The Playbook
Guides that show youthe actual numbers.
14 playbooks from people who have run these before — what to set up, what the platform handles, and what it realistically raises. 5 of them come with a calculator so you can model your own group before you commit to anything.
Run the numbers first
5 of these playbooks include a live calculator.Change the price, the size and the goal and watch what the drive would raise — before you ask anyone for anything.
What a season can raiseNFL Season Squares Pool (Every Game, Every Week)See what your season can raiseHigh School Football Season Squares FundraiserModel your own clubA 300 Club That Raised $18,000 for a Baseball ProgramSee what your drive can raiseCalendar Fundraiser (“Choose A Date”) PlaybookBoard value & goalAdopt A Square Fundraiser ($1–$100 Board) Playbook
Raising money
Fundraiser playbooks.
Built around real drives for teams, schools, booster clubs and programs.
How-to guideThe NFL Season Squares Pool (Every Game, Every Week)Run one squares pool for the whole NFL season: buy a square once, get fresh numbers every week, and every game each week has a winner. Auto-loads the schedule, split…Booster clubsThe High School Football Season Squares FundraiserTurn your whole regular season into one fundraiser. Each player sells squares that play in every Friday-night game — more games, more excitement, more raised. Includ…Case studyCase Study: A 300 Club That Raised $18,000 for a Baseball ProgramHow an American Legion baseball program ran a 300 Club — 300 tickets at $100, a $1,000 prize drawing every month for a year — to give away $12,000 and net $18,000 fo…How-to guideThe Calendar Fundraiser (“Choose A Date”) PlaybookA no-luck, everyone-can-give drive: each player gets a calendar, supporters pick days and donate that date’s value (the 12th = $12). Simple, friendly, and free to ru…How-to guideThe Adopt A Square Fundraiser ($1–$100 Board) PlaybookThe dollar board, run properly: 100 squares priced $1 to $100, supporters adopt the ones they can afford, and a full board raises exactly $5,050. No drawing, no priz…How-to guideRun an NFL Survivor Pool as a FundraiserThe most-followed office pool there is — one team a week, lose and you’re out — turned into a season-long fundraiser. How to set entry fees, strikes, and prizes so i…How-to guideRun a Draft & Keeper League (and the Death Pool Twist)Build a season-long draft league for any pool of names — draft to teams, score all season, and keep your best year to year. Plus the cult-classic “death pool” varian…
Running the game
Pool formats, start to finish.
How each contest actually plays, and what a commissioner has to decide.
How-to guideThe NFL Loser Pool (Reverse Survivor)Same survivor rules, upside down: every week you pick a team to LOSE, and you can’t reuse one. It keeps the bad teams interesting all season and is far harder than i…How-to guideCelebrity Death Pool Software (Stop Running It On a Spreadsheet)Dedicated software for a celebrity death pool: draft real people from a Wikipedia picker, let Wikidata watch for deaths, confirm each hit yourself, and let the tombs…How-to guideRun a PGA Pick’Em Pool (Draft Golfers, Win the Weekend)Turn any tournament week into a live pool: everyone drafts a roster of golfers, they earn points by performance, and a live leaderboard tracks it all. Prize-money, p…How-to guideRun a NASCAR Pick’Em Pool (Draft Drivers, Chase the Checkered Flag)Every race weekend becomes a pool: everyone drafts a roster of drivers, they earn points by performance, and a live running order tracks the standings. Official-poin…How-to guideThe NFL Confidence Pool (Rank Every Pick, Win the Season)Run a season-long NFL confidence pool: each week players rank their picks by confidence, from 1 up to the number of games, and bank those points when a pick wins. Au…How-to guideThe NFL Pick’Em Pool (Straight-Up or Against the Spread)Run a season-long NFL pick’em: every week players pick winners straight-up or against the spread, and points add up into weekly and season standings. Auto-scored fro…How-to guideThe NFL Power Points Pool (Pick One Team, Win by the Margin)Run a season-long NFL margin-of-victory pool: each week players pick one game and one team, score that team’s margin of victory (or the negative if it loses), and ca…
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