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Fundraising guides for people who have to make the numbers work.

Twenty guides on funding school programs, teams, churches and community groups. No inspirational filler, no invented statistics. Written for the treasurer who has to present a plan on Tuesday.

The Money Fundraising Reality Program Playbooks Tennessee The Products Run It Well

Students holding handmade thank-you signs

The Money

3 guides

How the earnings actually work, what the two percentages mean over a year, and how a recurring model compares to the fundraiser you ran last spring.

Fundraising Calculator: What Could Your Group Actually Earn?

Four sliders, your own roster numbers, and an honest estimate rather than a brochure figure. Start here if you need a number for a committee.

Interactive · Target: fundraising calculator

How 20% + 10% Recurring Fundraising Income Actually Works

What a reorder is, why the 10% compounds while the 20% does not, and how to explain the whole thing to a principal in one minute.

Target: recurring fundraising income

Candy Bars, Car Washes and Recurring Income

A fair comparison of what each traditional fundraiser keeps, what it costs in volunteer hours, and whether it repeats itself next year.

Target: most profitable school fundraisers

Fundraising Reality

3 guides

Why programs end up fundraising in the first place, why the fourth ask of the year lands badly, and what a fundraiser costs before it earns anything.

Why School Program Budgets Fall Short

Fixed budgets set before costs are known, equipment on replacement cycles, and why a winning season costs more than a losing one.

Target: school program funding gap

Fundraising Fatigue: Why Families Stop Saying Yes

The social cost of asking a coworker to buy overpriced chocolate, and what changes when the ask becomes something they already buy.

Target: fundraising fatigue

The Hidden Costs of a Traditional Fundraiser

Unsold inventory, upfront purchase risk, cash reconciliation and the treasurer's weekends. The costs that never make the flyer.

Target: fundraiser hidden costs

Program Playbooks

7 guides

One guide per kind of group, because a cheer squad's costs land at different times than a marching band's, and a robotics team with fourteen students cannot use a plan built for a football roster.

Cheer Fundraising: Comp Fees, Uniforms and Choreography

Competition entry, choreography, music, camp and mat time, and why cheer so often sits outside the athletics budget.

Target: cheer fundraising ideas

Marching Band Fundraising: Instruments, Uniforms and the Away Trip

Repair cycles, show design, props, uniform replacement and buses. Plus the real problem: band costs land before the season earns any goodwill.

Target: marching band fundraising ideas

Youth Sports Fundraising: Travel Teams, Tournaments and Gear

Entry fees, officials, field rental and hotel weekends, and the fairness problem of families with very different capacity to pay.

Target: youth sports team fundraising ideas

PTA and PTO Fundraising Without Burning Out Your Volunteers

The same twelve people doing everything, board turnover every year, and why an event calendar resets to zero every August.

Target: PTA fundraising ideas

Church Youth Group Fundraising: Mission Trips and Summer Camp

Trip deposits, camp deadlines, van maintenance, scholarship funds, and the sensitivity of asking a congregation that already gives.

Target: church youth group fundraising ideas

Booster Club Fundraising: Building a Budget That Repeats

Restricted versus general funds, the trap of one big event carrying the year, and what changes when part of the budget just arrives.

Target: booster club fundraising ideas

Robotics, Theater and Academic Club Fundraising

Kit and registration costs, rights and royalties, set and costumes, and why a small roster needs a different model than a large one.

Target: robotics team fundraising

Tennessee

3 guides

Local pages for Tennessee groups. Misty is on a 615 number and works with schools, teams and nonprofits across the state.

School Fundraising in Tennessee: A Practical Guide

Large metro districts and small rural ones, how booster structures differ between them, and the shape of a Tennessee fall.

Target: Tennessee school fundraising

Fundraising for Nashville and Middle Tennessee Groups

Growing suburban districts with no fundraising history, competition for the same sponsor dollars, and commuting parents with no time for events.

Target: Nashville fundraising ideas

Tennessee Nonprofits and Community Groups

Volunteer fire departments, animal rescues, food pantries and scout troops. What recurring revenue does for a group with no development staff.

Target: Tennessee nonprofit fundraising

The Products

2 guides

The part that makes the model unusual. Products priced a few dollars above cost mean your supporters come out ahead, which is why they reorder without being asked again.

Why Selling Near Cost Makes a Better Fundraiser

Most brands mark supplements up several times over. Pricing just above cost inverts the usual fundraiser dynamic, and that is the whole trick.

Target: supplement fundraiser

What Is Actually in the Catalog: 46 Products Families Reorder

Eight categories with real prices, and which of them are genuine monthly repeat purchases. That distinction is what a committee should care about.

Target: LiveGood products fundraising

Run It Well

2 guides

Getting a campaign off the ground and keeping students interested once it is running.

How to Launch a Fundraiser in One Week

A day-by-day plan: approval, registration, participant list, links, the parent announcement and a five-minute kickoff. Plus what to do when a principal says no.

Target: how to start a school fundraiser

Prizes That Make Students Actually Compete

The four real tiers, why thresholds beat percentage-of-sales prizes, and how to stop it becoming a contest only two kids can win.

Target: fundraiser prizes for students

Read enough? The setup takes about ten minutes.

Registration is free, there is nothing to store, and Misty will look at your roster and tell you honestly whether the model fits your group.

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Misty Gaunt

Misty helps schools, teams, churches and nonprofits set up recurring fundraisers through LiveGood. She wrote these guides for the committees she talks to every week. Call or text 615-414-3837.