Payouts

How your money flows

Run This uses Stripe, the payment platform behind millions of businesses, to move money safely. When an athlete registers, their payment routes to your event's payout account automatically — your event receives exactly your listed price, with the processing fee paid by the registrant on top — and it becomes available for payout once Stripe finishes settling it (typically a couple of business days). Payout settings live in your event's director dashboard under Payments, and the choice is per event: one payout account can back every race you put on.

Two ways to get paid

• Bank account payout (most directors). No Stripe account needed. You fill out one secure form — your identity and the bank account that should receive money (a legal requirement on every registration platform) — and you're done. Payouts arrive by direct deposit, and Run This is the only dashboard you ever use.
• Your own Stripe account. For organizations that already use Stripe or want a direct relationship with it. You get your own Stripe dashboard alongside Run This.

Setting up

1. Open your event's Payments page

   Director dashboard → Payments (under Manage event).

2. Pick a method

   Choose bank payout or Stripe account. If you already set up a payout account for another event, connect it with one click instead.

3. Complete the secure form

   Stripe verifies your details (usually quickly) and brings you back. The status card shows Ready when the event can take money.

Who can see payout settings

Each event has a single payments manager — by default, whoever created the event. Only they (and Run This support) can view or change payout settings, see transactions, or issue refunds. Co-directors see a locked panel instead. The manager can hand the role to a co-director from the Payments page.

The Event Organizer Agreement

Every event accepts the Event Organizer Agreement before its dashboard can be used — you'll be prompted the first time you open it, and again at renewal if the agreement has changed. The money-related highlights: your organization is responsible for its own taxes on event proceeds (a 1099-K is issued when the IRS requires it); processing fees are non-refundable; payouts go only to the bank account verified during payout setup; and chargebacks on your registrations are resolved against your event's funds.

Nonprofit verification

Pricing is the same flat rate for every event (see runthis.run/pricing) — and donations already carry the lowest fee platform-wide. What verification unlocks is tax-deductible donations: if donations to your event go to a 501(c)(3), submit the organization's legal name and EIN on the Payments page — optionally with your IRS determination letter — and once Run This verifies it, donor receipts can include tax-deduction language.

Managing money in Run This

Whichever method you choose, you manage the money inside Run This. Your Finance insights page is the money view — what your event has taken in, donations, and fees as registrations roll in; and you issue refunds from the Registrations roster. Payouts to your bank are handled automatically by the payment processor on its own schedule.

Refunds

When you refund a registrant, you choose how much to give back — up to everything they paid. The processing fee is non-refundable, so the refunded amount comes out of your event's funds.