Athlete fundraising pages
Give every participant a personal page with their own target and a shareable link.
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Youth sports fundraising calculator
Set your goal and see exactly what it takes to hit it: the per-athlete target, how many gifts you need, and how much your organization actually keeps once fees are accounted for.
Per-athlete target
$250.00
Each of your 20 participants raises this to reach the goal.
Gifts needed
125
At a $40.00 average, about 7 per participant.
Your org keeps
$5,000.00
100% of your goal, since supporters cover the 3% platform fee and card processing at checkout.
Why donor-paid fees matter
If those same fees came out of your organization instead (a 3% platform fee plus about $182.50 in card processing), you'd net $4,667.50 on a $5,000.00 goal. HometownLift's donor-paid model keeps that $332.50 in your programs.
Estimates use a 3% platform fee and standard online card processing (about 2.9% + $0.30 per gift). Actual card rates vary slightly by card and country.
How to use these numbers
The per-athlete target is the single most useful number for a team fundraiser: it turns one big, abstract goal into a personal ask each family can picture. Give every participant their own athlete fundraising page with that target on it, and you replace "we need to raise $5,000" with "you need to raise $250", which is far easier to act on. See how to set fundraising goals for the full method.
The gifts needed figure is a reality check on your average gift size. If the number of gifts looks impossibly high, your average is probably too low. A pledge-style fundraiser (per lap, per book, per rep) often lifts the average without asking anyone for more than they'd give anyway.
The what-you-keep comparison is the one most teams overlook. On many platforms the fees are deducted from your proceeds, so a percentage of every gift never reaches your programs. With HometownLift's donor-paid fees, supporters cover the platform fee and card processing at checkout, so your organization keeps 100% of every gift.
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