If you’re considering fundraising platforms for a sports team, band, choir, dance team, or other school team or club, Fund-Team.com is the best choice. We’re fully web-based, streamlined, and safe for student use.
Understanding the Essentials of Team Fundraising
Dance teams need money for costumes, choreography, and competition costs. Marching bands, sports teams, and the debate club have similar expenses. Fundraising becomes the solution since limited school budgets don’t cover these costs.
Participating in a group fundraiser can also be a way to build a sense of purpose and community within a team.
In the past, clubs and teams have pursued various fundraising options - door-to-door sales of candy bars; sales through fundraiser catalogs; bake sales; car washes; raffles, and more. As fundraising goes virtual, choose a platform like Fund-Team.com.
Understanding Virtual Fundraising
Virtual fundraising allows teams and clubs like yours to cover costs without selling products, planning events, or traveling from house to house within a community. An online campaign is a safe and easy way to fundraise, but it can be far more effective than traditional fundraising measures.
Fund-Team.com is entirely web-based, charges nothing to launch a campaign, and charges an impressively low 5% commission. Relaying requests for donations is easy with Fund-Team.com.
When students enter the email addresses of family members and friends, we automatically deliver email requests for donations that feature the team member’s name and headshot for the potential donors’ reassurance. In addition to these direct emails, we provide unique links for each student to share on their social media feeds and one for the team’s general social media page.
Using these links, donors can send money directly to the team. Our platform accepts debit/credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Our 5% surcharge and the ~3% processing fee charged by the payment processor leave 92% of each donation for the team. Compare this with the 20% and higher fees other virtual fundraising providers charge. Choose us to keep more donations intended for the team and get the money faster.
Our email verification process results in a 10% increase in authentic email addresses. We strongly urge campaign organizers to emphasize the importance of inputting valid emails of actual family members and friends.
When donations come in, participants receive a notification and a reminder to thank the family member or friend responsible for the gift.
Understanding the History of Fund-Team.com
The original iteration of Fund-Team.com was meant for a single team - that of the founder’s daughter’s dance team. He recognized that most buyers of fundraiser items would rather just donate and that most donations are consumed by the high percentages taken by other fundraising platforms.
As more teams heard of the platform, they wanted to use it as well, and Fund-Team.com was born. Today, the average campaign earns $300 per student.
Need more information about a fundraising campaign with one of the best platforms available? Call 512-522-1338 or click here to schedule a call. Already convinced? Click here to sign up and start your first fundraising campaign today.