Donation kiosks in the lobby

Unattended payment kiosks and readers let museums, theaters and arts nonprofits take payments around the clock without a staffed counter. Tap-to-give kiosks at the entrance and exit. Roots specifies the hardware, sets up processing and connects it to your back-office system.
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Payment solutions for museums, theaters & arts nonprofits

How each solution supports museums, theaters & arts nonprofits

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Retail

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Connect fundraising merchandise and charity-shop goods to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Square for Retail is Square's POS built to manage inventory, sales and customer data, which suits museums, theaters and arts nonprofits that stock and sell physical goods. Track gift-shop merchandise alongside admissions. Roots imports your catalog, sets up vendors and purchase orders, and configures house accounts so staff can start selling on day one.
  • Clean up and import your SKU catalog, variants and barcodes
  • Set up vendors, reorder points and purchase-order workflows
  • Configure house accounts and invoicing for repeat visitors, members and donors
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Square Kiosk

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Let customers select and pay for food orders at community cafes and fundraising events at a self-service ordering station. The Square Kiosk app lets customers order and pay on their own, so museums, theaters and arts nonprofits can serve more people with the same staff. Visitors buy tickets or order at the café from a kiosk. Roots configures the kiosk menu, modifiers and hardware placement and tests the flow before launch.
  • Design the kiosk menu and upsell prompts for museums, theaters and arts nonprofits
  • Plan device placement and help choose Square hardware
  • Test ordering, payment and receipt flows before go-live
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Square Point of Sale

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Bring donations, fundraising sales and program fees into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around donor references, campaign totals and program invoices. Square Point of Sale is free to download and turns a phone or tablet into a point of sale, so museums, theaters and arts nonprofits can take admissions, memberships, gift shop sales and donations in person. Sell timed admissions and walk-up tickets at the desk. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, helps you choose a plan, configure items and staff access, and train your team.
  • Recommend the right Square plan and devices for how museums, theaters and arts nonprofits actually take payments
  • Build the item library for admissions, memberships, gift shop sales and donations, with taxes, discounts and categories set up correctly
  • Configure team permissions, receipts and reporting, then train staff and volunteers
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Square Gift Cards

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Offer gift cards redeemable toward donations, fundraising sales and program fees and track purchased and redeemed balances. Square Gift Cards let museums, theaters and arts nonprofits sell physical and digital gift cards that customers redeem like any other form of payment. Sell gift cards for admissions and the shop. Roots sets up gift card designs, online sales and staff procedures.
  • Plan gift card offers and seasonal campaigns
  • Set up eGift sales on your website
  • Train staff on selling and redeeming cards
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Recurring Billing

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Schedule and manage payments for monthly giving and recurring membership contributions, including renewals and customer account balances. Museum and arts memberships renew automatically through saved-card or bank payments. Roots configures renewal schedules, card updating, reminders and payment records, alongside separate one-time ticket, retail and donation checkout.
  • Design payment plans (including 10-month or 12-month) for visitors, members and donors
  • Set retry, dunning and late-fee rules
  • Sync recurring payments to your accounting or management system
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Donation Processing

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Organize one-time and recurring contributions, with campaign or program references connected to donor references, campaign totals and program invoices. Online giving lets museums, theaters and arts nonprofits accept one-time and recurring gifts by card, digital wallet and ACH, with receipts donors can use at tax time. Receipts show the deductible portion when membership benefits are included. Roots sets up giving forms, fee-coverage options and reporting, and connects them to your donor records.
  • Build giving forms and campaign pages
  • Set up receipts with the IRS acknowledgment language donors need
  • Connect gifts to your donor database or accounting
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Unattended Payments

For museums, theaters & arts nonprofits: Build self-service checkout for donations, fundraising sales and program fees at kiosks, stations or access points that operate without a staffed counter. Unattended payment kiosks and readers let museums, theaters and arts nonprofits take payments around the clock without a staffed counter. Tap-to-give kiosks at the entrance and exit. Roots specifies the hardware, sets up processing and connects it to your back-office system.
  • Specify kiosk hardware and placement
  • Integrate with your account or giving system
  • Monitor devices and support them after launch

Unattended Payments questions

Questions nonprofit administrators ask about payments.
Customers complete payment at a machine or self-service station without staff running checkout. Roots helps plan the device, payment integration and reporting.
We plan transaction status, receipt delivery and exception handling so customers and operators have a clear resolution process.
Bring your machines, customer flow, connectivity and exception-handling process. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for museums, theaters & arts nonprofits and prepare a clear setup scope.
Request a quote for your business and the setup you need. We review the scope and costs with you before you proceed. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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