For boards & treasurers

The Patron Press: the model on one page

What it does. Local businesses pay for placements in a printed booklet, wall calendar or poster that your organization hands out. The money pays for the printing, and what's left over goes to your organization.

Money

• The intended live model sends sponsor payments to the organization's own payment account, without pooling funds. Direct settlement is not yet verified; current payment records are test-mode records.
• The platform fee is 15% of paid cash sponsor placements, taken at the time of payment.
• There's no fee on donations, adoption fees, grants or in-kind support.
• Print invoices separate print cost, shipping and the platform's print margin. Mixam purchases and order submissions are locked; real print prices are available for booklets and posters; shipping, tax and frozen-edition quotes remain unverified.
• The treasurer screen summarizes recorded test transactions and supports CSV export; it does not verify live settlement.

What staff do

Staff pick a template, swap in their words and photos, choose local businesses, approve every placement and lock the final file. Outreach drafts and accounting tools are available; live email delivery, payments and print fulfillment are still pending. Shelter care guidance is drawn from cited associations and organizations, not individual medical advice, and remains draft until source verification is complete.

If something goes wrong

Delay and shortfall tools let sponsors choose to wait where available, consent to a donation, or request a full refund. The 30-day backstop and fee reversals currently operate on test records only; live refunds and email notifications require service setup. Covering a shortfall is an explicit choice by your organization, never an obligation.

General information, not tax or legal advice.