Fundraising ideas for colleges require the same thoughtful planning and success as money-generating methods for other ages. From fraternities and sororities to college sports clubs, academic and cultural organizations, and other major- or interest-motivated groups, college students have plenty of reasons to fundraise, and Fund-Team.com offers a website-based platform for online donation drives for all of these fundraisers.
Turn Up Your Fundraising Success
Maximize Sales
Sales-based fundraisers can be highly successful and become a standard expectation for campus communities. Popcorn, candy bars, donuts, gourmet cheeses, and other treats can become an annual highlight of the organization and something to look forward to each year. The issue with these fundraisers is often the effort versus reward pay-off since the products and companies usually require a large percentage of the money that comes in.
Leverage Service Provision
The time, skill, and effort that college students can put into a fundraiser are greater than those available to younger students, making service-focused fundraisers much more feasible and lucrative for college students. Put youth and energy into working with dog walking, car washing, babysitting, and providing other services collectively to raise funds for a joint purpose.
Promote the Club’s Purpose
Through a walk-a-thon, math-a-thon, read-a-thon, or other pledge-based fundraiser centered around an activity that parallels the theme of the club’s purpose, you’ll be able to raise funds for the club or team while promoting its purpose and recruit members and other supporters!
Host a Money Generating Event
Events can be extremely successful fundraisers. Exhibition games, parties, auctions, dinners, concerts, exhibits, and other fundraisers for which participants need to buy tickets for entrance or a table can be customized to suit the organization's needs. These events can be casual or formal as well.
Campaign for Donations through an Online Platform Like Fund-Team.com
Fund-Team.com offers a platform for college students to raise money by requesting donations. This website works straightforwardly without any app downloads required.
Fund-Team.com charges a 5% commission, much lower than the 20% charged by other online fundraising platforms. The processing of payments takes another ~3%, so the college organizations we help keep ~92% of the donations sent toward the group's support. Requesting donations and sending payments are both incredibly convenient. Donations are accepted through Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, and debit/credit cards.
We charge nothing to set up a donation campaign on Fund-Team.com. You'll also have no baseline that you must raise on our platform. What you do have is a platform with a proven success rate on average of $300 per participant for each campaign nationally.
Initiating a Fund-Team.com virtual donation drive is straightforward. It begins when the fundraiser lead registers the club on our website and sets up a meeting for participants to enter potential supporters' pertinent contact info (email addresses and mobile numbers).
Once the students have entered this info, we'll send customized, automatic emails and texts requesting support and provide a link for every member to post on social media. The organization will also get a link for its social posting as well.
Make sure that any collection of college fundraising ideas includes a donation campaign on Fund-Team.com. 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.