Organizing your College Fundraiser

There are literally hundreds of types of groups and clubs in today’s colleges, and the great majority of them receive no funding from the school directly. This means that being in college will most likely eventually mean getting involved with a college fundraiser. Whether you belong to a fraternity or sorority, a common interests club, or an activities organization, chances are at some point your group will require some money, and organizing a college fundraiser can be both fun and helpful.

The first thing to do is to get together with your group and discuss the goals of your college fundraising efforts. What exactly is it you need money for, and how much will that cost? What about costs that may pop up later in the year? Get specific quotes for things and be certain of how much you need, as you don’t want to have to run a second college fundraiser immediately after the first one. Get your numbers right the first time, and know exactly what you are looking for in terms of the dollar amount.

The second thing to do is to choose a college fundraiser that suits your group, and that fits your likely customer base as well. Exactly who will be buying the products from your college fundraiser? Fellow students? Parents and teachers? The local community? We have fundraisers ranging from candy bars to environmentally-friendly products, so make sure the college fundraiser you choose fits well with the people you will be selling to. If you can get permission to sell on campus at lunch periods, for example, chocolate bars may be an excellent college fundraiser. If you have a large club that are planning on selling to their families and friends, a catalog may be a better choice for your college fundraiser.

Lastly, get excited! College fundraisers are often a fact of life, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun, as well. Remember that your group or club will benefit directly from this college fundraiser – that can go a long way toward keeping everyone’s enthusiasm levels high.

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Fraternity and sorority scratch card

If you are searching for simple fraternity or sorority fundraising ideas, scratch card fundraisers are it! They are a great way to raise a lot of money very quickly. We can even work with your group to design a custom coupon sheet with merchants surrounding your school to make the program directly targeted to your supporters.

What You Should Know

Here is an example of the coupon page you give to the people as a “Thank You” for participating. You can create a custom coupon handout with your town’s unique businesses.
As you can see from the profit chart below the lowest profit percentage you will make from using scratch cards for fundraisers is 85%. There are, however, price breaks that can increase your profit percentage. The more cards you purchase the higher your profit potential for each card. The profits and profit percentages shown are based on successfully having all 50 dots scratched off on your scratch card:

Profit and Cost

 

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Cards Bought Cost Per Card Each Card Raises Your Profit $ Your Profit %
100 $5.00 $100.00 $9,500 95%
25 $7.00 $100.00 $2,325 93%
10 $10.00 $100.00 $900 90%
1 min. $15.00 $100.00 $85 85%
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Preformed Cookie Dough

Featuring our BEST SELLERS!  We are thrilled to offer our most popular premium cookie dough fundraiser. The dough is shaped into perfectly portioned cookies.  When the cookie craving hits, just grab the number of cookies you want to bake. You don’t even have to thaw the dough. Convenient and delicious, people love this product and your group earns 40% Profit!

We offer 5 of the most popular cookie dough flavors in boxes of 36 cookie dough pucks. You will sell our Premium Cookie Dough for only $20 each. We offer 40% profit and free shipping for orders over 150 boxes. Best of all there is no cost to get started.

Cookie dough may be thawed and refrozen.  This is a popular cookie dough fundraiser across all types of groups!

What You Should Know

There is no money needed upfront for this cookie dough fundraiser.  Your group earns 40%!  There is no minimum order and you can order the exact number of boxes you sell!  We provide free brochures, order forms and cash collection envelops. You pay us after you sell your Premium Cookie Dough Pucks when you place your order. The money you’ve collected can pay for your order.

When you place your order, Easy Fundraising Ideas will calculate the cost of your order based on the number of tubs sold less any freight charges incurred for orders under 150 boxes.  Once the freight cost is covered, the rest is your profit to keep!

 

 

Profit and Cost

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Items Bought % Profit Free Shipping
150 plus 40% YES
1 to 149 40% No
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Smencil School Fundraisers Image

“What’s a Smencil School Fundraiser?” It’s a cute name and a great school fundraising product. Smencils are scented pencils made from recycled newspapers. They are the perfect fundraising product for schools. Shipped in cases containing 10 buckets, each bucket contains 50 Smencils. Each scented pencil sells for $1. Kids love them making Smecils easy to sell.  Smencil school fundraiser pencils come in two varieties. Regular black lead as well as assorted fun colors. Best of all, shipping is free!

What You Should Know

Profits on Smencil school fundraiser pencils are extremely easy to calculate since you are buying them by the case. Smencils have a 40% profit margin. The retail price is $1 per Smencil. You will make a $200 profit for each case you sell.

 

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $300.00 40%
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Sour Mania Lollipops

Sour Mania Lollipops Fundraiser is very popular for elementary school fundraising. Both kids and adults love sour candy. These are the original sour lollipops so they pack in that pucker up punch!  It is definitely a top choice for bringing a different fundraising flavor.

What You Should Know

Sour Mania Lollipops offer the same profit regardless of the number of cases that you purchase. Sell the lollipops for two times the cost. Meaning, you double your investment no matter how many cases you purchase. Here is a quick profit chart for you to review:

Profit and Cost

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Cases Bought Cost Per Case Profit %
1 min $320.00 50%
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Frozen Cookie Dough Fundraiser

Gourmet Cookie dough tub fundraiser has long been one of the bestselling fundraising products. Everyone loves freshly baked gourmet cookie dough!  As times have changed supporters have come to prefer frozen cookie dough that is already formed into perfectly sized cookies over a gourmet cookie dough tub fundraiser.  There is no longer a need to thaw a cookie dough tub fundraiser before baking.  Our popular Mrs Fields Cookie Dough Tub Fundraiser comes with 36-40 frozen cookies.  These cookies go directly from the freezer into the oven and in 10-15 minutes you can enjoy freshly baked cookies.  No need to plan ahead to thaw a large cookie dough tub!  Mrs Fields Cookie Dough Tub Fundraiser has become the most popular fundraising program because of the retail selling price. We offer 6 of the most popular cookie dough flavors.  Instead of a cookie dough tub fundraiser you can offer your supporters Mrs Fields Cookie Dough for only $25 each. We offer 50% profit and free shipping for orders over 400 boxes.  Best of all there is no cost to get started.

What You Should Know

There is no money needed upfront for this cookie dough fundraiser. We provide free brochures, order forms and cash collection envelops. You pay us after you sell your Gourmet Cookie tubs when you place your order. The money you’ve collected can pay for your order.

When you place your order, Easy Fundraising Ideas will calculate the cost of your order based on the number of boxes sold less any freight charges incurred for orders under 400 boxes.  Once the freight cost is covered, the rest is your profit to keep!

Profit and Cost

  • No upfront cost
  • Free brochures for your participants
  • Free shipping (for orders over 400 items)
  • Start in under a minute
Items Bought % Profit Free Shipping
401 plus 50% YES
1 to 400 50% No
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Softball scratch cards

If your softball team is looking for a fast way to pitch in for high profits,  softball scratch cards are the way to go. Each of the fundraising scratchcards will raise $100 each. That can go along way towards paying for tournament fees, uniforms, and other items softball fundraisers are held for.

What You Should Know

Here is an example of the coupon page you give to the people as a “Thank You” for participating. You can create a custom coupon handout with your town’s unique businesses.

As you can see from the profit chart below the lowest profit percentage you will make from using scratch cards for fundraisers is 85%. There are, however, price breaks that can increase your profit percentage. The more cards you purchase the higher your profit potential for each card. The profits and profit percentages shown are based on successfully having all 50 dots scratched off on your scratch card:

 

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  • Free shipping
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Cards Bought Cost Per Card Each Card Raises Your Profit $ Your Profit %
100 $5.00 $100.00 $9,500 95%
25 $7.00 $100.00 $2,325 93%
10 $10.00 $100.00 $900 90%
1 min. $15.00 $100.00 $85 85%
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School Fundraiser

School Fundraising Made Easy

If you feel that selecting the best school fundraising idea is a daunting task, don’t worry! Since it seems the gap between school budgets and funding required for extracurricular programs is getting larger every year, the need for profitable school fundraisers is growing.

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Sports fundraising goes hand-in-hand with playing sports. Whether you are a basketball, football, soccer, or cheerleading organization, we have fundraisers that will score big money for your team.

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