This guide highlights a variety of fun and effective fundraising ideas, including restaurant partnerships, product sales, and creative on-campus events. Whether you want a low-effort spirit night or a hands-on school fundraiser, these options make it easy to raise money while engaging your community.
Restaurant/Food Partnerships
- Chipotle: donates 20% if you fundraise over $120 – needs to be tied to a specific location and use a code in-app or flyer in-person when purchasing
- Panda Express: does a virtual fundraiser where you can pick a date and ask people to support at any location throughout the country – gives back 28% of proceeds
- Chik-Fil-A Spirit Night: Most do a 15% give back rate – tied to a specific location and date
- Panera Bread: Offers 25% give back rate – minimum requirement sales of $100 – tied to a specific location and use a flyer similar to Chipotle
- Pizza Hut: Donates 20% back to your school – ties to a specific location and flyer like Chipotle
- Applebee’s: Gives back 25% of proceeds – in-restaurant fundraiser
- Krispy Kreme: Digital Dozen – donates 50% back to your organization of $15 dozen purchase
- Buffalo Wild Wings: Donates back 20% of proceeds
- Double Good Popcorn: Donates 50% of proceeds – ships nationally
- Mrs. Fields: Donates 50% back – ships nationwide
- Ask your local business!! Some of them might be willing to help and give a generous donation for a sales night
Products Fundraising
- Yankee Candle: donates 50% of proceeds back – ships nationwide
- Gertrude Hawk: earn up to 50% profit with chocolate bar fundraiser – ships nationally
- Meadow Farms: fundraiser give back varies on campaign – direct to home delivery, no school distribution required
- Print to Order – partner with CustomInk or Bonfire to design a shirt (maybe make it club themed?) and sell online – each item you can add a specific profit margin to it
- CustomInk: https://www.customink.com/fundraising
- Bonfire: https://www.bonfire.com/fundraising
On-Campus Ideas
- School bake sale – members bake and donate and sell for a profit
- Candy grams – members assemble and sell candy grams (great for Valentine’s Day coming up)
- Friendship bracelet sales – take a page from TSwift’s book and embrace friendship bracelets
- Photography Session – does your club have a shutterbug? Offer photos or portraits for a donation to your club (great for professional portfolios) – if your school or club has awesome backdrops even better!
- Locker decorations – for a donation, offer to donate lockers if your school allows for a birthday or special occasion
- Pie a Teacher – if you have a teacher gracious enough for this, auction off the chance to pie the teacher in the face or charge a set amount (depends on tolerant your teacher is)
- Locker Clean Out – For a donation offer to do a locker clean up service (great if you have any neat freaks in your club that love to clean)