Banking that runs the way your organization is actually governed.
Not a for-profit business account with your name on it — dues and canteen deposits, or donations and grant funds — restricted money kept separate from general operating cash, and signers who match your bylaws or board, not a generic "owner" field. Works the same whether or not you have a physical post.
However you gather, whatever you're funding
Banking that matches the community you actually run
Dues collected after a meeting, canteen sales, or donations and grant funds moving through a program — the account should reflect how your organization's community actually operates, not a generic "business" template with your name on it.
Built around how you actually run
What a veteran nonprofit needs from a bank
Dues, donations & program-fee deposits
An operating account that reflects how money actually comes in — post dues and canteen sales, or donations, grants, and program/retreat fees — without forcing it through a for-profit revenue template.
Restricted vs. general funds
Keep a building fund, a memorial fund, or a grant restricted to one program separate from general operating cash — savings sub-accounts your treasurer or bookkeeper can actually track, not one commingled balance.
Signers who match how you're governed
Commander, Quartermaster, and Trustees for a post; Executive Director and Board for a foundation — whoever your bylaws or board actually name as authorized. You tell us who signs; we don't guess or auto-route against a roster.
Credit card & POS processing
The canteen bar, event ticket sales, retreat registration, hall-rental deposits — the same real merchant-services team behind Post Guard's payment pillar, reviewed alongside your banking instead of a separate cold call.
How it works
Three steps, one relationship
Dues and canteen volume, or donation/grant cadence and program fees — whatever actually funds the mission.
Operating, restricted-fund savings, and card processing set up together — one relationship.
Whoever your bylaws or board actually name — officers or directors — get set up the way you're actually governed.
What actually changes
A nonprofit account vs. a for-profit template
Straight answers
What every organization asks
Yes. The account structure is the same whether money comes in as dues and canteen sales or as donations, grants, and program fees — what changes is how we set up the operating and restricted-fund accounts to match how you actually run.
We don't decide — you do. Whoever your bylaws or board name as authorized (Commander/Quartermaster/Trustees for a post, Executive Director/Board for a foundation) tells us directly. We don't verify against an external officer roster or auto-route based on title.
Yes — a building fund, memorial fund, or grant restricted to one program can sit in its own savings sub-account instead of one commingled operating balance your treasurer has to track by spreadsheet.
It's reviewed alongside your banking setup — the same real merchant-services team behind Post Guard's payment pillar — so you're not doing a second cold-call process for canteen or event-ticket processing.
No — it's the same real Business Banking checking, savings, and treasury product every VAB business customer gets. Nothing is removed or scaled back. What's different is how the accounts get set up and described: restricted-fund sub-accounts, signers that match your bylaws or board, and deposit categories that reflect dues, donations, and program fees instead of a generic sales ledger.
No — we don't set governance rules for your organization, and we don't require a specific count. However many people your bylaws or board name as authorized (one Commander, a three-person board of trustees, whatever your structure actually is) is how many get set up.
However you're governed.
Whatever you're funding.
Accounts, signers, and card processing set up the way your organization is actually run — not the way a for-profit template assumes.