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How Online Raffles Combat Soccer Fundraiser Challenges

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Fundraising for soccer teams isn’t always easy. Between packed schedules and competing commitments, a traditional soccer fundraiser may struggle to gain momentum. Raffles offer a more convenient option that helps teams sidestep challenges and reach their goals. 

Discover the challenges we encounter — and how our online raffles help you combat them. 

1. Time Constraints 

    Soccer isn’t limited to a single game day. Players and their parents typically have busy schedules involving tournaments, travel, league play and practices. With little free time, traditional fundraising events like car washes or galas can be hard to plan, fund and staff.

    Go Raise Dough’s raffles streamline the logistics of most soccer fundraising ideas. Rather than coordinating an event, securing a venue and recruiting volunteers, organizers can raise money with just a few hours of administrative time a week. 

    2. Donor Fatigue 

      Spring and fall are busy fundraising seasons. Between baseball, football and countless other sports, many community members have already been asked to support multiple fundraisers. By the time your soccer fundraiser rolls around, your audience has likely been overwhelmed with candy bars, popcorn and event tickets.

      Online raffles offer a breath of fresh air. Instead of asking them to buy a product or carve out time in their schedule for an event, you’re giving community members a chance to win a prize. That added incentive makes people more willing to support your team after repeated asks. 

      3. High Financial Goals 

        Soccer teams typically have registration fees, but they rarely cover the full costs of running a program. Teams need to pay for tournament entries, field rentals, referee fees, transportation and more. When added up, the costs create a lofty financial goal that is hard to reach through traditional fundraising for soccer teams.

        Go Raise Dough’s online raffles have raised over $25 million for nonprofits across the U.S. Our platform maximizes the profits of your soccer fundraiser by:

        • Removing the need for proximity. Most soccer fundraising ideas limit sales to one location. Our online format allows family members, friends and alumni to participate from anywhere.
        • Creating tiered pricing. Go Raise Dough allows your team to offer bulk ticket discounts, which incentivizes donors to give more.
        • Improving outreach. Our platform creates a raffle landing page that team members can easily share via email, social media, text message and more. 

        4. Equitable Participation

          In a successful fundraiser, everyone pulls their own weight by reaching out to their own circle of family members, friends and colleagues. Yet, that’s rarely the case. Some players participate more than others, leading to burnout, resentment and low proceeds. 

          Go Raise Dough adds accountability to your soccer fundraiser. Our platform automatically tracks individual sales via the “Top Performers” report. From this data, your team will discover who should deserve a reward for their work, who needs an extra push to participate and what you can do next to foster equitable participation. 

          Start a Soccer Fundraiser Today

          The best soccer fundraising ideas aren’t overly difficult. Go Raise Dough is a simple option that limits the time, money and resources you invest in fundraising — and amplifies your results through engaging raffles. 

          Ready to start fundraising for soccer teams? Contact Go Raise Dough today to start your raffle campaign.