Great PTO Fundraiser Ideas

Uncle Jerry's T's - Most popular T-shirt, beach towel, and gift PTO fundraising company featuring officially licensed characters, sports, and environmental designs. Free shipping, great quality, high profits & individually packed orders. Easiest and most successful sale you'll ever do. Call 800-556-2887!!

JustFundraising.com - Sweet deals! - Candy and lollipops have always been sure money-makers for PTO groups. With interested buyers everywhere, you'll make quicker sales & more profit! M&Ms, Hershey's, 24 popular flavors. Earn up to 57% fundraising profit! Free shipping! Get a free sample kit - toll free (1-888-440-4114)

Canine Fundraising Group, Inc. - Cool gourmet dog treats! Best tasting dog treats in fundraising. Once you've run a Bow Wow Bucks PTO fundraiser, the town's dogs will insist on running one again! Made in the USA, human-grade ingredients, variety for all size dogs. Online/direct sales programs available. Call 1-866-344-3545 x 1.

EZFund.com - 50% profit & up for your PTO - lollipops, $1.00 chocolate bars & Smencils - satisfaction guaranteed! Gourmet cookie dough, cheesecakes, Otis Spunkmeyer brownies & pretzels & brochures ranging from candles & cappuccino to Butterfly Garden seeds! Call (800) 991-8779!

QSP- We have helped thousands of PTO groups raise over $2 billion.  Let our world-class sales force and broad line of candy products help you reach your fundraising goals! Visit our website to get your free fundraising kit. (800-678-2673).

Astonishingmail LLC - Make money while you sleep. Easy to set up and manage personalized website works for you 24hrs a day. PTO groups create custom greeting cards online that are printed in color and mailed or shipped the next business day. No set-up fees, no inventory, no worries. 864-297-2771

Wesleyan Thespians - Mystery dinner kits. Can fund raisers be fun raisers?? Absolutely!! Wesleyan Thespian Mystery Dinner Kits include scripts, clues, solutions and detailed instructions on how to present mystery dinner performances which we would like to share with your PTO. (e-mail) 

Big Yummy, Inc. offers PTO groups home style flavor and old fashioned goodness for a fundraising product your community will ask for again and again. "Scoop up the dough, bake em fresh, Big Yummy cookies, they're the best!"  (800-561-5561)

Team Spirit Towels offers wholesale pricing on printed spirit, beach, swim, and golf towels. Our fleece blankets are popular as well. Fast, easy, and profitable. Join the chorus of PTO groups that are waving their spirit/rally towels for their favorite team. Visit us at teamspirittowels.com. (877-416-7026)

"3-J" Fund Raising - Up to 90% PTO profit. Products include Hershey, M&M's, scratch cards, jewelry, cookie dough, candles, safety products, wreaths, cheesecakes, flower bulbs, custom printed tee shirts & more. No cost for delivery. No minimum order for most products. (800-352-2643)

And Many, Many More PTO Fundraising Ideas >>>>

Types of PTO Fundraisers

Direct Sales Fundraiser

Your PTO orders an inventory of fundraising products to be sold by your volunteers. The product is provided to your volunteers who sell the product, deliver it, and collect payment, usually in one trip. Some fund raising companies allow time for you to sell the products before requiring payment while others, especially those providing custom products, will require payment in advance of your fund raiser.

Order Taker Fundraiser

Also called pre-sales, brochure sales or catalog sales. Your PTO volunteers are each provided a fundraising brochure to show potential supporters and an order form. If your group is selling a single item, volunteers may also have a sample to show. Supporters select products from the brochure and records the order on the order form. Once your members are done, all order forms are tallied and sent to the fund raising company which ships the products to the contact person for your group fund raiser. Your members and volunteers then deliver the products to your supporters.  Depending on your choice, your group can collect funds from their supporters when the order is collected or upon product delivery.

On-line Fundraiser

On-line fundraising is generally handled in one of two ways. In the first, the fund raising company your PTO is working with will create a personalized website for your group. You encourage supporters to purchase products or services from that site and you receive a percentage of sales. The second way is to have a coded link on your organizations website that will take the visitor to a personalized page on the company's site. Again, you encourage supporters to make purchases through the coded link and your group receives a percentage of the sales. Your fund raiser could be for a specific time frame or, depending on the program, may be an ongoing throughout the year.

Special Event Fundraiser

Special event fundraising varies significantly. Your PTO may work with a fund raising that conducts the entire event or they may sell the material, supplies and/or script for your group to produce the event yourselves. Regardless, your group will most likely at a minimum be responsible for securing the facilities, advertising, and selling tickets for the fund raiser.  Another alternative is a complete do-it-yourself fundraiser that your group comprises from scratch. You normally think of dinners, plays, car washes, raffles, and auctions in this category but there are lots more to consider.

Where can you find the best fundraising products and services? We've listed several fund raising companies above who have years of experience working with PTOs just like yours. If you don't see one on this page, please make sure you review our complete selection of fundraising products and services and extensive selection of do-it-yourselfers. One of them will be perfect for your next fund-raiser!

Your PTO And The Fundraising Company

1.  The best way to ensure a happy relationship and prevent problems is to make sure that your PTO and the company you choose as a fund raising partner have a clear understanding of each other’s expectations.  Verify financial and product information with the company prior to entering into any agreement or purchasing any products for your fundraiser.

2.  If you experience a problem during your PTO fund raiser, discuss it with the company quickly.  Most will do their best to reach an accommodation so that you have a win-win situation wherein you both make money.  The fund raising companies want you to be happy about your association with them so that you will patronize them again and recommend them to other organizations for their fundraisers.

3.  The more your PTO is able to do on your own and without any special requirements, the more fund-raising profit you should expect.  If your group requests extra prizes or unusual considerations, you must be prepared to sacrifice some profit.