Nonprofits, schools, universities, and healthcare providers handle sensitive payments on tight budgets. Paytia delivers the same PCI protection the big banks use, at a price that fits a mission-led organization.
Who we work with
Nonprofits, schools, and healthcare providers face the same PCI DSS rules as a Wall Street bank. The card brands don't care that you're a registered 501(c)(3) or an under-funded school district. If a volunteer takes a donor's card number over the phone, your telephony and your donor database are in scope.
And you're running on budgets and teams that weren't built for enterprise compliance. No in-house QSA. No pen-testing line item. Often no dedicated IT team at all. You need the same protection the big players use, at a price that doesn't eat into the work you're actually here to do.
A breach in this sector isn't just a cost. It's a state attorney general inquiry into your charity registration, a HIPAA notification for healthcare providers, a FERPA incident for schools, and a trust hit with donors, parents, or patients — the exact people whose confidence you depend on to operate.
Paytia sits between your phone and your payment gateway. When a donor gives over the phone, a parent pays a school field trip fee, or a patient settles a bill, they enter their card on their own keypad while still talking to your team. The keypad tones are masked in real time. Your volunteer, teacher, or front-desk staffer hears nothing identifiable. The card data goes straight to the gateway — it never touches your donor database, your student information system, or your patient management system.
Donor attribution stays intact. IRS-compliant receipting still flows. Student records still match the transaction. Patient billing still reconciles. The only thing that changes is where the card number lives — and it doesn't live with you any more.
Pricing is scaled to your size. A small community nonprofit pays a small community price. A national fundraising operation pays for the volume it handles. You get the same PCI DSS Level 1 platform the big financial firms use, priced for the sector you're actually in.
Different missions, same constraint: tight budgets, high trust, and card data that doesn't belong in your systems.
501(c)(3) charities, fundraisers, foundations, and community organizations. Keep donor card data out of your systems while preserving donor attribution, IRS receipting, and Form 990 reporting.
K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and school districts. Take tuition, trip fees, and fundraising payments without dragging FERPA-covered student information systems into PCI scope.
Private practices, clinics, dental offices, and healthcare groups. Protect patient card data with the same rigor HIPAA demands of patient records — BAA available where needed.
SAQ A
From SAQ D (329 → 22)
Scaled
Pricing to org size
Zero
Card data in your records
BAA
Available for healthcare
Yes. We work with nonprofits of every size — from national fundraising operations down to single-site community organizations. There's no hardware to install and no in-house PCI knowledge needed. Our team handles the setup, walks your board through the compliance angle, and provides ongoing support.
Almost certainly. Paytia plugs into your existing payment gateway, so whatever system records the donation, the tuition payment, or the patient bill keeps working exactly as it does today. We've sat alongside Salesforce NPSP, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge, Bloomerang, school SIS platforms, and most patient management systems.
It doesn't. Paytia only changes how the card details are captured — not how the donation is recorded, attributed, or receipted. Your donor database still gets the transaction and the donor record exactly as it does now. Form 990 reporting, charitable contribution receipts, and state attorney general charity registrations all continue unchanged.
Paytia only touches payment data, not patient or student records. Because the card details go straight to your gateway without crossing your systems, there's no overlap with HIPAA-protected PHI or FERPA-protected education records. For mixed healthcare or education environments handling sensitive data, that separation is the thing most providers are looking for. We'll sign a Business Associate Agreement where any incidental PHI is in play.
Yes. We scale pricing to the size and transaction volume of the organization. A small community nonprofit pays a lot less than a national fundraiser, and a single-site school pays a lot less than a multi-district system. The platform is the same — the pricing meets you where you are.
Book a demo sized for your organization. Pricing scales to your mission, not to enterprise budgets you don't have.