All Programs Run On Cash
All programs run on cash
Fundraising or fund raising (also development) is the process of soliciting and gathering contributions as money or other gifts, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies . Fundraising typically refers to efforts to gather money for non-profit organizations, to fund programs or do capital improvements . Traditionally, fundraising consisted mostly of asking for donations on the street or at people's doors, and this is experiencing very strong growth in the form of face to face , but new forms of fundraising such as online fundraising have emerged in recent years, though these are often based on older methods such as grass roots fundraising. Each month we will be featuring a new idea or an established group who might be able to help your program. Please note that we recommend that you do your own further due diligence prior to entering into any contracts or buying any products, we are not endorsing any programs or products.
This Months company profile:
The Terrible Too’s
For thousands of coaches across the country, years of budget cuts have taken a heavy toll.
For some reason, wrestling tops the list of sports where funding is often cut first and farthest. What’s a coach to do?
Old habits die hard. When today’s coaches wrestled competitively, they raised money by selling things. And now, years later, athletes are doing the exact same thing.
Cookies dough, frozen pizzas, candy bars, gift wrap, discount cards, raffle tickets, magazines, candles, soda pop, etc. The list goes on and on, but it all involves students into sales people.
Raising money by selling – no matter what’s being sold – is all about the terrible too’s: too much time, too much work, too little money.
As former high school and collegiate athletes ourselves, we started our business with a simple goal: make it possible for teams to raise thousands of dollars in minutes of time without selling anything.
After researching many avenues, we came back to what we instinctively knew was the best approach right from the beginning.
Instead of selling to neighbors and strangers, let’s connect athletes with the adults who know and care them, no matter where they live in the country. It’s the relationships, not the zip code, that matter!
And then we followed these rules religiously:
1. Ask for a donation, not a purchase.
2. Explain the need up front and be specific.
3. Request an amount of money that can make a difference.
4. Be respectful, discrete and honest.
Sounds simple, but the devil is always in the details. Like a chef mixing and matching ingredients to come up with just the right taste and texture, it took us years to get to where we are today: the leader in providing “product-less” fundraising for college and high school teams nationwide.
We’ve now worked with more than 25,000 teams in every sport at the collegiate, high school and club levels. Having raised over $40 million and growing, we know what works.
Keep it simple, but be smart. Instead of wasting a lot of time, use a little wisely. Fish where the fish are.
Let the experts do what they do best and you do what you do best. You’re the coach, we’re the fundraisers.
Jonathan Goldman
Managing Partner of
My Sports Dreams LLC
www.MySportsDreams.com
jon@mysportsdreams.com
O: 800-376-5988 x301
C: 914-384-4311
