Whether your group is a Middle School planning a trip to Washington D.C., a High School Marching Band with plans to march in Orlando, or a Travel Baseball League attending a tournament in another state, 99Pledges is a great solution for helping your members afford and defray the cost of that trip!
Individual Links To Share
With 99Pledges your participants will easily be able to share their individual link with friends and family to help them reach their goal! You can read THIS ARTICLE on why individual links are highly suggested.
**Please note that in order to have reporting for how much each individual raised, your fundraiser type must be set as "Group", and then add your participants to the fundraiser in one of these 3 methods (EmailMe is preferred!) You can read more on this HERE
Fundraising For Individual Trip Cost -or- Overall Group Fund
At the end of the fundraiser your group will be sent one lump sum payment (minus the credit card fee). Your group will be able to decide (and communicate with families prior) if the funds raised by all participants will be going towards the general group trip costs --OR- if the funds raised by each participant will be going towards their individual fees owed for the trip.
Reporting
When going the route of the funds raised going towards each participant's individual fees, you will want to know how much each participant raised minus the credit card fees. Please reach out to our Customer Success Team when your fundraiser ends and they can generate that report for you. This report will who how much each participant raised, online donations, cash/check donations (if tracked in the platform), how many online transactions, total credit card fees, and the total raised minus the credit card fees. This information will help your organization account for how much should go towards each participant's trip account.
Communication Tips
Communication is key when presenting the fundraiser to your participants and their families. Here are some suggested areas for your group to decide upon and communicate with participants:
Will funds raised be going towards a general communal fund for the entire group to share -or- will the funds raised by each participant go towards their own individual trip fee/account?
What the plan is for a participant who can no longer go on the trip.
What happens in the event that the trip is cancelled and what will happen with the funds raised.
Any key dates and deadlines. When they can expect the funds to be applied to accounts (if going that route).
Fundraiser Length and Payment
Many groups plan far in advance to fundraise for their trips. Your group can choose to run your fundraiser for as long as you would like. Most groups go with 2-3 weeks in length. The most important point to keep in mind is that your group is paid in one lump sum at the end of your fundraiser. HERE is more info on how your group is paid. Please plan ahead for scheduled required payments with tour companies! Some groups choose to run multiple fundraisers for set periods of time in order to be paid so that they can make payments towards their group trip. They then run a 2nd or 3rd round of a fundraiser.
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