№ 01Community association
5 / 5
“Revenue from membership sales and renewals increased, and we save a significant amount of staff time and paperwork. The customer service is outstanding and the team at Communal continues to add helpful features.”
Membership Software for Neighborhood Associations
Membership software for neighborhood associations that run on voluntary dues. Households join through an online sign-up form, pay by card, and get a reminder when it is time to renew, so the membership drive no longer lives in one volunteer's spreadsheet.
- An online sign-up form with your own questions, answers saved to each member
- Resident dues shown only to addresses inside your neighborhood boundary
- Block parties, cleanups and meetings with registration and volunteer shifts
What a neighborhood association board usually needs
Collect dues online
Neighbors join or renew by card, and the payment lands on their household's record instead of in a shoebox of checks.
Know which households are current
See who has paid this year, who lapsed and who is on auto-renew before the annual meeting, without asking the membership chair.
Run neighborhood events
Registration and payment for the block party happen on the same system as dues, so members get the member price without a code.
Fill volunteer shifts
Neighbors pick a shift from a link, and you can see which slots are still empty a week before the cleanup.
Powering 500+ community organizations
Neighborhood association software for dues, events and volunteers
Household records, dues payments, event signups and volunteer shifts share one member list. When you email the neighborhood, you can pick everyone with a current membership, everyone registered for the block party, or everyone signed up for a shift.
Choosing resident, household, and supporter labels? Our membership level name ideas guide can help you settle on names that neighbors understand right away.
Household memberships
One household membership can cover the family members on the account, so you track dues by household instead of chasing each person.
An online sign-up form
Add your own questions to the membership sign-up, like street name or volunteer interests. Answers are saved to the member's record.
Resident and supporter dues
Draw your neighborhood boundary on a map. Resident dues show only to addresses inside it, and everyone else sees the supporter option.
Renewal reminders
A reminder email goes out a set number of days before each membership expires, with optional follow-ups on the expiry date and after it lapses.
Neighborhood events
Take registrations for the fall festival, the annual meeting or the garden tour, with a member price and a guest price.
Volunteer shifts
Post shifts for the cleanup or the block party and let neighbors sign up online instead of replying to a group email.
Neighborhood dues without mailed checks
Households join or renew online and pay by card through Stripe. The board can see who is current, who has lapsed and who has switched on auto-renew.
- One household membership that covers the family members on the account
- Payment history the outgoing treasurer does not have to hand over
- Board members get their own login and manager role, no shared password
Block parties, cleanups and annual meetings
Each event gets a registration page with a capacity limit and your own questions. Members pay the member price, and neighbors who have not joined yet pay the guest price.
- Capacity limits and your own form questions
- A member price and a guest price on each event
- Signup list you can export for the check-in table
Volunteer shifts that don't live in someone's inbox
Post the shifts, share the link and let neighbors pick a time. Volunteers clock in and out, so when it is time to thank people you already know who put in the hours.
- Shifts with a set number of spots
- Reminders 6 to 48 hours before each shift, once you switch them on
- Hours by volunteer for any date range
See how community organizations use Communal
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Read Case Study →500+ community organizations use Communal to run memberships, events, and board operations.
Book a walkthrough and bring your dues amounts and current member list. We'll show you what joining would look like for your neighbors.
Book a DemoGuides for neighborhood associations
Renewal emails, naming your membership levels, volunteer scheduling and more, written for neighborhood boards.
Renewals
Membership Renewal Email Templates
Ready-to-use renewal messaging ideas for associations that need more members renewing without more manual effort.
Read guide →OperationsHow to Automate Membership Renewals
A practical look at what to automate and what to keep personal when your board has limited time.
Read guide →RetentionMembership Retention Strategies
Ways neighborhood groups can keep people engaged between renewals, meetings, and community events.
Read guide →Buying guideMembership Software for Nonprofits
How to compare software when your organization is member-based but still runs events, payments, and volunteer work.
Read guide →Planning guideMembership Level Name Ideas
75+ membership tier naming ideas for neighborhood associations and community groups.
Read guide →VolunteersVolunteer Scheduling Software
What helps neighborhood boards coordinate shifts and volunteers without a messy chain of emails.
Read guide →TrackingVolunteer Hour Tracking Software
How to keep better records of neighborhood contributions and recurring volunteer help.
Read guide →Frequently asked questions about neighborhood association software
Neighborhood association software keeps your member list, dues, events and volunteers in one place instead of a spreadsheet, a payment app and a paper sign-up sheet. In Communal, households join online, pay by card and get a reminder when it is time to renew.
Yes. Your membership page works as the sign-up form: people choose a membership, create an account, answer any questions you add and pay. The answers are saved to their member record, so nobody copies form responses into a spreadsheet. See custom registration forms.
Yes. Residents join or renew online, pay by card through Stripe, and the payment is recorded on their household or membership record.
Each membership type sends a reminder email a set number of days before it expires, with optional emails on the expiry date and after it lapses. Members can also switch on auto-renew and be charged on their saved card. See automated membership renewals.
Yes. Draw your boundary on a map and tie the resident plan to it. Communal checks each address at sign-up, so only people inside the line can buy that plan, and everyone else sees the plans you leave open, such as a supporter membership. See region-specific memberships.
Households, yes. There is no separate voting checkbox; most associations make voting its own membership plan, often tied to the neighborhood boundary. The plan then shows who can vote, and the member export lists each person's plan and status for the annual meeting.
Yes. Each board member gets their own login and only the manager roles they need, such as Membership, Finance or Reporting, so nobody shares a password.
The records stay in Communal. New board members get a login and see the member list, payment history and past events the last board left behind.
Yes. Communal starts at $75/month for up to 250 members, priced by member band rather than per member. Event registration is the Programs & events add-on (+$50/month). View pricing for current details.
It is the same product with a different focus. This page is about voluntary dues and neighborhood events for US neighborhood associations. Associations that also run programs or rent a hall should see community association software, and Canadian community leagues and residents' associations should see resident and neighbourhood association software.
From teams who stopped taping tools together.
Community associations, rec centers, and member-based nonprofits across North America moved to Communal when their spreadsheet, booking calendar, and payment system stopped keeping up.
№ 02Switched providers
5 / 5
“My experience with the software and the team has been overwhelmingly positive. We switched from another provider and the difference was night-and-day!”
№ 03One application
5 / 5
“We are finally able to communicate with our members, run booking software and a program payment platform all in one application. The cost to our Community is very reasonable and the team is fantastic to work with.”
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