What is Funding A Future?

Funding a Future was started by a high school track coach and a college baseball coach, who saw a need to help fellow coaches raise the funds needed to run a successful program, without forcing these coaches to take time away from developing a Championship Team...and thus Funding a Future was born!!!

Funding a Future...
1.  is a 100% “NOTHING TO SELL” fundraiser
2.  requires NO UPFRONT COST
3.  DOES NOT take a percentage of your donations
4.  offers a PROFIT GUARANTEE for all organizations
5.  takes a coach LESS THAN 20 MINUTES to complete

How Does Funding A Future Work?

1. Utilizing a proven fundraising process, Funding a Future creates a professional, personalized, full-color, STRATEGICALLY WELL-WRITTEN sponsorship letter.

2. Your students, athletes, and parents help create a list of potential donors consisting mostly of their family, friends, and business associates.

3. The sponsorship letter is distributed to these individuals most likely to donate to your team/club/organization.

4. The donors then have the opportunity to donate to your organization by sending a check directly to your organization, or by submitting their donation online via credit card.

5. The Funding a Future Team combines the experience of creating these highly effective sponsorship letters with the speed and power of today’s technology to achieve a fundraising program like no other.

“The key to many a successful fundraising campaign is writing a good letter. This may sound intimidating, but fundraising letters must contain many of the same elements as any good sales letter.”
- Linda Elizabeth Alexander
Writes marketing copy for nonprofits and charities

There is nothing more to it than that; no catch, no exceptions, no fine print. This process is the essence of one of the elite fundraising campaigns in the country, and we see no need to portray the Funding a Future Fundraising program as any more complicated than it is.

That being said, there are many aspects of the Funding a Future program that we have taken the time to perfect:
• Streamlining the fundraising process though the use of technology
• Encouraging and promoting student/athlete/parent participation
• Writing a Letter that your donors receive, open, and read
• Motivating your donors
• Maintaining donor relationships
• Allowing your organization to receive donations via credit card
(This is a huge difference maker)

How Much Money Can We Expect to Raise?

First, the short answer: Most teams raise between $140 and $215 per participating athlete.

# of Athletes	Total Donations Range
25	$3,500 - $5,375
40	$5,600 - $8,600
50	$7,000 - $10,750
60	$8,400 - $12,900
75	$10,500 - $16,125
100	$14,000 - $21,500

Naturally, there are many factors which affect the success of a fundraising campaign. But, you can rest assured that Funding a Future has taken the steps necessary to maximize every one of those controllable factors. Unfortunately, there are always environmental factors that cause the success of a fundraising campaign to fluctuate. But, Funding A Future was founded by two coaches, and like we always tell our players, “Focus on the things you CAN control.” And, that is exactly what we have done when creating the Funding A Future Program.

How is Funding A Future Compensated for its Services?

1. Funding A Future DOES NOT TAKE A PERCENTAGE OF THE DONATIONS YOU RECEIVE. We do not believe that we deserve more money simply because you ran a successful fundraiser.

Consider the alternative...
Fundraising Company X: You run a widely successful fundraiser, and because Fundraising Company X takes a % of your profits, suddenly their services cost you more money?

This hardly seems fair, and yet many fundraising programs operate on this exact premise.

2. Funding A Future receives a small fee for each letter that is produced and mailed out on behalf of your organization. This fee covers everything, including postage. Remember, no hidden fees. Also, this fee is not due until the completion of your fundraising campaign.
* Per letter fees vary upon size and scope of each fundraiser, please call us at 800-967-5077 or, click here to submit a no-obligation interest form, and one of our representatives will get in touch with you.

3. Lastly, and most importantly, Funding A Future guarantees a profit for each team that follows all the steps of the Funding A Future fundraising program. How can we offer that? Simple, Funding A Future will reduce its fees should your fundraising campaign not generate the expected donations. No risk, must truly mean No Risk.

Why Couldn’t I Run this Fundraiser on my Own?

There is no doubt that a coach could run a similar version of the Funding a Future program on his/her own. In fact, many have tried, only to realize there is an intense amount of organization, manual labor and, most importantly, hidden costs associated with this type of fundraising.

Funding A Future organizes the whole process, does all the work, and takes care of all the upfront hidden costs associated with running a similar fundraising campaign on your own. Our clients have found these benefits to be well worth using the Funding a Future program.

* Don’t forget that the ability to receive credit card donations is a huge benefit when it comes to the average donation amount. In most cases, the average credit card donation is 3x’s that of the average written check donation. This is one of the key aspects to the Funding A Future Program, and most coaches cannot utilize this while running their own fundraiser.

Will this Affect my Other Fundraisers?

The Funding A Future program will work nicely alongside other fundraising campaigns. Most of your Funding A Future donors will not be in the same target market, as in other fundraising programs. The gentleman stopping at a car wash, a kid purchasing a candy bar, or a student looking for a discount card are not likely to receive one of your Funding A Future sponsorship letters. Therefore, you should feel free to continue any additional fundraisers you have run in the past, while utilizing the Funding A Future Program. However, in time, you may find that Funding A Future is generating all the funds you could ever need...and more.

What Exactly Must I do to Run this Fundraiser?

• Call us at 800-967-5077 or, click here to submit a no-obligation interest form
• Complete a quick registration form (over the phone or online)
• Sit back, and watch the donations come in to your program

What Role do the Athletes Play in this Fundraiser?

• Submit the names and addresses of potential donors

* Funding A Future cares deeply about the privacy of our coaches, athletes, and donors. Funding A Future will only use donor information for the specific purpose of your fundraiser.

Why Choose Funding a Future?

Funding a Future was started by coaches, so we have a keen understanding of what it takes to develop a championship program: namely time, effort, and hard work...but those valuable resources should not be wasted on fundraising.

Therefore, we have done what all other fundraisers have not been able to do: Remove all the time, effort, and hard work associated with fundraising for coaches, student-athletes and parents, while still maximizing the success of your fundraising campaign.

We are confident the Funding A Future program will be the most rewarding fundraiser you have ever run.

What Makes Funding A Future the Best Option?

As coaches, we believe in fair recruiting, so we solely discuss the merits of our own program. But, suffice to say, we feel strongly about the process we have put in place, and the relationships we develop with our coaches. Below is a chart that details the specific merits of the Funding A Future Program. We trust that after thorough investigation (if in fact you still feel the need to do so), quickly you will discover that Funding A Future offers the best service to help you reach your fundraising goals.

Sponsorship Letters Compared to Product-Based Fundraising

Attribute	Funding A Future Sponsorship Letters	Product Based Selling
Upfront Cost	$0	Most Companies Require a deposit to cover their internal cost in sending you the candy bars, Christmas Trees, discount cards, etc.
Profit Gaurantee	YES	Golf Courses receive their fee regardless of tournament attendance. Athletes lose their Discount Cards, and those must be paid for. Companies do not reimburse for unsold Christmas Trees and Candy Bars.
Liability	NONE	Students and Parents forced to go door-to-door (often illegal now), Students handling money. Possible accidents on a golf course or at a car wash.
Avg Time to Complete	15-20 Minutes for coaches 15-20 Minutes for Athletes/Parents	Countless hours marketing, selling, organizing, and monitoring.
Donor Appreciation	Sponsors can decice to donate in the privacy of their own home, and appreciate the sincerity of a well-written letter.	Sponsors become resentful of "having to buy" something they did not need or want in the first place.
Student-Athlete & Parent Comfort	Students & Parents feel like the coach respects the value of their time, and most importantly, they do not have to put their friends and family on the spot face to face.	Students & Parents are immediatley put-off by the demands of their time, and the idea of having to guilt their friends and family into buying something.
Per Athlete Donations/Sales	$140 - $215	Car Wash - $40 Candy Bars - $50 Discount Cards - $70 Christmas Trees - $80
% of Profit Retained	An average of over 75%	50% - 70%

Funding A Future Compared to Other Sponsorship Letter Companies

Attribute	Funding A Future Sponsorship Letters
Upfront Cost/Deposit	NO
Profit Guarantee	YES
Avg. Time to Complete	15-20 Minutes for Coaches 15-20 Minutes for Athletes/Parents
Company Pays 1st Class Postage	YES (Including Postage of Thank Yous)
Company Addresses Envelopes	YES
Letters are Personalized to Donors	YES
Letters are full-color and Professional, NOT Coupon or Advertisement Laden	YES
Company Sends Out Thank Yous	YES
Company Pushes or Peddles Other Products	NO
Company Retains a % of Donations	NO
Sponsors Able to Donate with a Credit Card	YES (3x's the average check donation)
Expected Per Athlete Donations	$140 - $215
% of Profit Retained by Team/Organization	An Average of Over 75%

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