Built for fire companies
Your fire company runs on fundraisers.
Now they can run online.
Fish fries, boot drives, chicken BBQs, merchandise - Flint lets you accept payments and donations for all of it from a single shareable link. No monthly fees. No contracts. No website needed. Set up your first payment link in five minutes.
What you can do
Three ways fire companies use Flint
Whether you're passing the boot, selling fish fry tickets, or moving t-shirts, Flint gives you a payment page you can share anywhere - Facebook, email, text, or printed QR code.
Donations & drives
Set up a donation page with suggested amounts like $25, $50, or $100 - or let supporters give any amount. Perfect for boot drives, annual appeals, and memorial fund collections. Share one link on Facebook and you're live.
Event tickets
Sell tickets for your fish fry, chicken BBQ, pancake breakfast, gun raffle, bingo night, or golf outing. Set a capacity limit so tickets stop selling when you hit your number. Buyers get a confirmation email automatically.
Merchandise & calendar sales
Sell t-shirts, challenge coins, calendars, and fire company gear without building a website. Add your items with names, prices, and quantities. Supporters pick what they want, pay in one step, and you get a clear record of every order.
How it works in practice
Real scenarios from fire companies
Here's how fire stations are actually using Flint to make fundraising easier and collect more.
Friday night fish fry
Create an event link with ticket options - adult dinner, kids' meal, takeout platter. Set your capacity at 300 dinners. Share the link on your Facebook page Monday morning. By Thursday you know exactly how many dinners to prep, and you haven't answered a single phone call.
Annual boot drive
Print your donation link as a QR code on a card. When someone at the intersection wants to give but doesn't have cash, hand them the card. They scan, pick an amount, and donate from their phone. No cash box, no counting, no deposit run.
Apparatus fund campaign
Your engine needs replacing and you need to raise $50,000. Create a donation link with suggested amounts and share it in your newsletter, on Facebook, and at the fire hall. Every dollar is tracked - your treasurer can pull a report any time the board asks.
Holiday toy drive
Accept monetary donations for your toy drive alongside physical toy drop-offs. Supporters who can't make it to the station can give online in 30 seconds. You collect more donations because you've removed the barrier of showing up in person.
Why Flint
Why fire companies choose Flint
You're volunteers - you shouldn't need to become payment experts. Flint is simple enough for anyone in the company to use, and cheap enough that it doesn't eat into what you raise.
No monthly fees, no contracts
You only pay when you process a payment - a small percentage per transaction. No subscriptions, no minimums, nothing to cancel. Run one fundraiser a year or twenty - you only pay for what you use.
No website or app required
Every payment page is a shareable link. Post it on your Facebook page, text it to your members list, email it to supporters, or print it as a QR code and hang it at the station. That's it.
Anyone in the company can manage it
Volunteer officers rotate every year. Flint is simple enough that the next treasurer or fundraising chair can pick it up in five minutes - no training manual, no handoff headaches.
Automatic capacity limits
Set a ticket limit for your fish fry or chicken BBQ and sales stop when you're sold out. No overselling, no refunds, no awkward conversations at the door.
Clean records for your treasurer
Every transaction is tracked with a timestamp, amount, payer info, and payment status. When the board or auditor asks for a report, it's already there. No more chasing down receipts from the cash box.
Supporters pay from their phone
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay - whatever your supporters have. No app to download, no account to create. They tap the link, pay, and they're done.
Getting started
Up and running in five minutes
No technical knowledge required. If you can post on Facebook, you can set up Flint.
Create a free account
Sign up in under two minutes. No credit card, no code, no technical knowledge. Just your fire company's name and your bank account for deposits.
Build your payment link
Pick what you're collecting - donations, event tickets, or merchandise orders. Add your details, set your prices, and your payment page is ready. The whole thing takes about five minutes.
Share it and start collecting
Copy the link and post it on Facebook, text it to members, email it to your supporter list, or print the QR code. Payments go directly to your fire company's bank account.
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