For community projects and fundraising teams
Benefit dinner registration with an optional extra contribution
Bring dinner reservations and project support into one clear invitation. Charge for every dinner guest, explain what the meal includes, and let people add an optional contribution to the work they want to support.
Starts free. No Stripe setup needed. Add payments when you are ready.
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One shared event. One easy registration.
A dinner with sixty places and a required $25 fee per attendee. The optional extra has a suggested $10 amount and applies once to the booking, not once to every guest.
Community Benefit Dinner
Join our community benefit dinner. Include every guest in your party size. Add the beneficiary, menu, accessibility details, and dietary question before sharing.
$25 per attendee · Optional $10 extra · 60 places
$25.00
Per attendee
60 attendee places in this example event.
Participants in this booking
Example total
$25.00
1 participant at the required per-person price, with any optional extra added once.
Illustration only. These choices do not reserve a place or take payment. All amounts are in US dollars.
Example prices are for illustration. Your event starter opens free, with no payment settings applied. Choose real dates and add payments separately if needed.
Included in this starter
- Public attendee names hidden
- A simple attendance reply
- Guest reminders enabled
Keep the useful structure. Change the details.
Edit the wording, dates, and limits in the event builder. Payment examples are not applied to your draft.
Connect the meal to the work
Explain what the evening makes possible.
A community meal program, a neighborhood project, or another clearly described beneficiary gives the invitation purpose. Use specific plans and a named contact instead of a vague fundraising promise.
Describe the dinner
Tell guests what their required fee includes and how to raise a dietary or access question before booking.
Describe the support
Explain the project and who receives the optional extra. A separate collection works for people who want to help without taking a dinner place.
Coordinate the team
Organization gives colleagues shared management and contacts. Keep dinner reservations, volunteer roles, and contribution records clear in your planning.
Cover the meal and invite support for the project
Charge for every dinner attendee, then add an optional contribution once per booking. Clear wording helps guests understand what is required and what they can choose.
Available on Free and Organization. Complete Stripe setup with an eligible US account to collect payments in US dollars. Organizers pay Stripe processing fees plus Signup Bubble’s 1% fee, with a $0.25 minimum and a $0.75 maximum per checkout.
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- 1
Confirm the beneficiary and receiving account
Explain the project the dinner supports and choose the correct personal or Organization Stripe connection. Shared fundraising teams can use an Organization workspace.
- 2
Review meals and capacity
The payment example charges $25 per attendee, allows groups, and limits attendance to sixty. Adjust those values to the venue, catering agreement, and actual budget.
- 3
Explain the optional support
Keep the suggested $10 extra separate from what dinner costs. Describe how the funds will be used without making tax or charitable-status claims the organizer has not established.
- 4
Review the guest experience
Add menu, dietary question, accessibility, date, contact, and refund information. Check totals for a group with and without an extra before saving and publishing.
Beyond the signup list
A small plan for a smoother day.
Use these example notes to think through the work before, during, and after your event.
Before opening
Agree on the dinner budget
Confirm meal costs, capacity, beneficiary wording, and the receiving account. Assign a contact for guest questions.
Before service
Use confirmed party counts
Give catering the number of dinner guests, not the number of payment records. Review unresolved reservations and dietary responses.
After the event
Report support clearly
Distinguish collected amounts, refunds, fees, and bank payouts when reviewing the results. Share the project update promised to supporters.
Example invitation
Give people the next useful detail.
Sample wording for your usual group channel. Review it before sharing.
Join our Community Benefit Dinner for $25 per attendee. Include everyone coming in your party size. You may add an optional contribution to support the project; the suggested $10 is added once to your booking. Two dinner places are $50, or $60 with that extra. Please review the menu, beneficiary, and refund information before paying.
A little more help
The next question, answered.
A few practical questions
Before you share your signup
Can guests skip the extra contribution?
Is the extra multiplied by the number of guests?
Can a supporter contribute without attending dinner?
Does Signup Bubble make the payment tax-deductible?
Do I need a paid plan to collect payments?
A useful place to start
Bring people together around a meal and a shared purpose.
Open an editable starter, review the details, and share one link when you are ready. Your guests can sign up without creating an account.