees does FutureFund publish for online fundraising?

FutureFund currently lists 4.9% plus $0.30 for online card purchases, fundraisers, and A-Thons. Online card auction payments are listed at 6.9% plus $0.30. Other methods and ticket or membership sales have different published rates, so check the current pricing page for the campaign and payment method you plan to use.[1]

Try ScanRaise free

Set up your first campaign online. Standard fundraising has a 2.5% ScanRaise platform fee and no contract. Donors need no app, and optional Fitbit imports require a Fitbit account and app. Donations go to the organization's own Stripe account.[4, 5, 11]

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Sources

First-party pages, checked August 21, 2026. Pricing and features change often, so confirm current details and any district-specific requirements before deciding.