For Boys & Girls Clubs

Your club, already looked after — before your day starts.

Lift the Cause is one connected platform for everything your club runs — members, donors, programs, money, and compliance, finally in one place. It watches the whole operation and surfaces what needs you — a failed payment, a background check about to lapse, a thank-you that's 40 days overdue — before you go looking. The rest, you just ask for, in plain words.

What it is

One platform that runs the admin — so you can run the mission and lift the cause.

Not five tools forced to talk to each other, but one connected system where members, donors, programs, and money are one linked record. It watches and surfaces what needs your attention — and when there's work to do, your team communicates in plain language, in a platform configured around how your club actually runs.

  • Nothing waits for you to find it

    The failed payment, the background check about to lapse, the thank-you that's overdue — surfaced every morning before you go looking, not buried in a report you have to remember to pull.

  • Built around how you work

    Every staff member gets their own view. When there's work to do, say it in plain language — the platform knows your people, your processes, and how your club runs. Deeply configurable, without an IT project.

  • One connected place

    A member, a donor, a gift, and a program are finally linked. No more keying the same family into three systems — or wondering which number is the right one.

Same platform. Your home screen.

The platform knows who you are the day you log in.

Every staff member starts with exactly what they need — surfaced before they have to ask for it. Not a generic dashboard. Not something the director has to configure. Just your work, ready.

Executive Director · Eastside Boys & Girls Club
Tuesday · June 21 · Good morning
Good morning, Maria.
Three things need your attention today.
⚠ Action needed
↳ I flagged this 8 days early so you have time to act before access is auto-held.

Background check expiring in 8 days

Tom Rivera works directly with members daily. Renewal takes 3–5 days — if it lapses, his access is automatically held.

Start renewal now →
◈ Fundraising
↳ Greenfield has been in your pipeline 47 days — they gave $10k last year. A follow-up draft is ready.

Annual Gala — 6 weeks out

$42,000 raised against an $85,000 goal. 18 of 30 sponsor tables confirmed.

View gala dashboard →
✓ Operations

Yesterday's attendance: 94 kids

97% of enrollment goal — strongest Tuesday in 6 weeks. Reading outcomes up 12% vs. last quarter.

View attendance report →
Tuesday · June 21 · 1:07 PM
Good afternoon, James.
After-school programming starts in 2 hours.
● Today
↳ Room 2 is double-booked 3–4 PM. I flagged it before check-in opens.

52 kids expected — check-in opens at 3:00 PM

4 staff on duty · 1 room conflict needs resolution

Resolve room conflict →
🚨 Safety

Custody restriction: Emma Rodriguez

Father NOT authorized for pickup today. Court order on file. Share with all staff before 3 PM.

View full restriction + photo →
⚠ This week
↳ Same issue hit your March Science Museum trip — reminder worked that time.

Field trip needs 3 more permission slips

Thursday's trip: 19 of 22 slips received. Trip is in 2 days.

Send reminder to 3 families →
Tuesday · June 21 · Good morning
Good morning, Aisha.
You have stories waiting to be told — and donors to reconnect with.
⚠ Lapsing
↳ I've been watching these 4 for 3 months. Robert Chen responds to a direct call, not email.

4 donors haven't been contacted in 90+ days

Robert Chen ($5,000 last gift, 14 months ago) leads the list. Combined prior giving: $18,200.

Review and send outreach drafts →
✨ Story ready
↳ I matched Marcus's outcome to the 3 donors who funded his program.

Marcus completed the reading program

3 personalized impact notes drafted and ready for your review. Two minutes to send.

Review and send impact notes →
◈ Gala

Gala is 6 weeks out — 62% of seats filled

Greenfield Corp's $15,000 table pledge is 30 days overdue. Follow-up draft ready.

Review Greenfield follow-up →
Tuesday · June 21 · Good morning
Good morning, David.
Billing cycle runs Friday. Three things to clear first.
⚠ Billing
↳ Flagged 3 days before the cycle so families have time to update before Friday.

8 families have failed payment methods

$3,240 at risk in Friday's billing run. Sending requests now gives families 3 days to fix.

Send payment update requests →
⚠ Grant
↳ I've tracked this grant's burn for 14 weeks. Pace accelerated in May — at this rate, funds run out before October.

After-school grant: 87% spent with 4 months left

Eastside Foundation grant ($75k): $9,750 remaining. Reallocation may be needed.

View budget and flag for reallocation →
⊞ AP Queue

3 vendor invoices awaiting approval

Oldest: 12 days (office supplies, $340). All within budget lines. Total pending: $1,820.

Review and approve all 3 →
Tuesday · June 21 · 3:18 PM · Check-in is live
34 of 52 expected kids are signed in.
Today's Check-in Board
34
Checked In
18
Expected
2
Flagged
MemberTimeStatus
Emma Rodriguez CUSTODY
3:02 PM
✓ Checked in
Marcus Thompson
3:05 PM
✓ Checked in
Jaylen Moore
3:09 PM
✓ Checked in
Sofia Rivera CUSTODY
Expected
Darius Williams
Expected
🚨 Custody alert

Emma Rodriguez: maternal pickup only today

Father (Carlos Rodriguez) is NOT authorized. Court order on file — his photo is in her profile.

What it replaces

Whatever you're running today — it's not running itself.

Most clubs land in one of two places. Both are costing more time and money than they should.

The fragmented stack
Vision MTS · Bloomerang · QuickBooks · more

Five or six tools, each doing one job and sharing nothing. Staff maintain the same family in three systems and wonder which number is right. The reconciliation between them is a person's whole week. The annual report is three exports assembled by hand.

The expensive "unified" platform
Per-module fees · Complex to configure · Still needs IT

Some platforms claim to replace the stack — and they do, sort of. Per-module pricing adds up fast. Setup takes months and often needs a consultant. "Unified" turns out to mean older products stitched under a new interface. Still complex. Still expensive. The operation still doesn't run itself.

Lift the Cause was built differently — from the ground up, on a modern stack, with AI and automation native from day one. One price. No per-module fees. More configurable, more automated, and more genuinely connected than anything else built for this sector.

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See it from your seat.

Whether you're the one running the day-to-day or the one signing off on the budget, here's where to look next.

The Platform

Twelve connected modules, one shared data model. Click through what each one does.

See the modules →

Who It's For

Executive directors, board members, staff, families, and donors all get something different out of this. See your view.

Find your role →

Pricing

About half what a club spends today, with no per-seat fees, ever.

See the numbers →
Building it with clubs, for clubs

If this looks like your week, we want to build it with you.

We're choosing a small group of founding club partners to shape Lift the Cause around how a club really runs — and to use it first.