# PTAs & PTOs: After-school enrichment your PTA volunteers can run in an evening

Source: https://backpr.com/solutions/ptas. Last updated: 2026-10-11.

URL: https://backpr.com/solutions/ptas

PTAs and PTOs use BackPR to offer after-school enrichment, collect fees and donations, and hand rosters to instructors, without a spreadsheet in sight.

Common problems:
- **Volunteers change every year:** Whoever ran enrichment last year has moved on, and the new committee starts over with a spreadsheet.
- **Money handling worries the treasurer:** Checks in envelopes, payment app transfers and refunds the treasurer has to reconcile by hand.
- **Every family should be able to join:** Scholarships need to be private and easy to apply.

How BackPR handles it:
- **An enrichment catalog in an evening:** List each class with its provider, days, grades and price. Copy everything to next term when it's time.
- **Payments the treasurer can reconcile:** Every payment, refund and payout in one report, with donations at checkout tracked separately.
- **Private scholarships:** Give families a private code for a free or reduced spot. No one else sees who used it.

Most-used features:
- Enrichment catalog by grade
- Class rosters for instructors
- Online payments
- Donations at checkout
- Private scholarship codes
- Waitlists
- Pickup lists
- Parent emails and reminders
- Treasurer reports
- Term rollover

PTAs and PTOs that are registered nonprofits use BackPR free.

**Is BackPR really free for our PTA?**
If your PTA or PTO is a registered nonprofit, yes: no subscription and no BackPR fees. Stripe's standard processing fee applies to online payments, and you can pass it on to families.

**Can we hand this over to next year's volunteers?**
Yes. Add new volunteers as staff, remove old ones, and copy last year's programs to the new term.