Knights of Columbus Council Hosting

Our custom built council website system was designed and built by a Past Grand Knight with every council's needs in mind. Built on the Wordpress platform, our council sites are stable, secure, reliable, and packed with features specially designed for councils.

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Already using our Hosting Platform for your Council website? Consider telling a friend about our service and encourage them to sign their council up by using the form below.

  • You do not have to include your council number, but it may help your recipient understand where you are from.
  • This is optional but makes the message seem more personal.
  • Your friend will be sent an email that explains the basics of our hosting platform. However, a personal message is always nice. If you enter a message here it will be inserted at the top of the email.

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Please visit our live demo council site. It is fully functional and ready for your review.
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Why our Platform?

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Plans and Pricing

Our KofC Hosting Platform is available in three different packages. We also offer a 30 Day Free Trial.
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  • This plan includes a ready made Knights Site without a custom domain name.
  • Monthly Plans Available
  • Instant Setup
  • Easy Management
  • Collect Dues Online*
  • Event and Tickets System*
  • Private Members Area
  • Powerful Forms System
  • Automatic Daily Backups
  • Secure SSL Certificate**
  • Use our knights.church domain
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  • This plan also includes a free custom domain name or transfer and 2 email boxes.
  • Initiate Plan plus...
  • Free Custom Domain
  • 2 Free Email Boxes***
  • Yearly Plans Only
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  • Advanced Email
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  • This plan includes everything in the Shield Plan plus your choice of either 1 G Suite**** Email and Productivity Account or 6 Standard Email Accounts*****.
  • Shield Plan plus...
  • 2 Free Email Boxes
  • G Suite Email and Apps (1 User) or 6 Full Email Accounts
  • Additional G Suite users for US$60/yr each
  • or Additional Email Accounts for US$6 /yr/ea
  • Yearly Plans Only
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*Dues and Ticket payment requires separate registration with our payments processor. Click here for more information.
**SSL certificate activation may take up to 5 days after registration/transfer of your custom domain. In the meantime you can use your knights.church domain for secure access.
***Free email is only available if you host your domain name with us. Transfer is included free. Email boxes may have multiple address associated with them. Basic email accounts have a 200mb limit.
****G Suite includes one user/mailbox and is powered by Google. Multiple email addresses can be assigned. Additional users are available at cost. Domain registration with us is not required.
*****Standard email accounts (Supreme Plan) are available regardless of whether you register or transfer your domain to us and include 5GB of space each.

All prices are based in USD. If you place your order in CAD, we reserve the right to adjust your renewal price based on changes in exchange rates. Your credit card will be billed in the currency you select.

Turn Key Council Site

Designed and developed by a Past Grand Knight, your ready out of the box site is designed specifically for Knights of Columbus Councils.

Ready
Your site is ready to go instantly. It takes less than 30 minutes to enter your council information and have a website for your council.
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Council Information
Update your council information from one page and see it changed across your site instantly.
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Members' Area
The members' area lets you post minutes, finances, or other information for members only.*
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Minutes Generator
You can upload your minutes in PDF, or use our built in generator to create your minutes for you!
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Built on Wordpress
The most used content management system in the world provides the backend to our system.
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Contact Forms
A powerful form system allows easy contact with your council, membership inquiries, and more. Create bursary applications and other custom forms too!
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Event Calendar
The event calendar can show all the details of your council events and lets you sell free or paid tickets.**
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Dues System
Built in dues collection system allows your members to pay with a credit card. **
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Memoriams
Easily create a perpetual memorial for your council's deceased brothers.
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Prayer Requests
Visitors can submit confidential prayer requests for your council to raise up at meetings.
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New
Sponsor System
Generate revenue for your council by selling sponsorships to local businesses and display them on your council website.***
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Email System
Our Enterprise grade email system allows you to send newsletters, minutes, birthday greetings and more to your members with confidence they will be deliver.
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Awards
Easily publish your Knight and Family of the month.
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Fraternal Survey
Members can submit their Fraternal Activity Survey online. Your executive can see the most recent cumulative results by year.
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Questions
Have questions about our service? Feel free to send us a message, and we will be happy to answer them for you.
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*Members' area requires import of members' names, emails, and membership numbers.
**Payment services are provided by Stripe. A separate account will be required. Instructions for opening an account can be found in our help section.
***A Stripe account is required to activate the sponsorship system. Additional fees apply for use of this system.

Powerful Hosting

Secure
Our servers run on the most recent platforms and updated daily.
All websites are secured with a free SSL Certificate to protect your confidential data.
QualysSSL Labs gave us an A.
Fast and Powerful
Built on cloud technology our servers are both fast and powerful.
They are also scalable to so we can increase resources during peak times.
Backups
Our system has multiple backup procedures.
Each site and server is backed up at least once every 24 hours.
Backups are stored in multiple locations for maximum redundancy.
Monitored
Our servers are monitored 24/7 for uptime, and security issues.
We are notified within 2 minutes of any decrease in availability.

Payment System

The ability to sell tickets and collect dues online greatly enhances any council's ability to serve their community.

Dues Payments

Your members can pay their annual membership dues quickly and easily online. They receive a receipt, and your Financial Secretary receives the payment notification.

Tickets

You can sell tickets to dinners, breakfasts, carnivals, and any other event your council hosts. Guests receive a printable ticket and you receive a master list.

Deposits

All payments received are batched together and deposited weekly into your council bank account. All fees are deducted before the deposit is made.
Stripe
Stripe is a secure online payments platform that is integrated into your council web platform. You will need to open a separate account with Stripe before you can accept payments online. Our dashboard will walk you through this process.

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Processing Fees
Stripe charges $0.30+2.9% per transaction.
Grassroots Hosting collects an additional 0.1% on dues payments and 0.5% on ticket sales. These fees cover our costs in maintaining the security and functionality of the system.
Grassroots Hosting collects a fee equal to 25% for all Sponsorships sold. This includes the standard Stripe fees.
No Setup or Monthly Fees.
All fees are subject to change at any time.

Dashboard

Easy to Use
Add news items, create events, update your executive officers' information and much more with just a few simple steps.
Multiple Users
You control who has the ability to update, add, or edit content on your site. Designate as many members as editors or administrators as you wish.
Beautiful Design
The dashboard is a bright, vibrant, and intuitive system. It will help you do what you need to do quickly and efficiently.
Managed Template
Each site runs on our powerful template system. If we make a change, correction, or update, your site will automatically be updated.
Help System
Your dashboard includes a getting started guide and we have a comprehensive help guide available. You can access it from within the dashboard or directly!
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Council Web Address

Knights.Church
All sites will receive a Knights.Church address with your council number such as 0001.kights.church.
Custom Domain
You can also upgrade your plan and add a custom council domain such as yourcouncilname.com or transfer your existing domain name.
Pricing
Receive a free .com domain or transfer with our Shield and Supreme plans for the life of your package.

Free 30 Day Trial

Still not sure? Give our complete system a try for 30 days free. If you are not satisfied or ready to commit you do not need to do anything. Your credit card will not be charged unless you request an upgrade.

Fully Functional
Trial sites include one month of our Initiate plan. Custom domains are not available on trials.
Upgrade Anytime
Upgrade anytime during your free trial! Just log into our billing system and request the upgrade.
Don't need a trial?
Don't need a trial to decide? Order a Shield or Supreme annual plan and receive a 15% discount for the life of your plan. Use discount code KCNOTRIAL during checkout.*
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Activate your trial today. Setup is automated and only takes a few minutes.
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Questions
Have questions about our service? Feel free to send us a message, and we will be happy to answer them for you.
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Important Trial Information
  1. Your credit card is required when ordering a free trial for identity verification purposes. However, it will not be charged.
  2. You must take action to upgrade your account to a paid plan or your council site will be suspended. To upgrade your account, please login to our Client Area and select your free hosting product. From there you can click the "Upgrade" button.
  3. If you do not upgrade your free trial before the end of 30 days, your account will be suspended and your site will go offline. You can still upgrade and reactivate your account from the Client Area. However, accounts suspended for more than 30 days may be permanently deleted. In this case you will need to place a new order, and your sites data will not be recoverable.
  4. Your credit card will be charged as at the time of upgrade.
*15% signup discount applies to the base plan price. Any add-ons such as additional email users do not qualify. Must be a new client signup to qualify.

Coming Soon

We are always working to improve our Council Website system. Here is a preview of some new features we plan to introduce.

Shared Events
The ability to publish degrees and other events on a global listing is an important part of the KofC community. Soon we will offer that ability along with the ability to search by zip code and city for local events.
Assembly Websites
Our Patriotic Brothers are an important part of our communities. Soon we will be offering free sites to Assemblies affiliated with councils on our system.
Feature Request
Have a suggestion for a new feature? We welcome your input.
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