As a baseball coach, fundraising every year comes with the job. In a lot of ways, effective fundraising can make or break your team – its your baseball team can purchase necessary equipment, technology, or have adequate travel funds for tournaments.

Here at Teamfi we totally understand that while fundraising can be an important part of the livelihood of your baseball program, it also can be a stressful task on a yearly basis. That’s exactly why it’s our mission to take the anxiety out of fundraising by making it easier, quicker, and most importantly, 100% free.

Teamfi takes zero cut of any fundraisers we run for exactly this reason – we want teams and clubs everywhere to keep the money they fundraise in their programs because we know exactly how important those dollars are to the program's livelihood.

With all of that said, here’s three creative ways (with an example included) that your team can use Teamfi today to raise necessary funds effectively for your baseball team for 100% free:  

Running a custom crowdfunding fundraiser

One way your team can raise funds effectively this year is using Teamfi’s crowdfunding software, to completely automate the fundraising outreach process. That’s exactly what North Texas (NTX) Tribe 12U Baseball in Parker, Texas did this past year to support their team’s trip to Cooperstown, New York.

As an added twist, in addition to leveraging Teamfi’s out of the box automated text outreach, the NTX Tribe went above and beyond to customize their fundraiser by making a fundraiser specific video to describe why they were fundraising and how the funds would help their team out. (Side note: since this fundraiser was run in Summer of 2024 we’ve actually now made it possible to embed videos directly on your team’s donation with our custom fundraiser descriptions)

The end result for NTX Tribe 12U Baseball? They raised $5,500 with just 11 players on their team! Teamfi crowdfunding can be a super effective way for your team to raise the necessary funds for your team for totally free.

The best part? NTX Tribe 12U Baseball was able to easily manage their team’s fundraising progress from start to finish using their Teamfi fundraising dashboard, complete with their entire fundraising roster, each of their contacts, donations, and donation totals.

‍Running a performance-based fundraiser

Whether you’re looking to switch it up from a crowdfunding fundraiser, or just looking to do something that is a bit more engaging, a performance-based fundraiser like a hit a thon could be a fantastic option for your baseball team.

In a hit a thon fundraiser, each of your players would get a pre-set number of hits (usually around 20 or so). Prior to hitting the 20 hits, they would collect pledges from potential fundraiser supporters (usually friends and family) based on the number of feet their furthest hit is on the day of the hit a thon. For example, if a fundraiser supporter pledged $0.50 per foot of a player's furthest hit, and that player’s furthest hit ended up being 250 feet, that pledge would then be a $125 donation for your team. In this way, you can tie your baseball team's performance to your fundraising dollars, making it an effective way to keep both your team and fundraiser supporters engaged in your fundraising process.

The best part? Teamfi offers our hit a thon software for 100% free, and it takes out all of the manual work of tracking your team’s players, pledges and pledge collection. With our platform, your team can track all fundraiser participants’ hit a thon progress, pledges and collect all donation payments all in one place.

‍Running a performance-based fundraiser, but on pen and paper

Look, we totally get it, sometimes it’s just easier to keep things old-school and run a fundraiser on pen and paper. So, if the hit a thon fundraiser above sounded intriguing, but maybe you don’t want to run your hit a thon digitally, we still have the solution for you!

‍We offer a free, ready-to-print template for your hit a thon fundraiser. This template is already pre-formatted to keep track of all your fundraiser participants’ pledges and donors – making sure that, even when run with pen and paper, your team’s hit a thon stays organized and easy to manage.

There you have it, three creative ways your baseball team can use Teamfi to fundraise for 100% free! If you’re interested in seeing any of these fundraising ideas in action, you can book a quick, <30 minute demo with our founder, and he’ll show you exactly what using Teamfi can look like for your baseball team. At the end of the demo, your team will be entirely ready to get started fundraising. Additionally, if you want to learn even more about Teamfi, you can check out our FAQ page, which answers all of the most common questions about Teamfi.