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Organizer Instructions

(Steps for creating a successful campaign)


  1. Sign up for a Fund-Team.com account by clicking on this link:
  2. Create your fundraising campaign by completing an online form that takes about 10 minutes.
    • You can leave the default values for most fields and edit them later if you wish. However, you will want to complete all fields before your campaign start date to help maximize donations.
    • Once you've created the campaign, you will see a sign-up link you can forward to your team members in Step 3.
  3. Schedule a sign-up meeting with your team members. To prepare for this meeting, you will need to provide the following 2 items to your team members prior to the meeting:
    • https://fund-team.com/home/print_blank_donor_list
      Print copies of this blank donor list and hand a copy each team member. Give instructions for each team member to add 12 to 15 names and emails or mobile numbers (for text) to the list, then bring it back with them to the meeting.
    • Forward them the signup link that is unique to your campaign. This link will be available on your dashboard once you create your campaign. You can send it via email, text, GroupMe, etc. Team members will need to click on this link in order to join your fundraiser.
    • (Optional) If you would like to inform parents about the fundraiser, you can point them to this link https://fund-team.com/for_parents or copy and paste its text into an email to parents.
  4. Hold your team sign-up meeting. It should take about 15 minutes. The students will sign up using their phones or any connected devices.
    • During the signup meeting, have your participants enter their donors at the same time.
    • One effective strategy is to verify each participant has entered several donors before they can leave the meeting.
  5. Avoid Sending Spam! It is important to instruct your team members to only enter real emails and phone numbers of friends and family they actually know.
    • Participants entering corporations, celebrities, or fake emails and phone numbers (just to increase their donor count) could result in lower overall email and text deliverability and hurt your campaign as a whole. This abuse could also result in a ban from our platform.
    • The regulations regarding text messaging are much stricter than email. Please remind participants to only use phone numbers of friends and family they know and to get permission from the donor before entering the phone numbers. This insures legal compliance and maximizes open rates.