Which Fundraiser Would You Prefer?
The SchoolRaising Platform gives Schools the opportunity to easily raise money by connecting with local businesses. In exchange, businesses get year-round recognition for supporting schools - and schools & families support their businesses in return. It's a win-win for both businesses & schools!
Compare Traditional Fundraisers vs SchoolRaising...
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1-Time Events
(Carnivals, Silent Auctions, Raffles, Walks/Runs, Dinners, etc.)
Issues:
- Typically, it's a lot of work for PTO's & parents to organize & run the events.
- Have to rely on getting volunteers, which is often difficult.
- Although larger events can raise a decent amount of money, smaller events are limited in success, compared to effort required to organize.
- Some fundraising companies that run events like walks & runs take a significant amount of the donations as their fees (often as high as 50% of the amount raised).
- Businesses that donate items for the auction or event only get recognition the single day of the event (often with their name on a poster, with all the other businesses, that few people even see).
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SchoolRaising Benefits
+ Year-Round fundraising.
+ No volunteers required.
+ Minimal time required to setup an account.
+ Local Businesses get year-round recognition for their support of schools.
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Food or Product Sales
(Candy, popcorn, misc. products, etc.)
Issues:
- You often have to pre-purchase inventory - then you have to try sell it.
- Typically, not a large amount is raised.
- It sometimes seems like the vendors really benefit more than students.
- Items are typically overpriced.
- Requires kids to try to sell overpriced items to family, friends & neighbors.
- Requires face-to-face sales.
- Safety concerns, when kids go door-to-door selling things, exposing themselves to potential safety risks.
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SchoolRaising Benefits
+ No items to pre-purchase
+ No overpriced items
+ No pushing family, friends or neighbors to buy anything.
+ No Safety Concerns - all transactions are done online, so no safety concerns for kids.
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Misc. Fundraisers
(Carwashes, bake sales, etc.)
Issues:
- Carwashes are weather dependent & don't typically raise a significant amount of money, compared to the effort required.
- Bake Sales require a number of volunteers to bake items & then try to sell them, often at an event.
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SchoolRaising Benefits
+ Not weather dependent
+ No Volunteers Required
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Coupon Books
(Printed Coupon Books)
Issues:
- Requires volunteers to contact businesses to convince them to donate coupons.
- Have to gather artwork for coupons, organize books for printing, etc.
- Printing costs to create the books.
- Businesses get limited recognition for their support.
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SchoolRaising Benefits
+ No volunteers required.
+ No time needed for creating the books.
+ No printing costs.
+ Businesses get year-round recognition on the SchoolRaising platform for their support.
+ Create a lasting connection between local businesses & schools.
SchoolRaising Solves the Challenges of Fundraising
And it's FREE for Schools!
Still Not Sure?
See why so many schools are quickly joining the SchoolRaising Platform...
We'll Still Promote Your School-Run Fundraisers too (soon...)
We'll happily help promote your other existing school-run fundraisers too. We understand that some schools may also want to continue using existing legitimate fundraisers to raise money.
However, we do encourage schools to migrate your existing fundraisers to SchoolRaising to gain the key benefits of recurring fundraising revenue year-round. With the SchoolRaising Platform, there is no need to reach out to the sponsors every year - because you maintain a connection with them when they sign up for a monthly sponsorship & the funds continue to build for you year-round.
Businesses also get numerous benefits by going through the SchoolRaising Platform, including year-round recognition for their sponsorship, inclusion in School & Club/Team Resource Pages, emails, social media shout-outs, etc.
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Why we only include School-Run Fundraisers
We do not include fundraisers run by other fundraising companies, due to potential safety & security risks. We review all content on our platform before it goes live, and we simply do not have the resources to review and vet other company-run fundraisers to make sure they are legitimate, and to ensure their content is safe for students & families. We assume that if it's being run directly by the school that it is legitimate & safe.
Example - Other Upcoming School-Run Fundraisers Post
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Other Upcoming School Fundraisers
- School Carnival - Event Details Page (soon...)
- Silent Auction & Raffle - Event Details Link (soon...)
- Carwash - Event Details Link (soon...)
You can support any of these school-run fundraisers through SchoolRaising. This Gives Your Business Additional Recognition on the SchoolRaising Platform year-round (not just the one day of the event for typical fundraisers).
Also see Example School Community Connections Page for how the of Other School-run Fundraisers is displayed.
