1. Visit contribute.nycvotes.org/signup to sign up
As a reminder, your campaign will only have access to Contribute after registering with the CFB, which will take 24-48 business hours for new accounts.
2. Create your account
单击 For Candidates（对于候选人）选项卡，输入您在竞选财务委员会（Campaign Finance Board，CFB）注册时列出的电子邮件地址和唯一密码。只有候选人和财务主管才有资格获取 Contribute 账户。
最佳实践：候选人和财务主管都应该创建自己的 Contribute 账户，以接收来自 Contribute@nyccfb.info 的重要通讯。
3. 同意确认声明
请审查确认声明，并单击 I Agree（我同意）。
4. 激活您的帐户并连接到 Stripe
You will then receive an email, which will prompt you to activate your Contribute account by clicking a link. Once your account is activated, you must connect your Contribute account to Stripe, the credit card processor Contribute uses to direct funds to your bank account. Candidates who have run in the past must create a new Stripe account for each election.
After logging back into your Contribute account, click the Connect with Stripe button.
单击“Connect with Stripe（连接到 Stripe）”后，您将被重定向到创建 Stripe 账户的注册表。您的 Stripe 账户与您的 Contribute 账户是分开的，它将用于处理您的竞选团队在 Contribute 上收到的捐款，并将其存入您的竞选团队银行账户。您需要在注册表中输入的某些信息包括：
- Business Details: Enter your committee’s information in this section.
- Business type: Select “Nonprofit Organization”
- 法定企业名称：输入委员会的名称（向美国国税局（Internal Revenue Service，IRS）和竞选财务委员会（Campaign Finance Board，CFB）披露的名称）
- Employer Identification Number (EIN): Enter the number provided by the IRS
- 企业网站：如果您的委员会没有网站，您可以在此字段中填写contribution.nycvotes.org。
- Product description: "I am collecting contributions to support my candidacy for public office in New York City."
- Executive representative: The campaign’s Stripe account should be created by the candidate (strongly recommended), treasurer, or another campaign representative with significant managerial control. The individual who creates the account will be the Stripe account holder and will need to provide personal identifying information. (For example, home address and the last four digits of Social Security Number.)
- 客户支持地址：使用委员会的地址。
- 银行详细信息：输入您的委员会的银行账户号码和路由号码，为收到的捐款设置转账。您必须使用在竞选财务委员会（Campaign Finance Board，CFB）备案的同一个银行账户。
- Payout schedule: Select "Automatic every day."
- Public Details: In this section, you will be able to customize how contributions made to your campaign will appear on your contributors' bank statements.
- Statement descriptor: This is the "business name" that will appear on your contributors' bank statement. You should use the committee's name to avoid disputes over unrecognized transactions.
- 支持电话号码：输入一个可以用来联系您和您的竞选团队的电话号码。
- Review and submit: Review the information you've provided for business type, business details, public details, management and ownership, and payout details.
- Click Agree and submit.
5. Receive Contribute link
After creating your Stripe account, you will receive an email that confirms that your Contribute account has been connected to Stripe that contains your unique Contribute link. This link can be used for promotional materials, campaign flyers and mailings, and social media posts.
一旦您将您的 Contribute 账户连接到 Stripe，您的竞选团队就可以开始接收捐款。
最佳实践：让候选人或财务主管进行小额测试捐款（可能会进行匹配），并将其上传到 C-SMART。
