Membership management software
One membership management system for records, payments, and chapter structure, replacing spreadsheets and a patchwork of separate tools.
- Manage registration, profiles, membership fees, and chapter permissions in one place
- Scale from a single local chapter to a national federation
- Import existing member records in bulk
Built for associations, nonprofits, professional bodies, and multi-chapter organizations.
Membership features at a glance
| Member records | Members (login accounts) and contacts (no login), converted via a single action, with history preserved |
|---|---|
| Membership fees | Fixed cycle set by your organization, with proration for mid-cycle joins; national and local fees charged and processed independently |
| Directory | List, gallery, and map views; filterable by fee status, account status, chapter, or interest; every export logged |
| Chapter membership | One home chapter, plus optional secondary chapters, transferable with admin approval |
| Renewal reminders | Configurable automatic reminders (e.g. one month before, seven days before, on the renewal day, and after a lapse) |
| Member types | Custom, defined by your organization, not a fixed list |
| Duplicate handling | Automatic detection based on matching name, email, or phone; merge tool with a 30-day rollback |
The membership system for
Orgs leaving legacy systems
Existing member records and payment history come over in one import, not a fresh start.
Chapters that need autonomy
Each chapter runs its own registration and admin, while national leadership keeps oversight across all of them.
Admins who want oversight
Financial, HR, or event admins each see only the tools and data relevant to their role.
Everything you need to manage your members
Registration & onboarding
Orgo supports more than one way for a new member to join, and your organization chooses which of these to enable.
New members can join in more than one way, and your organization chooses which to enable:
- Your organization's public registration form
- An invitation link sent by an existing member
- A formal application an admin reviews and approves, if your organization requires it
If your organization has more than one chapter, members can choose their chapter directly on the registration form.
If your organization has more than one member type, such as members and volunteers, each type can get its own registration form with its own questions.
Your organization can add its own required and optional fields to the registration form, on top of the standard ones.
After signing up, new members verify their email, select their groups, and complete their profile through a guided first-login flow with a progress bar showing what's left.
Members can sign in with:
- A one-time password sent to their email (the most common option)
- Google, Microsoft, Facebook, or Apple
- A standard email and password
Member profiles & data
Orgo stores each member's standard details, custom fields, and role history in a single profile, shared between the member and your organization.
A member's profile includes fields such as name, email, phone, age, town, and profession, plus any custom fields your organization defines.
Members can restrict which of these are visible to other members versus admins only, field by field, though only within limits an admin has already set; members can narrow visibility further, not expand past it.
Your organization defines its own member types rather than choosing from a fixed list, for example member, volunteer, and supporter for a community group, or full member, associate, and student for a professional association. Each type can carry its own required profile fields.
A parent who is already a member can create a child account from their own profile, rather than the child registering independently. Your organization sets a minimum age below which a child cannot self-register, and child accounts link to the parent's automatically.
Orgo detects likely duplicate member records automatically, based on matching names, emails, or phone numbers, and suggests them for review. Merging combines two records into one, letting you choose which data to keep, and the merge can be rolled back for up to 30 days.
Member directory & search
Orgo gives your organization a searchable member directory instead of a flat list or spreadsheet.
The member directory can be shown in three views:
- List
- Gallery of profile cards
- Map, with members located by pin
You can choose not to display the full directory to everyone, depending on how open you want member visibility to be.
Members can be found by:
- Searching by interest or industry
- Filtering by fee-paid status, account status, or chapter
Member data is fully accessible and owned by your organization. Admins with sufficient permissions can export it at any time.
Every export of member data is logged, so admins can see who exported what and when.
Membership fees & payments
Orgo collects membership fees through Stripe or bank transfer and tracks who has paid from a single dashboard.
Members can pay in two ways:
- By card through Stripe, in more than 120 currencies
- By bank transfer, tracked manually
Membership fee cycles are configurable to fit your organization:
- Monthly, annual, multi-year (e.g. every two years), or lifetime (one-time)
- Different member types can run on different cycle lengths within the same organization
- Cycle start and end dates are configurable, not fixed to the calendar year (e.g. October to September)
- Prorated payments are available for members who join partway through a cycle
If your organization has multiple chapters, you can charge fees in two ways:
- A national fee and a separate chapter-level fee, each processed independently through its own Stripe account
- One combined payment, automatically split between local and national at a set percentage
Roles & permissions
Orgo assigns admin access through distinct roles rather than a single all-powerful admin account, and each role can be scoped to your whole organization, a parent-level grouping, or one chapter.
Admin access in Orgo is split across multiple customizable roles rather than one shared login, so different admins can be limited to only the tools and data relevant to their part of your organization.
Each role can be scoped to:
- Your whole organization
- A parent grouping of chapters
- A single chapter
This lets you give local admins control over their own chapter without exposing other chapters' member or financial data.
Member lifecycle & renewals
A member's status changes as they move through your organization, and Orgo tracks this automatically.
Orgo tracks four member statuses:
- Active
- Unapproved
- Inactive - login kept, but the member is prompted to reactivate
- Suspended - access blocked immediately
Status changes access only, never a member's underlying profile or role data.
Orgo sends configurable renewal reminders automatically:
- One month before an annual fee is due
- Seven days before
- On the renewal day itself
- A follow-up about a week after, if still unpaid
Recurring payments also get automatic confirmation or failure emails.
You can put new applicants on a waiting list with priority tiers (high, normal, low) and self-removal enabled by default. When space opens, an admin approves entries individually or in bulk, which sends the applicant an invitation to register.
“With an organization of 8,000 members and more than 80 chapters coordinated almost exclusively by volunteers, Orgo is at the heart of our digitisation process, allowing us to focus on our mission - learning by doing, nature, and personal development.”
Andrei Avram
President, Romanian Scouts
Membership management FAQ
Membership management software is a system that stores member records, tracks who has paid, and manages an organization's structure in one place, replacing spreadsheets and separate tools for payments, communication, and record-keeping. Most organizations adopt one once manual tracking across spreadsheets and email becomes too error-prone or time-consuming to keep current.
Moving member records out of a spreadsheet usually means exporting to CSV, mapping the existing columns to the new system's fields, and importing in bulk rather than re-entering records by hand. The time this takes depends mostly on how clean the existing spreadsheet is, since duplicate or inconsistent entries need resolving before or after import.
No. Membership databases commonly distinguish between members who have a login account and contacts who are tracked without one, such as a donor or a family member who isn't a direct member. Organizations can convert a contact into a full member later without losing their existing history.
Organizations commonly charge different membership fees by defining separate member categories, such as standard members, students, or volunteers, each with its own price. This lets a single system handle a student discount and a standard adult fee without manual fee tracking outside the platform.
Yes. Orgo supports bulk CSV import, so you upload a file, map your columns to Orgo's profile fields, and import in one step. You can also add custom fields first, so no data tracked in your old system gets left out.
See our data privacy page for details on data hosting, encryption, and GDPR compliance.
Orgo flags likely duplicate member records automatically, based on matching names, emails, or phone numbers, and suggests them for review. Merging combines the records into one, and the merge can be rolled back for up to 30 days if needed.
Yes. A member has one home chapter, but can also hold membership in one or more secondary chapters, for example if they have moved or split time between locations. Moving between chapters happens through a transfer request that an admin can approve.
Both are configurable. Organizations define their own member types rather than choosing from a fixed list, and each type can carry its own required profile fields and its own fee.
See Orgo on your own membership
- 1 Pick a 30-minute slot. You talk to the people who built Orgo, not an account executive working from a script.
- 2 We set up Orgo on your real organization during the call and configure your membership types, dues, and renewal rules.
- 3 You keep the sandbox to evaluate with your team, plus a written plan for migrating the data you already have.
Related features
Member journey & tenant configuration
Every registration, onboarding, and profile-setup switch, mapped step by step.
Learn moreMulti-chapter management
The chapter-level structure this page assumes throughout.
Learn moreMembership management for nonprofits
The closest matching organization archetype.
Learn morePermissions documentation
Technical depth on the roles and permission-scope model.
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