Sports team fundraiser ideas your fans get to play
Team fundraisers often mean selling something: discount cards, candy bars, a car wash on a Saturday morning. If you're looking for sports team fundraiser ideas that give families something to do instead, here's one. We build a themed scavenger hunt bingo board with you, fans and families pay to play it, and 100% of the proceeds go to your team's gear and travel.
Every board comes from the same list of finds, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo. The finds are all around the field already: the mascot, the drumline, a parent with a cowbell.
How it works for fans and families
A QR code on a sign at the gate, at the concession stand or in the program is all it takes. Fans pay for the game, and that payment is the donation. They join in the app or in a browser and play from the stands, between plays and through halftime.
Football team fundraiser ideas for game night
A Friday night game gives a board plenty to work with: the coin toss, a field goal, the band at halftime, the student section in face paint. Make it a timed game that ends at the final whistle, and the game wraps up on schedule, with the most Tingos winning.
We write the board with you, from your knowledge of your team and ours of what makes a good find. It carries your team's name, your colors and your logo.
Youth sports fundraiser ideas for tournament weekends
Youth tournaments mean long days at the fields, with families waiting between games or staying over in the next town. A board for the weekend gives them something to play in the gaps: a rival team's mascot, the hotel pool, a hot dog from the concession stand.
Booster club fundraiser ideas for every sport
A booster club raises money for more than one team. The same idea works at a soccer game, a swim meet or a basketball tournament, each with its own board, so if you're collecting sports fundraiser ideas for the whole year, this one changes with the season.
A prize for the winner
Name a prize when you set it up, and everyone sees what they're playing for. Whoever has the most Tingos when the game ends wins it. A signed game ball, a prize from a local sponsor or the best seats on senior night gives everyone something to play for.
Sports team fundraiser ideas for your board
These are the kind of finds that make a good game-day board. Yours would be built around your own team, field and town.
In the stands
- Team mascot
- Foam finger
- Face paint
- Cowbell
- Stadium blanket
- Student section
- Homemade sign
- Bag of popcorn
- Drumline
- Cheer pyramid
- Thermos of cocoa
- Rally towel
On the field
- Coin toss
- Fumble
- Field goal
- Penalty flag
- Halftime show
- Team huddle
- Scoreboard
- Goalpost
- Water cooler
- Fresh chalk line
- Line of high fives
- Muddy jersey
On tournament weekend
- Hotel pool
- Team bus
- Rival mascot
- Tournament bracket
- Concession hot dog
- Pop-up canopy
- Folding chairs
- Orange slices
- Trophy table
- Rain delay
- Matching parent shirts
- Painted car windows
Let's build a board for your team
Tell us about your team or booster club: the sport, the families and fans who turn up, and what you're raising money for. We'll come back with ideas for what a Tingo fundraiser could look like for your season. Let's Tingo works the same way for PTA fundraisers, fundraising events and nonprofit fundraisers, and you'll find everything else we build on our partners page.