Does REACH support child sponsorship programs?

Yes. REACH is a purpose-built sponsorship platform and documents flexible sponsorship types, shares, recurring periods, profiles, donor management, fundraising, and supporter communication.

How much does REACH cost?

REACH currently lists U.S. REACHpay plans at $50, $99, and $199 per month. Its plan page and REACHpay knowledge base currently show different card-processing rates, so confirm the subscription, transaction rates, optional fees, eligibility, and gateway terms in a written proposal.

What should we verify before migrating?

Verify recipient and sponsor history, active recurring payment portability, custom fields, communication history, files, privacy rules, accounting reconciliation, integrations, redirects, and a rollback plan. Require a sample migration before setting a cutover date.

Can a child have more than one sponsor?

Yes. Gratona supports shared sponsorship, where multiple donors fund one recipient. REACH documents sponsorship shares. Ask each team to demonstrate your exact rules, availability, payments and reports.

Can we keep our website and accounting system?

Both platforms offer website and integration options. Keep your website and accounting requirements in the evaluation, and confirm the specific WordPress, QuickBooks and Zapier connection, data direction and ongoing maintenance before signing.

Will our recurring payments move automatically?

Not necessarily. Payment credentials are held by payment providers, and portability depends on the providers and the migration method. Confirm the transfer process, timing, fees, donor communications and any required donor action in writing.

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Gratona Sponsorships vs REACH

Compare two purpose-built sponsorship platforms with your actual program, payment mix, and staff workflow.

REACH and Gratona Sponsorships both combine sponsorship, donor management, fundraising, and supporter-facing experiences. REACH publishes three U.S. REACHpay plans and documents flexible sponsorship types, shares, payments, campaigns, and donor tools. Gratona Sponsorships connects sponsor-recipient operations to the wider Gratona fundraising platform. The right choice depends on program structure, workflow depth, payment economics, integrations, and the evidence each vendor can show using your data model.

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Feature comparison

Best fit

Gratona Sponsorships: Teams seeking sponsorship operations connected to donor stewardship, fundraising, trips and events across Gratona. Confirm the plan and implementation scope.
REACH: Teams seeking an established sponsorship and donor platform with a ready-made website, embeds, REACHpay and published plans.

Sponsors and recipients

Gratona Sponsorships: Manage recipient records and sponsorship commitments; discuss shared sponsorship, availability, transfers and the reporting your program needs.
REACH: REACH documents sponsorship types, shares and recurring periods for children, families, projects and other programs. Test how shares and sponsor changes appear in your reports.

Donors and households

Gratona Sponsorships: Connect donor and household context, gifts, notes, tasks and communications. Ask to see how your household giving and sponsorship relationships are reported.
REACH: REACH offers basic donor management on Sponsorships and full donor management on Essentials and Pro. Test household relationships and the reports you use.

Communication and stewardship

Gratona Sponsorships: Use sponsor updates, segmentation and newsletters alongside relationship history and follow-up. Newsletter allowances vary by plan.
REACH: REACH lists donor communication, automations and text allowances; Essentials adds Conversations and custom email templates. Confirm your newsletter and correspondence workflow.

Trips and events

Gratona Sponsorships: Mission Trips supports trip pages, participants, fundraising, requirements and reporting. Events is available on Gratona plans; it is not included in Sponsorships plans.
REACH: REACH lists fundraising campaigns and peer-to-peer tools. Confirm trip applications, family fundraising and event registration against your requirements; do not assume a separate trip system can be retired.

Fields, reports and reconciliation

Gratona Sponsorships: Discuss custom fields, exports, scheduled reporting and accounting workflows; reproduce your real reports and reconcile sample gifts to deposits.
REACH: REACH offers custom forms, reports and a REACHpay payout reconciliation report. Confirm field mapping, report access and accounting exports for your plan.

Staff and field access

Gratona Sponsorships: Roles and permissions are included. Multi-entity operations are custom-scoped through Gratona Network; demonstrate the boundaries each country or field team needs.
REACH: REACH lists admin permissions on Essentials and above. Test access to recipient information, communications and reports with each staff role.

Websites and integrations

Gratona Sponsorships: Review your exact QuickBooks, Zapier and WordPress workflows, supported connection, direction of data and plan requirements before committing.
REACH: REACH offers website templates, embeds and integrations; API access is listed on Pro. Confirm the specific accounting, automation and website connections you need.

Migration and recurring gifts

Gratona Sponsorships: Scope record and file mapping, test imports, reconciliation and payment continuity with the current and receiving processors. Payment transfer is not automatic.
REACH: REACH documents gateway options and a process for moving to REACHpay. For any move between platforms, confirm portability, fees, timing and donor action with both processors.

Subscription and support

Gratona Sponsorships: Sponsorships pricing is based on active commitments; more than 1,000 is custom priced. Events and Network have separate scope. Confirm onboarding and support in your proposal.
REACH: U.S. REACHpay plans list Sponsorships at $50/month, Essentials at $99 and Pro at $199. REACH lists unlimited donors, donations, users, sponsorships and forms. Confirm eligibility and support.

Processing

Gratona Sponsorships: Compare your written gateway and platform fee schedule, card and ACH mix, gift sizes and donor fee coverage.
REACH: The REACHpay pricing page lists 3.5% cards and 1% + $1 ACH; its knowledge base lists 3.25% cards. Confirm the rate that applies to your account.

Feature	Gratona Sponsorships	REACH
Best fit	Teams seeking sponsorship operations connected to donor stewardship, fundraising, trips and events across Gratona. Confirm the plan and implementation scope.	Teams seeking an established sponsorship and donor platform with a ready-made website, embeds, REACHpay and published plans.
Sponsors and recipients	Manage recipient records and sponsorship commitments; discuss shared sponsorship, availability, transfers and the reporting your program needs.	REACH documents sponsorship types, shares and recurring periods for children, families, projects and other programs. Test how shares and sponsor changes appear in your reports.
Donors and households	Connect donor and household context, gifts, notes, tasks and communications. Ask to see how your household giving and sponsorship relationships are reported.	REACH offers basic donor management on Sponsorships and full donor management on Essentials and Pro. Test household relationships and the reports you use.
Communication and stewardship	Use sponsor updates, segmentation and newsletters alongside relationship history and follow-up. Newsletter allowances vary by plan.	REACH lists donor communication, automations and text allowances; Essentials adds Conversations and custom email templates. Confirm your newsletter and correspondence workflow.
Trips and events	Mission Trips supports trip pages, participants, fundraising, requirements and reporting. Events is available on Gratona plans; it is not included in Sponsorships plans.	REACH lists fundraising campaigns and peer-to-peer tools. Confirm trip applications, family fundraising and event registration against your requirements; do not assume a separate trip system can be retired.
Fields, reports and reconciliation	Discuss custom fields, exports, scheduled reporting and accounting workflows; reproduce your real reports and reconcile sample gifts to deposits.	REACH offers custom forms, reports and a REACHpay payout reconciliation report. Confirm field mapping, report access and accounting exports for your plan.
Staff and field access	Roles and permissions are included. Multi-entity operations are custom-scoped through Gratona Network; demonstrate the boundaries each country or field team needs.	REACH lists admin permissions on Essentials and above. Test access to recipient information, communications and reports with each staff role.
Websites and integrations	Review your exact QuickBooks, Zapier and WordPress workflows, supported connection, direction of data and plan requirements before committing.	REACH offers website templates, embeds and integrations; API access is listed on Pro. Confirm the specific accounting, automation and website connections you need.
Migration and recurring gifts	Scope record and file mapping, test imports, reconciliation and payment continuity with the current and receiving processors. Payment transfer is not automatic.	REACH documents gateway options and a process for moving to REACHpay. For any move between platforms, confirm portability, fees, timing and donor action with both processors.
Subscription and support	Sponsorships pricing is based on active commitments; more than 1,000 is custom priced. Events and Network have separate scope. Confirm onboarding and support in your proposal.	U.S. REACHpay plans list Sponsorships at $50/month, Essentials at $99 and Pro at $199. REACH lists unlimited donors, donations, users, sponsorships and forms. Confirm eligibility and support.
Processing	Compare your written gateway and platform fee schedule, card and ACH mix, gift sizes and donor fee coverage.	The REACHpay pricing page lists 3.5% cards and 1% + $1 ACH; its knowledge base lists 3.25% cards. Confirm the rate that applies to your account.

When staying with REACH may make sense

If REACH already supports your sponsorship model, your staff know the workflows, and its website, payment and reporting tools meet your needs, staying can avoid the cost and disruption of a move. Its published plans, unlimited usage in several categories, and integrated REACHpay are meaningful strengths. Compare the cost of changing with the specific work a new system would improve.

Compare the whole cost, not just the percentage

A percentage-plus-fixed fee changes with gift size. Suppose 100 supporters each make a $39 card gift every month: that is 1,200 transactions and $46,800 per year. At 3.5%, processing would be $1,638 annually; at 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction, it would be $1,717.20. The lower percentage costs $79.20 more in this example because of the fixed fee. At $50 per transaction, the two rates are equal. These are illustrations, not quotes or a prediction of savings.

Use your actual number and size of card and ACH transactions, donor-covered fees and applicable gateway terms. Add subscriptions, modules, implementation, migration, storage, newsletter volume, support and tools you will keep. Compare first-year and ongoing costs for the same scope. REACH describes REACHpay as a single transaction fee; its separate third-party gateway surcharge should not be added to REACHpay.

Bring the same scenarios to both demos

Assign more than one sponsor to a child, change one commitment and send an update.
Trace a household gift and recurring payment through the donor record, report and bank reconciliation.
Register a family or individual for a trip, follow fundraising and requirements, and review an event registration.
Give a field colleague access to the right records and test a real report, website form and accounting handoff.
Review sample migration, recurring payment continuity, training, support and a written quote.

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How to evaluate the options

Test the complete sponsorship lifecycle

A public profile and checkout are only the beginning. Compare intake, availability, matching, recurring exceptions, communication review, transfers, privacy, and reporting with the same program scenario.

Price the same payment mix

Use the same monthly volume, average gift, card and ACH mix, donor-covered-cost behavior, gateway, subscription, onboarding, and integrations. REACH's current public sources show different card rates, so confirm the applicable rate in writing.

Choose the system that owns the work

Map which product will own recipient data, donor history, communication, staff tasks, fundraising activity, reporting, and exceptions after the first gift.

Customer proof

Accordus migrated sponsorship data without losing confidence in the details.

“My experience with [Gratona] has been outstanding. The support team has gone above and beyond every step of the way. I received exceptional support during our data migration, with hands-on guidance to ensure accuracy and continuity.”

Amanda Jones, Database Administrator, Accordus

This customer story documents data migration and connected donor and sponsorship operations in Gratona Sponsorships. It is not a head-to-head result against REACH.

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