Talking to Your Organization About RaiseRight

Curious about starting a RaiseRight program for your organization but need to win over stakeholders, leadership, or board members? This guide gives you the tools to make the case. 

Unlike traditional fundraisers, RaiseRight doesn't require selling, event planning, or donation asks, making it the easiest, most practical way to raise money for your cause. Your organization can earn 24/7, 365 days a year—without the extra effort.

How do you earn money with RaiseRight? 

There are four ways to earn with RaiseRight. You can: 

• Buy and use gift cards for shopping, dining, or gifting, with hundreds of brands to choose from
• Shop online across hundreds of retailers
• Dine at participating local restaurants
• Book a hotel or car rental through RaiseRight's travel booking site

Your organization earns a percentage back with every purchase. It's that simple.

Gift cards

Gift cards offer an average earnings of 6%, but bonuses can boost that to 20% or more. For example, if you buy a $100 Bath & Body Works eGift card when the brand is on bonus at 16%, your organization will earn $16—just from that single purchase.

Shop online

You can also earn when you shop online with hundreds of participating retailers, even if they don’t offer gift cards through RaiseRight. This opens the door to even more brands and earning opportunities.

However, if a brand offers both RaiseRight gift cards and online earnings, you can combine the two methods to earn twice on the same purchase! 

Say you’re making a $100 purchase at Nike.com, which is offering a 10% online earnings bonus. By clicking the 'Shop Now' button to activate online earnings, you’ll earn $10 after you complete your purchase.

As you check out, pay with a Nike gift card from RaiseRight to earn an additional 11% (another $11). Combined with the $10 online earnings, your $100 purchase earns $21 back for your organization! 

Local dining

Local dining brings thousands of new earning opportunities to RaiseRight—outside of gift cards and shopping online. Simply link a credit or debit card in your RaiseRight account, and you’ll earn 5% every time you pay with that card—tax and tip included! 

With 20,000+ participating locations nationwide, you can dine and earn near home or while traveling.

Travel bookings

Lastly, you can book hotels or car rentals through RaiseRight's travel booking site for competitive rates and significant earning potential. Booking travel with RaiseRight can be a game-changer for organizations that travel often, such as sports teams or music programs. 

Choose from 850,000+ hotels and resorts or 30,000+ car rental locations, and enjoy the flexibility of booking with a credit or debit card. 

What are the benefits of RaiseRight?

Here are the top reasons why RaiseRight is the go-to fundraiser for thousands of organizations across the country: 

• Unlimited earning potential, with no caps
  
  
• Available 24/7, 365 days a year, which means you can fundraise even during slow or off-season periods
  
  
• Hundreds of well-known and beloved brands to choose from, so there's something for everyone, no matter their lifestyle, habits, or preferences
  
  
• Participants can easily earn $1,000 or more annually—just by doing what they're already doing

Try our free earning potential calculator to see how much a single household can earn with RaiseRight—then imagine the impact when all your supporters join in: 

Skip the time-consuming outreach or planning for your event or sales-based fundraiser. With RaiseRight, earning money is as simple as shopping and dining at your favorite places, which means no more door-to-door sales or late-night events. 

Many of our organizations also combine RaiseRight with other fundraisers to maximize profit and meet their goals even faster. Consider the following ideas: 

• Full integration with other fundraisers – Combining your routine fundraising ideas with gift cards is easy. For example, if you're running a restaurant fundraiser, your participants can pay for their food with gift cards so you can earn money through both RaiseRight and food sales.
  
  
• Gift exchanges – If your organization exchanges gifts during the holiday season, encourage members to purchase their gifts through RaiseRight. Shower coworkers and friends with gifts while contributing toward the fundraiser goal. 

How does RaiseRight stand up to other fundraisers? 

When examining different types of fundraisers, there are generally two categories: events and sales.

Some popular fundraisers that fall into one or both categories include:

• Candy bar fundraising
• Cookie dough fundraising
• Pizza fundraising
• Sub sandwich fundraising
• Bake sales
• Car washes
• Concerts or talent shows
• Holiday bazaars
• Dinner parties or galas
• Raffles

Event fundraisers rely on ticket sales for experiences like dances or raffles. Some money covers event costs, and the organization keeps the profit.

Sales fundraisers sell items at a profit, such as candy bars, soap, candles, or other baked or crafted goods. The profit margin on sales-based fundraisers is around 30 to 40%.

There are more than a few downsides to each type of fundraiser, though. For example, you could end up:

• Spending unnecessary time and money on event organization
• Needing to track down volunteers to keep events running smoothly
• Forgetting to factor in important costs, like inventory storage, that can cut into profits

Simply put, these other means of fundraising will often cost you more than you expect in time, money, and energy.

RaiseRight doesn’t neatly fit into either category, though you can easily integrate it into both. For this reason, it does more than hold up to the competition—it often meets and surpasses it.

How do we get started with RaiseRight?

It's easy and it's free—here's how: 

• Step 1: Enroll in a RaiseRight program and wait for your organization's approval and verification. 
  
  
• Step 2: Once approved, you can invite participants to join your program, make purchases, and begin earning immediately.
  
  
• Step 3: Your organization will be eligible for payout when your group earns at least $20. The funds can be used for general organizational needs or distributed back to participants for individual savings.