RESOURCE LIBRARY

• SECTION 1 – FUNDRAISING PLAN - First step towards completing a fundraising & business plan.
  • Section 1.1 - Team Fundraising Plan Overview 
    • Team Fundraising Plan Webinar
    • Team Fundraising Plan Examples:
      • Urban Team 1018
      • Rural Team 1625
      • Suburban Team 2470
  • Section 1.2 - Team Business Plan Overview
    • Business Plan Overview - Team 3132 Webinar
    • Business Plan Examples:
      • Team 68 
      • Team 2175
      • Team 2648
      • Team 3847
      • Team 4272
      • Team 4403
      • Team 4140
      • Team 5096 

• SECTION 2 – COMMUNITY ANALYSIS – Helps teams gain a better understanding of their community and the opportunities available locally to them.
  • Community Analysis Overview
  • Community Analysis Webinar

• SECTION 3 – TEAM DOCUMENTATION - Teams learn how to create documentation about their program with resources created to give examples of team documentation and sponsor packets. 
  • Team Sponsor Packet Template
  • Team Documentation Webinar
  • Sponsor Packet Examples:
    • Urban Team 1018
    • Suburban Team 5972 

• SECTION 4 – ORGANIZING A PRESENTATION – Helps students develop presentation skills to be prepared when speaking with sponsors for the first time. 
  • Organizing a Presentation Overview
  • Sponsor Presentation Webinars:
    • Team 27 Webinar
    • Team 1511 Webinar
    • Team 4140 Webinar
  • Team Resources
    • Email and Phone Script Examples:
      • Team 2177 – Sponsor Phone Script
      • Team 4140 – Cold Call Sponsor Script
      • Team 4982 – Email Script for Potential Sponsors
    • Sponsor Letter and Handout Examples:
      • Team 1511 – Patron Letter
      • Team 1511 – Sponsor Presentation Trifold
      • Team 1511 – Patron Solicitation Form 
      • Team 3550 – Fundraising Cover Letter Draft
      • Team 3550 – Team Trifold 2012-2013
      • Team 4924 – Sponsor Letter - 2012
      • Team 4924 – Build-a-Bot Campaign
    • Sponsor Presentation & Media Note Examples:
      • Team 1511 – Sample Speech 
      • Team 5190 - Sponsor Fundraising Presentation 2014
      • Team 2753 – Sponsor Fundraising Presentation 2012-2013
      • Team 4140 – Sponsorship Pitch 2013
    • Fundraising Workshop Presentations and Tips:
      • Team 1511 – Patron Drive Hints
      • Team 1816 – Fundraising and Sponsorship Presentation
      • Team 2753 – Fundraising Workshop Presentation 
      • Team 4140 – Tips for Contacting Sponsors  
    • Team Training Videos - Team 27
      • What NOT to do in a Sponsor Presentation
      • What TO to in a Sponsor Presentation

• SECTION 5 – MAINTAINING SPONSOR RELATIONS – How to build long-term partnerships with sponsors.
  • Maintaining Sponsor Relations Overview
  • Maintaining Sponsor Relations Webinar
  • Team Resources:
    • Presentation: Team 234 Team Championship Maintaining Sponsors Presentation
    • “Thank You” Examples:
      • Team 234 Team Sponsor “THANK YOUs”
      • Team 3550 Team “Thank You” Card 
      • Team 4140 Team “Thank You” and Championship Update Letter
      • Team 4140 “Thank You” Letter Example
    • Newsletter Examples:
      • Team 2753 Team Newsletter March 2013
      • Team 2753 Team Newsletter August 2013
      • Team 5972 Sponsor Newsletter
         
• SECTION 6 - 501(c)3 PROS, CONS & ALTERNATIVES - Learn if this option is right for your team. 
  • ​501(c)3 Pros, Cons, and Alternatives Overview
  • Webinar
  • Presentation Slides
  • Team Resources:
    • Presentations
      • Team 365 - Non-Profit Status Championship Slide Presentation
      • Team 365 - Non-Profit Status Championship Presentation Handout 
    • Parent Booster Examples:
      • Team 2220 - Parent Booster Club Overview Webinar
      • Team 2220 - Parent Booster Club White Paper
      • Team 2220 - Parent Booster Club Presentation Slides
    • 501(c)3 Document Examples:
      • Team 365 - 501(c)3 Documentation Example
         
• SECTION 7 - ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF FUNDRAISING - Highlights creative ways to fundraiser through crowd sourcing websites and grant writing.
  • Alternative Methods of Fundraising Overview
    • Grants
      • Grant Webinar
      • Team 359 - Championship Presentation 2012
      • Team 359 - NASA 2011 Program Growth Grant Write-up
      • Team 359 - Grant Application Example
      • Past Hawaii Legislative Bills - 2012
      • Team 1816 Grant Example - "2012 Cargill Volunteer Award"
    • Crowdfunding
      • Overview Webinar 
      • Crowdfunding with Teams Webinar
      • Team Crowd Funding Campaign Team Interviews
      • Piggybackr Blog Post - Fundraising for Robotics Teams
         
• SECTION 8 - FUNDRAISING EXAMPLES & BEST PRACTICES - Shares examples of successful fundraising ideas created by veteran teams.
  • Team Fundraising Examples & Best Practices Overview
  • Team Fundraising Examples:
    • Team 291 - Mystery Dinner
    • Team 1100 - Build Your Own Robot
      • Team 1100 - How to Host a Build Your Own Robot Event in Tour Community Guide
    • Team 1111 - Flocking Fundraiser 
      • Team 1111 - Flocking Sign
    • Team 1816 - House Party
    • Team 2713 - iRaiders Kitchens of Melrose Tour Cookbook
    • Team 3132 - Robocamp
      • Team 3132 - Preparing a Robocamp

​THANK YOU to the following for their valuable contributions to this project:

The Argosy Foundation and John Abele;

Renee Becker, FIRST AmeriCorps VISTA, Indiana;

Members of the FIRST Community including Regional Directors and Committee members; and

FIRST Robotics Competition Teams 27,68, 234, 291, 359, 5420, 696, 781, 1018, 1100, 1111, 1477, 1511, 1625, 1675, 1816, 2175, 2177, 2220, 2470, 2648, 2713, 3132, 3847, 4274, 4787, 4403.

FIRST Tech Challenge Teams 1937,  2753, 3550, 4140, 4220, 4924, 4982, 5096, 5466, 5972.