Four kinds of school group. One set of books built for each.
Pick the group you are
PTAs
The PTA-format annual financial report, budget amendments on the record, Form 990 mapping, and a Treasurer Transition Kit for the June handover. Free for councils and districts.
PTOs
An independent parent group answers to its own board and files its own 990. BeeKeeper gives a PTO the approvals, reports and year-end packet a council would have asked for — without the council.
Booster Clubs
One club raising money for every team, band, ensemble and academic program at the school. BeeKeeper keeps a balance, a budget and a page for each one, and lets the coach approve its expenses.
ASB & Schools
Associated student body accounting: a balance, budget and page per club, advisor-level approvals, invoice billing, and district-level oversight of every school under one agreement.
Accounting that runs itself, whichever group you are
Built for school groups. Free for 30 days, no credit card required.
What is actually different between them
A PTA sends the annual financial report up to its council and state. A PTO reports to its own board. A booster club reports to every coach, and an ASB to a district office. BeeKeeper produces the report each one actually asks for.
A PTA has one budget. A booster club has one bank account and a dozen teams that each want to know what is theirs. An ASB has clubs, activities and student deposits. Team accounting is what separates the booster and ASB plans from the PTA plan.
A PTA, PTO or booster club files its own 990-N or 990-EZ, and BeeKeeper maps the books to it all year. An ASB's money belongs to the district, which files its own return — so the ASB plan trades 990 support for invoice billing and district oversight.