How does an online sponsored fundraiser work?

Whether its a Colour Dash Colour Run, a Fun Run, a Reading or Maths fundraiser we can help you - we can help you manage any online sponsored fundraiser your school wishes to run with our custom designed school and pta fundraisers.

1. Sign up for your fundraiser

It’s easy to sign up and get going – and don’t worry there are no cancellation fees should something mean your fundraiser can’t go ahead.

Once you have signed up we will allocate you your very own Go Raise It Fundraising Campaign Manager. They will guide you through the process and help you plan and get your online sponsored fundraiser up and running.

We recommend getting signed up as soon as possible so you can start making use of your Campaign Manager and all our fundraising guides right from the early planning stages.

2. Get planning with your very own Go Raise It Campaign Manager

Your Go Raise It Campaign Manager will work with you to set your fundraising dates and then use that to create a Fundraising Plan for you. They will send you any guides that will help you plan your own fundraiser activities – these will vary dependent on the type of event (e.g. A Colour Run just has a single activity day at the end of your fundraiser but a Maths Mania fundraiser may have in school activities throughout your fundraising period).

They will work with you to create initiatives and incentives that will supercharge your fundraising success – this could include milestone and team prizes. They will show you around our Fundraising Manager portal and talk about how you can use that to run live spot prize draws to keep the excitement going for your fundraiser. They will guide you through the best ways to maximise your fundraising success in a way that fits in with your school community.

3. We will get your very own custom fundraising website built and ready!

The Go Raise It team will build you your very own fundraising website using our custom designed online sponsored fundraiser for schools platform. The website will be built using your schools colours, logo and imagery. We will custom craft a “WHY” for fundraising for you based on your fundraising goals.

4. Utilise your communication templates provided by your Go Raise It Campaign Manager

Your Go Raise It Campaign Manager will provide you with a letter template complete with a QR Code for easy access for you to send home to your families via your preferred communication method.

They will provide you with briefings to send to staff at your school and get you setup on our portal where you can track your fundraisers progress and run live spot prize draws using our Spin the Wheel feature.

5. Launch and get fundraising!

Once you are ready it’s time to launch! Your Go Raise It Campaign Manager will be there to help you throughout your fundraiser and our Go Raise It helpdesk is there to help your families and community with any support questions along the way.

What does it cost to use Go Raise It to manage our online sponsored fundraiser?

Go Raise It charge 10% (plus VAT) of your total donations – you can see your total donations on your website at any time during your fundraiser so you will always know exactly what you have raised.

We know there are other more DIY options out there that may appear cheaper but remember to take into account other costs like credit cards and platform fees and the administration involved to manage it yourself. Our fully inclusive fee model makes it super easy to understand and there are no extra costs added on at the end.

Our fee includes:

NOTE: We do ask your supporters to optionally top up their donation at the end to help with processing/platform costs – if they don’t choose that option it does not affect your total payout – we take the risk on this and if we do not end up with enough collected via that method to pay those fees we pay for them out of our pocket. We do this to make it simple and easy for schools to always know exactly what they are getting.