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Sports & Entertainment
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USA
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Multi Platform
Sports & Entertainment
USA
Multi Platform
TeamFunded is a mobile-first digital platform built to simplify fundraising for sports teams of high schools and colleges. It streamlines the fundraising process, obviating the need for physical cash transactions or product sales. The online fundraising platform emerges as a valuable tool for institutions seeking financial support for their various sports endeavors.
This case study explores how we built and launched a custom fundraising solution for our esteemed client in the USA. They aimed to modernize sports fundraising and improve the experience for athletes and supporters. Their vision was clear: create a secure, easy-to-use, and engaging digital platform that made participation simple and effective. Our team of experts successfully delivered a scalable platform to streamline the overall process.
Many educational institutions face challenges when it comes to fundraising for sports teams and programs. Traditional methods are often outdated, time-consuming, and ineffective, leading to certain challenges.
Traditional fundraising relied on cash, paperwork, and time-consuming coordination.
Schools couldn’t connect well with donors or the larger community, which affected participation.
Without digital tools, tracking progress and optimizing campaigns was nearly impossible.
The client needed a digital fundraising platform that addressed the above challenges while creating a modern, scalable system. The platform needed to:
Streamline fundraising through digital channels
Provide a mobile-first experience for easy access and usability
Enable user-specific interfaces for athletes, coaches, donors, and administrators
Support gamification to encourage participation
Offer real-time analytics and insights
Ensure secure digital payments
Simplify campaign sharing via email, SMS, and social media
We worked closely with the client to design and build a custom platform tailored for sports fundraising. The solution focused on accessibility, ease of use, and engagement across multiple user roles.
Elementary and high school athletes can create profiles, participate in campaigns, track their donation progress, and view leaderboards. They also earn rewards and share personalized donation links with their network.
A mobile-responsive interface enables coaches to launch and manage sports fundraising campaigns for their teams. They can add participants, monitor campaign progress, and access analytics and reports.
Donors can view campaign details, make secure contributions using multiple payment options, and share campaigns on social platforms to expand reach.
Administrators manage the entire fundraising program from one dashboard. They can handle user accounts, launch and edit campaigns, set prize tiers, track metrics, generate reports, and manage payments and refunds.
Sports fundraising activities are accessible anytime, anywhere across web and mobile platforms.
Interactive reward systems encourage students to meet milestones and stay motivated.
The system focuses exclusively on digital donations, eliminating logistical complexities.
Participants can promote campaigns via email, text, and social media to maximize reach.
Campaign stakeholders can monitor donation activity and participant performance in real time.
A tiered prize model boosts participation by offering incentives aligned with donation achievements.
The web app and mobile app development process involved several advanced technical components to ensure a seamless user experience:
The platform incorporates robust security protocols for safe and compliant financial transactions.
Data tools were embedded to enable tracking of campaign metrics, user behavior, and donation patterns.
A structured reward system was configured to drive engagement and maintain momentum during campaigns.
The launch of the TeamFunded platform marked a significant transformation in how the client conducted sports fundraising. It helped improve user participation and streamlined campaign execution.
The shift from manual to mobile-first fundraising led to a substantial increase in donations. Simplified access and digital payment methods encouraged more contributors to engage with the platform.
Athletes, coaches, and alumni embraced the platform, motivated by the gamified rewards and transparent tracking tools.
Administrators gained centralized control and visibility over campaigns, enabling data-driven decisions and more effective fundraising strategies.
The ease of sharing campaign links through multiple digital channels helped institutions connect with a wider donor base and expand their fundraising footprint.
TeamFunded successfully modernized the fundraising experience for sports programs. It replaced outdated methods with a mobile-first, data-driven platform. By prioritizing accessibility, engagement, and transparency, it enabled educational institutions to meet their fundraising goals more efficiently through the mobile-first digital transformation.
