Fund Rasing Success Stories

[Three A's baseball]

I have been appointed the head of the fund rasing comittee for my travel baseball organization. (UUUGH)

I was wondering if you veterans could share some fund rasing success stories to give me some ideas that I may be able to utilize for my organaization.

Thanks....

[Jake Patterson]

I have been appointed the head of the fund rasing comittee for my travel baseball organization. (UUUGH)

I was wondering if you veterans could share some fund rasing success stories to give me some ideas that I may be able to utilize for my organaization.

Thanks....
I am involved with Legion and we get corporate sponsors.

In Little League here's what I found to be successfull. Pick a number that would make your league successfull and then add $50.00. Give those parents who do not wish to pay the additional money the option of donating time (ten hours) as an ump, concession, stand, groundskeeper, etc...

I always find it distressfull that parents who pay their $35.00 and walk away feel they have reasonably contributed to the league .

[TG Coach]

1) Corporate sponsors at $175 a pop. It sounds a lot less then $200. If they wince asked for $100. Works often. Another way to do corporate sponsors is to have levels like Grand Slam Club, Homer Club and Line Drive Club. Assign a value to each club and let the sponsor decide. Keep in mind corporate entities often have to go up the ladder to get approval. Community based companies are easier to deal with.

2) If it's legal in your state and you're a registered not for profit, one month lottery cards based on the daily number.

[TG Coach]

I always find it distressfull that parents who pay their $35.00 and walk away feel they have reasonably contributed to the league .

Our LL had a $75 registration fee, a $75 volunteer deposit (that could be forfeited in lieu of volunteering) and $25 worth of raffle tickets.

[Jake Patterson]

Our LL had a $75 registration fee, a $75 volunteer deposit (that could be forfeited in lieu of volunteering) and $25 worth of raffle tickets.
This makes the whole fund raising issue a whole lot easier...

[Three A's baseball]

What did they do with the raffle tickets?

[TG Coach]

What did they do with the raffle tickets?

$25 worth of raffle tickets times 96 players equals $2,400. Only majors kids had to do it. The three prizes were a number of luxury box passes to a MLB game. A corporation with a connection to the league gave up their box for a night. There was no cost to the league.

[CoachB25]

Three A's Baseball, you have a pm.

[GetYourBestSwing]

College Baseball- fund raiser we use. called "Hit-A-Thon"

We have every player give us a list of 20 names- from there home town, relatives, friends, former coaches, teachers, maybe successful people in their community, or they can go to businesses in our city where the college is located and see if anyone will help and use it as a name. But every player must give us a list of 20 names.

Every player, pitchers included, get 10 swings and we measure the farthest ball they hit... So on a windy day preferably wind blowing out after our fall season is done- our farthest ball hit was by a position guy at 474 feet.... thats with the bounce and roll of the ball included, wherever it stops. And you hope and pray the pitchers for instance can just get a ball to roll to the fence!!! lol

We then send out letters to the 20 names every player gave us- people can give a flat donation- $20, $50, $10, $120... whatever. ORRRRR to have a little fun with it, they can donate 10 cents per foot. So if a player hit it 300 feet they donate $30..... the 474 ft ball at 10 cents per foot donate $47.40

We found having the players give us a list of 20 names works out amazingly. Not all 20 will donate most likely- but its easier than going around to businesses or random people with no set number of people to ask- takes the pressure off the kids to try to sell something. Just hand us 20 names, we send them the fundraiser letter, and hope we get money in return.

Last year we raised just over $20,000.... it works.

[freddy]

I have been appointed the head of the fund rasing comittee for my travel baseball organization. (UUUGH)

I was wondering if you veterans could share some fund rasing success stories to give me some ideas that I may be able to utilize for my organaization.

Thanks....

Congrats on the appointment.( I think!)
You have to look at this as another lesson for the kiddies.
Ask them for there ideas and let them do the work. They will appreciate the trip more and they will have more success then you. However if you are going to do it, I suggest you focus on corporate sponsorships.