Case study · Marching band
And their monthly donor club grew every year, too.
$176,840
across three seasons
87–92%
participation — all three seasons
Up every year
$57K → $59K → $61K
12 → 15
monthly club members, 2023 → 2024
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | $57,350 | $58,764 | $60,725 |
| Donations | 962 | 987 | 873 |
| Donors | 773 | 783 | 724 |
| Average gift | $59.62 | $59.54 | $69.56 |
| Participation | 92% | 88% | 87% |
| Monthly donor club | — | 12 members · $337/mo | 15 members · $377/mo |
A 160-student program that needed serious, dependable money — roughly $60K a season — without burning out families on product sales.
The full process, executed: 92% of students raised money in 2022, 88% in 2023, 87% in 2024 — near-total buy-in every single season, while the program beat its own total two years in a row.
Three consecutive seasons, each one bigger than the last: $57,350, then $58,764, then $60,725. By the third campaign the average gift had climbed to $69.56, and the monthly donor club they started in 2023 had grown from 12 members to 15 — $377 every month, one of the largest clubs on the platform.
“This fundraiser can replace many things that drain program and community.”
— Kyle Freesen, Director of Bands, Loveland High School
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