If you're weary of traditional fundraisers and looking for innovative ideas for raising money for a youth football team, consider Fund-Team.com. Our 100% website-based fundraising platform facilitates online donation campaigns conveniently and safely.
Participation in youth sports is incredibly important for social and physical development. Young athletes develop healthy habits, strong bones and muscles, sportsmanship, interpersonal skills, and respect for following rules to meet goals! However, playing sports generally goes hand-in-hand with fundraising.
Football Fundraiser Ideas
More than one fundraiser may be needed to cover the team's needs. It depends on the goal and the profitability of the fundraisers. The average amount raised with Fund-Team.com nationally is $300 per student per campaign.
Let’s review a few potential fundraisers that will work as a package.
Custom Team Merch
Merch specific to the team is a great selling item for supporters of players. Family members, friends, and other community members will proudly wear the team colors and logo. Custom T-shirt competitions for choosing artwork can bring attention to the sale, and the team can include a merch shop on its website. Shirts, water bottles, hoodies, socks, and duffle bags are often hot ticket items!
Community-Wide Pep Rally Festival
Whether boosters dive in and prepare spaghetti or fish plates or rely on a local restaurant to donate its services, food is absolutely necessary for this type of event. Players and their families will sell tickets beforehand. Other fundraisers can be integrated during the event, including raffles, dunking booths, face painting, jumpers, and more! Establish the team's spot within the community beyond game nights.
Make sure to advertise this event via social media. Don’t underestimate the power of the players’ influence.
Business Sponsorships
Area businesses are often happy to sponsor youth sports teams. From signage at games to patches on uniforms or logos on communications from the team, sponsorship can range in action and vary in price. Sponsorships also extend outreach to the community.
Season Ticket Sales
Sell a select number of season tickets or VIP passes to football games as another option for fundraising. The parents and students who plan to attend every game will appreciate the opportunity to save a bit on ticket purchases. If you provide VIP options, you could have a reserved section on the 50-yard line and include a free hot chocolate or nachos from the concession stand for each game. These ticket holders could even enjoy a complimentary stadium seat and blanket for use during games!
Online Donation Campaign
Requesting donations is a direct way of raising funds, and doing so online is safe and convenient. Fund-Team.com provides better outcomes than other platforms. Students also won’t be put in harm’s way by going door-to-door, and they won’t have to handle any cash.
The process is simple: students enter email addresses and phone numbers (for text message requests) of potential supporters. Then the app does the rest by contacting those people for donations. We'll also provide a unique link for each student to post on their social media feeds and a single team link for the team's social media.
We charge a minimal 5% commission while the competition charges 20%. Payment processing requires an additional ~3%, so users of Fund-Team.com keep about 92% of their donations!
We individualize messages and provide secure payment via debit/credit cards, PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay.
Many youth football fundraiser ideas you choose could include Fund-Team.com as an easily integrated and lucrative fundraiser source. 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.