For dioceses
One approved provider your chancery can stand behind — and your parishes can adopt.
Stewardvine is built to earn approved-vendor status at the diocesan level. When your chancery vets Stewardvine once, that trust can cascade to every parish that wants it — with each parish remaining its own merchant of record.
Approved-vendor positioning
Vet once at the chancery. Let it cascade to the parishes.
Preferred-provider status
Winning one diocese's approved-provider status is the single most efficient step: it turns a parish-by-parish sales conversation into a simple, pre-approved choice for pastors and business managers.
Security questionnaire, welcomed
Stewardvine is willing to complete your diocesan vendor security questionnaire and to walk your risk and IT reviewers through the architecture in detail.
A diocesan DPA
Stewardvine will sign a diocesan Data Processing Addendum governing how parish and donor data is handled. Review the DPA.
Optional centralized visibility
Roll-up reporting — without custody of a single dollar.
Some chanceries want a consolidated view of contactless giving across parishes. Stewardvine can offer optional roll-up reporting, and it changes nothing about who controls the money.
- Each parish is its own merchant of record, with its own Square account. The diocese does not become a party to the parish's payments.
- Neither the diocese nor Stewardvine takes custody of parish funds. Funds settle directly from Square into each parish's own account — roll-up reporting is visibility, not a pooled account.
- Visibility is configurable, so the chancery sees what a parish agrees to share — reporting, not control.
The non-negotiable
Centralized reporting is a window, not a wallet.
The diocese can see agreed-upon figures across parishes. It never holds, routes, or has claim to the funds — and neither does Stewardvine.
Rollout & procurement
Structured for a multi-parish rollout and a fast procurement track.
Master agreement, per-parish order forms
A master agreement can be executed at the diocese level, with a short order form for each parish that opts in. Parishes join under terms the chancery has already reviewed, without renegotiating from scratch.
Procurement-friendly terms
Month-to-month or a short initial term, with a transparent per-parish annual cost, so a rollout stays on the fast track rather than stalling in committee. Exact terms: [to be finalized].
Certificate of Insurance
Stewardvine can name the parish and the diocesan civil entity as additional insured on a Certificate of Insurance. Coverage limits: [to be finalized]. before issuing.
Reconciliation your auditors expect
Parish-level exports tie line-by-line to each parish's Square deposit batches, aligned with the USCCB publication Diocesan Financial Management: A Guide to Best Practices. Consistent controls across every parish in the rollout.
Enterprise & RFP
A direct line to the founder.
Diocesan inquiries are not routed through a general queue. They go to a founder-led enterprise track, so security review, contracting, and rollout planning are handled by someone who can make decisions and answer for the architecture. If you have an RFP or a vendor questionnaire in hand, bring it.
- Vendor security questionnaire completed by Stewardvine
- Diocesan DPA signed — review the DPA
- Master agreement with per-parish order forms
- Certificate of Insurance naming the parish and diocesan civil entity as additional insured
- Optional roll-up reporting — no custody of parish funds
Diocesan rollout
Talk to the founder about a diocesan rollout.
Bring your questionnaire, your DPA, and your list of parishes. We will walk your chancery through the architecture and the numbers.