Need fundraising ideas for the robotics team at your school? Look toward the Fund-Team.com platform for a convenient and effective donation drive. We operate a fully web-based solution with no need for an app download.

The Challenge of Robotics Funding

Robotics is a challenging, fulfilling, and fun activity, but it can also be costly. The components, space, transportation, and competition dues are unavoidable, and funding often runs short. This shortfall means that fundraising is as essential to participation in robotics as an understanding of basic physics.

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When you plan to request donations or sponsorships from family members, friends, or businesses, present the needs of your robotics team. Understanding the purpose of your group can really motivate supporters. 

Your team should also establish a goal. How much will the group need in order to accomplish its plans for the upcoming year? Be precise but realistic as you make these estimates. Factor in how much support you receive from the associated school in order to ascertain how much you’ll need to fundraise.

Today’s clubs would be foolish to ignore the value of social media and the internet. Whether you solely use online fundraisers or simply track your team’s fundraising progress on TikTok, you’ll find social media to be beneficial when raising the profile of your robotics team.

Funding Sources

Funding a robotics team can be a bit different than other athletic or academic teams because of the value STEM offers the greater society. Government organizations frequently offer grants, and businesses from around the country will provide support for robotics efforts as well. 

Team fundraising is another valid way to raise funds and draw the team together. Request donations from businesses, sell baked goods, plan a robotics challenge and sell tickets or take pledges, hold a car wash, or sell catalog goods or school merchandise.

Raise Funds through Fund-Team.com

Features of Fund-Team:

  • 100% web-based
  • Free to set up
  • 10 minutes to set up
  • No minimum donations 
  • 5% commission
  • ~3% processing for credit card payments
  • Accept payments through debit/credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay
  • Setup requires input of valid email addresses and mobile numbers for email and text donation requests
  • Team members share fundraising links via social media
  • Campaign organizer shares request link on the team’s social media
  • ~92% of donations go toward team
  • 80% of donations sent right away, other 20% after 60-day hold for processing to complete
  • Email verification system prevents typos and errors for 10% more successfully delivered emails
  • No sales
  • No cash to handle
  • $300 average earned per student/campaign nationwide

Fund-Team.com was born of the disgust of real parents over the greed of other fundraising companies. Overpriced and unnecessary catalog merchandise, platforms with exorbitant commissions, and dangerous door-to-door sales fail to deliver the funds needed and require a great deal of effort. Fund-Team.com is a straightforward solution that the founder created for his daughter’s dance team and quickly caught on because of its ease of use and effectiveness.

Add Fund-Team.com to your package of robotics fundraising ideas for a more successful outcome. If you raise nothing, it costs nothing. What do you stand to lose?

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