Fundraising Goal Calculator

Most fundraising advice starts with the format and hopes the number follows. This starts with the number. Tell it how many families you can realistically reach and what you have to raise, and it works backwards to the formats that get there — and tells you plainly when a goal needs more people than you have, which is the thing nobody says out loud until it is too late.

People in your group

You need to raise

Each can sell to about

That is roughly 152 people you can actually reach — the number that decides what is possible, far more than the size of the roster.

No single format reaches $18,000 with 152 people. The two strongest together come to about $8,800. Either widen who you are selling to — past the roster, into the wider community — or run two formats across the season rather than one and hope.

Season Squares≈ $5,000

One 100-square grid that plays every week of the season, not just one game. People pay more per square because the square keeps paying out all season.

Century Club≈ $3,800

Sell numbered memberships at a fixed price, draw winners through the season. Simplest to explain and to sell to people outside the team.

Calendar Cash≈ $3,420

Each of your 38 sells a calendar; a donor pays the day-number on dates that matter to them. Raises the most per person because one seller collects many small amounts, not one.

Adopt A Square≈ $2,600

A 100-square board where square 1 costs $1 and square 100 costs $100 — the whole board is $5,050 at full price. The escalating price does the asking for you: there is a square at every budget.

Classic Squares≈ $2,000

One 100-square grid for one game. Easiest sell, lowest ceiling — a full board at $20 is $2,000 and no more.

These are realistic gross figures at a typical price, not best-case. Whatever you run, you keep all of it — players pay you directly and ChooseASquare never takes a percentage of what you raise.

Questions people ask

What if the goal is out of reach with our numbers?

The tool says so rather than flattering you. Usually the answer is a format where each person contributes more than once — a season-long pool or a calendar — or widening past the roster to the wider community.

Which format raises the most?

Per person, a calendar fundraiser and an Adopt A Square board raise the most, because the amounts escalate. A one-off squares board is the easiest to sell but caps out at the price of 100 squares.

Does ChooseASquare take a percentage?

No. Players pay the organiser directly and the organiser keeps 100% of what is raised. We charge for the software, never a cut of the money.

Want us to run it for you?

We handle the selling, the collecting, the chasing and the scoring — numbers draw themselves, winners are worked out from the real scoreboard, and everyone can see the board on their phone. You keep 100% of what you raise.

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