diff --git a/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/adapters/stripe_connect_account.ex b/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/adapters/stripe_connect_account.ex
index f329fa598..1a47f511a 100644
--- a/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/adapters/stripe_connect_account.ex
+++ b/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/adapters/stripe_connect_account.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.StripeService.Adapters.StripeConnectAccountAdapter do
   ]
 
   def to_params(%Stripe.Account{} = stripe_account, %{} = attributes) do
+
     result =
       stripe_account
       |> Map.from_struct
@@ -18,6 +19,100 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.StripeService.Adapters.StripeConnectAccountAdapter do
     {:ok, result}
   end
 
+  def to_managed_params(%Stripe.Account{} = stripe_account, %{} = attributes) do
+    params = %{
+      email: stripe_account.email,
+      managed: stripe_account.managed,
+      # TODO: A stripe response will not return the business_ein. instead,
+      # it will return business_tax_id_provided, which is a boolean. we should probably store that,
+      # not this
+      business_ein: attributes |> Map.get("business_ein"),
+      business_name: stripe_account.legal_entity.business_name, # or stripe_account.business_name
+
+      # as far as I can tell, stripe does not store this. might wanna remove it from the whole process.
+      # added it due to looking at kickstarter form
+      business_type: attributes |> Map.get("business_type"),
+
+      first_name: stripe_account.legal_entity.first_name,
+      last_name: stripe_account.legal_entity.last_name,
+      # TODO: A stripe response will not return the ssn_last4. instead,
+      # it will return ssn_last4_provided, which is a boolean. we should probably store that,
+      # not this
+      ssn_last4: attributes |> Map.get("ssn_last4"),
+      recipient_type: stripe_account.legal_entity.type,
+
+      # TODO: decide on getting legal_entity.address or legal_entity.personal_address
+      address1: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.line1,
+      address2: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.line2,
+      city: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.city,
+      country: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.country,
+      state: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.state,
+      # we maybe wanna rename this one
+      zip: stripe_account.legal_entity.address.postal_code,
+
+      dob_day: stripe_account.legal_entity.dob.day,
+      dob_month: stripe_account.legal_entity.dob.month,
+      dob_year: stripe_account.legal_entity.dob.year,
+
+      id_from_stripe: stripe_account.id,
+      charges_enabled: stripe_account.charges_enabled,
+      transfers_enabled: stripe_account.transfers_enabled,
+
+      organization_id: attributes |> Map.get("organization_id"),
+    }
+
+    IO.inspect(params)
+    {:ok, params}
+  end
+
+  def to_stripe_params(%{
+    "country" => country,
+    "email" => email
+  } = attributes) do
+    with legal_entity <- build_legal_entity(attributes)
+    do
+      params = %{ country: country, email: email, managed: true, legal_entity: legal_entity}
+      {:ok, params}
+    end
+  end
+  def to_stripe_managed_params(attributes) do
+    {:error, :fields_missing}
+  end
+
+  defp build_legal_entity(%{
+    "business_ein" => business_ein, "business_name" => business_name, "business_type" => _,
+    "first_name" => first_name, "last_name" => last_name, "ssn_last4" => ssn_last4,
+    "recipient_type" => recipient_type
+  } = attributes) do
+    with address <- build_address(attributes),
+         dob <- build_dob(attributes)
+    do
+      %{
+        business_name: business_name,
+        business_tax_id: business_ein,
+        dob: dob,
+        first_name: first_name,
+        last_name: last_name,
+        ssn_last_4: ssn_last4,
+        type: recipient_type,
+        # TODO: Decide which address to set
+        address: address,
+        personal_address: address
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp build_dob(%{"dob_day" => dob_day, "dob_month" => dob_month, "dob_year" => dob_year}) do
+    %{day: dob_day, month: dob_month, year: dob_year}
+  end
+
+  defp build_address(%{
+    "address1" => address1, "address2" => address2, "city" => city,
+    "country" => country, "state" => state,"zip" => zip
+  }) do
+    %{city: city, country: country, line1: address1, line2: address2, postal_code: zip, state: state}
+  end
+
   @non_stripe_attributes ["organization_id"]
 
   defp add_non_stripe_attributes(%{} = params, %{} = attributes) do
diff --git a/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/stripe_connect_account.ex b/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/stripe_connect_account.ex
index db16ee8d5..8139ca5d9 100644
--- a/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/stripe_connect_account.ex
+++ b/lib/code_corps/stripe_service/stripe_connect_account.ex
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.StripeService.StripeConnectAccountService do
 
   @api Application.get_env(:code_corps, :stripe)
 
-  def create(%{"access_code" => code, "organization_id" => _organization_id} = attributes) do
-    with {:ok, %TokenResponse{stripe_user_id: account_id}} <- @api.Connect.OAuth.token(code),
-         {:ok, account} <- @api.Account.retrieve(account_id),
-         {:ok, params} <- StripeConnectAccountAdapter.to_params(account, attributes)
+  def create(%{} = attributes) do
+    with {:ok, stripe_params} <- StripeConnectAccountAdapter.to_stripe_params(attributes),
+         {:ok, %Stripe.Account{} = stripe_account} <- @api.Account.create(stripe_params),
+         {:ok, params} <- StripeConnectAccountAdapter.to_managed_params(stripe_account, attributes)
     do
       %CodeCorps.StripeConnectAccount{}
-      |> CodeCorps.StripeConnectAccount.create_changeset(params)
+      |> CodeCorps.StripeConnectAccount.managed_create_changeset(params)
       |> CodeCorps.Repo.insert
     end
   end
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index b39cf1524..db0df1805 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", "28a4d65b7f59893bc2c7de786dec1e1555bd742d336043fe644ae956c3497fbe", [:make, :rebar], []},
   "stripe_eventex": {:hex, :stripe_eventex, "1.0.0", "782016598b751c0fdb5489038c92c30a5aab034636d0d9d3a486f75a01fbf0b6", [:mix], [{:cowboy, "~> 1.0.0", [hex: :cowboy, optional: false]}, {:plug, "~> 1.0", [hex: :plug, optional: false]}, {:poison, "~> 2.0", [hex: :poison, optional: false]}]},
   "stripity_stripe": {:hex, :stripity_stripe, "2.0.0-alpha.5", "ba6d4ffc6251029135c76e9c6e2dd77580713f5c6833fb82da708336023bbfa2", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.6", [hex: :hackney, optional: false]}, {:poison, "~> 2.0 or ~> 3.0", [hex: :poison, optional: false]}]},
+  "timber": {:hex, :timber, "0.4.7", "df3fcd79bcb4eb4b53874d906ef5f3a212937b4bc7b7c5b244745202cc389443", [:mix], [{:ecto, "~> 2.0", [hex: :ecto, optional: true]}, {:phoenix, "~> 1.2", [hex: :phoenix, optional: true]}, {:plug, "~> 1.2", [hex: :plug, optional: true]}, {:poison, "~> 2.0 or ~> 3.0", [hex: :poison, optional: false]}]},
   "timex": {:hex, :timex, "3.1.5", "413d6d8d6f0162a5d47080cb8ca520d790184ac43e097c95191c7563bf25b428", [:mix], [{:combine, "~> 0.7", [hex: :combine, optional: false]}, {:gettext, "~> 0.10", [hex: :gettext, optional: false]}, {:tzdata, "~> 0.1.8 or ~> 0.5", [hex: :tzdata, optional: false]}]},
   "timex_ecto": {:hex, :timex_ecto, "3.0.5", "3ec6c25e10d2c0020958e5df64d2b5e690e441faa2c2259da8bc6bd3d7f39256", [:mix], [{:ecto, "~> 2.0", [hex: :ecto, optional: false]}, {:timex, "~> 3.0", [hex: :timex, optional: false]}]},
   "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.9", "575be217b039057a47e133b72838cbe104fb5329b19906ea4e66857001c37edb", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, optional: false]}]},
diff --git a/priv/repo/managed_account_spike.exs b/priv/repo/managed_account_spike.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ea72b31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/managed_account_spike.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+alias CodeCorps.Repo
+alias CodeCorps.Organization
+alias CodeCorps.Project
+alias CodeCorps.User
+alias CodeCorps.OrganizationMembership
+
+{:ok, owner } =
+  %User{}
+  |> User.registration_changeset(%{username: "owner", email: "owner@managed.org", password: "password"})
+  |> Repo.insert
+
+{:ok, organization } =
+  %Organization{}
+  |> Organization.create_changeset(%{name: "Managed", description: "A managed organization"})
+  |> Repo.insert
+
+{:ok, _} =
+  %OrganizationMembership{member_id: owner.id, organization_id: organization.id, role: "owner"}
+  |> Repo.insert
+
+{:ok, _project} =
+  %Project{}
+  |> Project.create_changeset(%{title: "Managed project", description: "A project created for a managed organization", organization_id: organization.id})
+  |> Repo.insert
+
+{:ok, _donor} =
+  %User{}
+  |> User.registration_changeset(%{username: "donor", email: "donor@test.org", password: "password"})
+  |> Repo.insert
+
+
diff --git a/web/models/stripe_connect_account.ex b/web/models/stripe_connect_account.ex
index e967b46ee..9c7003acb 100644
--- a/web/models/stripe_connect_account.ex
+++ b/web/models/stripe_connect_account.ex
@@ -6,28 +6,67 @@ defmodule CodeCorps.StripeConnectAccount do
   use CodeCorps.Web, :model
 
   schema "stripe_connect_accounts" do
-    field :business_name, :string
+    # these might not be needed by managed accounts,
+    # but we have them defined at DB level
+
     field :business_url, :string
-    field :charges_enabled, :boolean
-    field :country, :string
     field :default_currency, :string
     field :details_submitted, :boolean
     field :display_name, :string
-    field :email, :string
-    field :id_from_stripe, :string, null: false
-    field :managed, :boolean
     field :support_email, :string
     field :support_phone, :string
     field :support_url, :string
-    field :transfers_enabled, :boolean
 
+    # this was needed for connect
     field :access_code, :string, virtual: true
 
+    # these fields are filled out and sent by the client
+
+    field :address1, :string, virtual: true
+    field :address2, :string, virtual: true
+    field :business_ein, :string, virtual: true
+    field :business_name, :string
+    field :business_type, :string, virtual: true
+    field :city, :string, virtual: true
+    field :country, :string
+    field :dob_day, :integer, virtual: true
+    field :dob_month, :integer, virtual: true
+    field :dob_year, :integer, virtual: true
+    field :email, :string
+    field :first_name, :string, virtual: true
+    field :last_name, :string, virtual: true
+    field :recipient_type, :string, virtual: true
+    field :ssn_last4, :string, virtual: true
+    field :state, :string, virtual: true
+    field :zip, :string, virtual: true
+
     belongs_to :organization, CodeCorps.Organization
 
+    # these fields are set automatically
+    field :managed, :boolean
+
+    # these fields are set from stripe
+    field :id_from_stripe, :string, null: false
+    field :charges_enabled, :boolean
+    field :transfers_enabled, :boolean
     timestamps()
   end
 
+  @managed_create_fields [
+    :address1, :address2, :business_ein, :business_name, :business_type,
+    :city, :country, :dob_day, :dob_month, :dob_year, :email,
+    :first_name, :last_name, :recipient_type, :ssn_last4,
+    :state, :zip, :organization_id,
+    :managed, :id_from_stripe, :charges_enabled, :transfers_enabled
+  ]
+
+  def managed_create_changeset(struct, params) do
+    struct
+    |> cast(params, @managed_create_fields)
+    |> validate_required(@managed_create_fields)
+    |> assoc_constraint(:organization)
+  end
+
   @insert_params [
     :business_name, :business_url, :charges_enabled, :country, :default_currency,
     :details_submitted, :email, :id_from_stripe, :managed, :organization_id,