Is Managed Missions a good product?

Yes. Managed Missions is well-established in the church and missions space and ships strong trip-management coverage — registration, participant fundraising, mobile-friendly trip experience, and a recognizable brand. The decision between Managed Missions and HelpYouSponsor isn't quality; it's scope. Managed Missions is trips-only. HelpYouSponsor is an operating system that includes trips alongside sponsorship, donor CRM, fundraising, recurring giving, and AI cultivation on the same record.

Can I migrate trip history from Managed Missions to HelpYouSponsor?

Yes. Free migration support. Trip rosters, participant fundraising history, donor records tied to trip giving, signed waivers (where exportable), and trip P&L. Most migrations finish in 2–4 weeks for organizations running multiple historical trips.

What do I lose by moving from Managed Missions to HelpYouSponsor?

If your organization runs trips and only trips, very little — HelpYouSponsor ships every category Managed Missions covers (registration, participant fundraising, background checks, e-signatures, task checklists, trip budgets, reconciliation). What you gain is the rest of the platform: sponsorship, donor CRM, fundraising campaigns, recurring giving, AI insights, multi-entity, and one record across every motion.

Does HelpYouSponsor handle large multi-trip programs?

Yes. Mission networks running country offices in 10+ nations and denominations running 25+ legal entities run on HelpYouServe's native multi-entity hierarchy with multi-currency, per-jurisdiction tax receipting, and consolidated rollup reporting. Every trip in the network shares the same donor graph.

What about Checkr — is the integration native?

Yes. Checkr runs from inside the participant profile. Geos and Drug/MVR packages are configurable per trip. Background-check status returns automatically. Consent collection is handled via e-signature workflow tied to the participant record.

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HelpYouSponsor vs Managed Missions

Trips-only platform vs an operating system that includes trips. Trip donors land in the donor record they already give to.

Managed Missions is a well-established mission trip platform — registration, individual fundraising, mobile-friendly trip experience, established in the church and missions space. HelpYouSponsor approaches the same job differently: trips are a module on the same donor record as sponsorship, recurring giving, fundraising campaigns, and AI donor intelligence. Trip donors don't end up in a separate platform. Trip alumni who become major donors are flagged in HYS Insights without a CSV import. Background checks (Checkr) and e-signatures (Dropbox Sign) run inside the participant profile. Post-trip reconciliation runs against gift records, not a parallel ledger.

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Feature comparison

Feature	HelpYouSponsor	Managed Missions
Trip donors land in the donor CRM	Trip donors flow into the same donor record running sponsorship, recurring giving, and fundraising. One record across every motion.	Trip donors live in the trip platform. Importing them into the org's CRM is a manual or scripted step.
Trip alumni stewardship + major-gift attribution	Trip alumni who become major donors are surfaced automatically in HYS Insights. Cultivation history flows across motion types.	Trip data and CRM data are separate systems. Major-gift attribution to trip experiences requires a manual reconciliation.
Participant fundraising pages	Each participant gets a public fundraising page tied to the donor record. Donors can give to the participant or the trip pool. Every gift attributes to both.	Each participant gets a participant fundraising page. Strong category coverage.
Background checks (Checkr integrated)	Checkr integrated inside the participant profile. Geos and Drug/MVR packages configurable per trip. Status returns automatically; consent collection is e-signature based.	Background checks via partner integration.
E-signatures (Dropbox Sign integrated)	Waivers, medical forms, code-of-conduct documents, and minor/guardian consent all e-signed via Dropbox Sign with automatic reminders. Every signed document stays on the participant record.	E-signature workflow available.
Sponsorship programs (1:1, community, pooled, hybrid)	First-class sponsorship module with full lifecycle, AI-translated sponsor-to-recipient messaging, and photo privacy.	Not available. Trips-only platform.
AI donor intelligence	HYS Insights — wealth capacity, optimal-ask calculators, relationship maps, messaging guidance — on every donor record.	Not available.
Recurring giving + payment recovery	First-class recurring giving with smart-retry on failed payments and automatic card updates via Stripe's Account Updater.	Not the platform's primary motion.
Fundraising campaigns (match pools, P2P, year-end)	HYS Fundraising. Match pools, peer-to-peer, year-end campaigns, honor gifts — all on the same donor record as trips.	Not the platform's primary motion.
Trip budgets + post-trip reconciliation	Track every trip line item in real time. One-click post-trip reconciliation — donor receipts, participant refunds, final P&L exported for books.	Trip budgeting available; reconciliation runs against the trip platform's ledger.
Task checklists + 30/7/1 reminders	Per-participant checklists for waivers, passports, training, flights. Automated email + SMS reminders at 30, 7, and 1 days before deadlines.	Task and reminder workflows available.
Multi-entity / multi-currency	Native multi-entity hierarchy with multi-currency. Denominations and mission networks running 25+ legal entities run on one HelpYouServe account.	Per-tenant model for multi-entity organizations.
Mobile app for participants and donors	Native mobile app for donors and sponsors. Mobile-friendly trip experience for participants.	Mobile-friendly trip experience.
API + MCP server for AI agents	Full REST API, webhooks, Zapier, and MCP server on every plan.	API access available; not designed for AI agent integration.
Pricing shape	Pay per commitment, not per user. Adding trip leaders, country-office staff, or finance reviewers doesn't change the bill. See /pricing.	Per-trip or per-participant pricing models common in the trips-only category.

Why switch to HelpYouSponsor

Trip donors flow into the donor record they already give to

Most mission programs run trips alongside recurring giving, sponsorship, and major-donor cultivation. Managed Missions is a trips-only platform — every trip donor has to be reconciled back to the org's CRM. With HelpYouSponsor, trip donors land on the same record as sponsorship and recurring giving on day one.

Trip alumni become major donors — and HYS Insights catches it

Years of trip data in a separate system makes alumni-to-major-donor attribution invisible. With HYS Insights running on the same donor record, trip alumni who climb the giving curve are flagged automatically — capacity, ask, and engagement signals all on one record.

Operating system breadth, not a trips-only tool

Sponsorship, donor CRM, fundraising campaigns, AI cultivation, recurring giving, and mission trips on one platform. The same teams running mission programs typically also run sponsorship, recurring giving, and year-end campaigns. Consolidating those motions onto one record is what HelpYouServe is built for.

Background checks and e-signatures inside the participant profile

Checkr-integrated background checks and Dropbox Sign waivers run from inside the participant record. Status flows back automatically. Every signed document stays on the participant. No copy-paste between systems.

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