If you like football, you’ll love FootballMania! It is based on the excitement of pro football and is our most popular fundraiser.
Why choose FootballMania?
It's profitable
You make over 75% profit for each and every $20 digital entertainment package you sell
(and free FootballMania sweepstakes ticket you distribute).
This makes FootballMania a great fundraiser for any size organization. You make $15.25 profit on every sale!
It's unique
If you’re tired of expensive and time intensive fundraisers like cookie dough, scented candles, and gift wrap,
FootballMania is a great alternative. There is no inventory to manage or orders to fulfill, and everyone enjoys
playing along with their FootballMania sweepstakes ticket each week of the fundraiser.
It will expand your fundraising reach
Everyone loves football, music, books and the chance to win prize money, all of which are key elements of a FootballMania fundraiser.
As a result, people whom you never thought would support your organization are now interested in participating in your promotion and
will support your cause.
How does the FootballMania sweepstakes work?
People who want to support your organization actually purchase a digital entertainment package,
a selection of digital music and books that can be accessed online.
With each sale you provide the buyer a free FootballMania ticket and they are automatically entered into the sweepstakes.
Participants use their ticket number to download music and books from the Charity Studio, an online entertainment library.
Since it’s online, you avoid the headaches associated with traditional fundraisers –
like managing inventory and fulfilling orders.
Sweepstakes Tickets
FootballMania sweepstakes are exciting and engaging for participants because each ticket holder has an equal chance of winning.
Each FootballMania sweepstakes ticket contains 3 random teams in each week of the FootballMania season -
a different set of teams each week. No two tickets have the same 3 teams in any given week.
Winning tickets are determined based on the points scored by the football teams assigned to it.
If two tickets have the same score, the total yards gained by the 3 teams is used as a
tiebreaker.
The four highest scoring tickets and the two lowest scoring tickets each week win prize money!
Read more about bye weeks and official rules.
Prizes
Throughout the 10-week season, participants check their tickets to see if they’ve won prizes.
FootballMania sweepstakes ticket holders have 6 chances to win a prize in each of the 10 weeks of the
FootballMania season (the last 10 weeks of the professional football season).
They also have a chance to win two grand prizes at the end of the season.
There are 4,960 unique tickets, each of which has a minimum 1 in 80 chance to win a prize during the season.
Each week CharityMania determines the winning tickets. We then send you the prize money so that you can send
it to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support. CharityMania also posts the winning
ticket numbers on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.
Profit
Determining your profit with FootballMania 10 Week version is easy.
You sell our digital entertainment package (offered through the Charity Studio) for $20 and give out a
sweepstakes ticket with every sale. For every entertainment package you sell and sweepstakes ticket
you distribute you keep $15.25 as profit. It is that simple.
Costs
You determine how many FootballMania sweepstakes tickets you need, and purchase them from
CharityMania for 15¢ per ticket to cover the printing costs (plus shipping and a $10 handling fee per order).
You then distribute one ticket for every digital entertainment package you sell for $20.
For each sale, you pay $4.75 to CharityMania to cover the costs of the entertainment package and the management of the sweepstakes.
The remaining $15.25 is your profit!
What CharityMania Does for You
Creates the FootballMania sweepstakes tickets
Each FootballMania sweepstakes ticket contains a unique ticket number.
This ticket number allows the holder access to their digital entertainment package.
The ticket also describes the sweepstakes and rules, and contains the randomly assigned teams that
the ticket holder should root for. We design the tickets and sell them for 15¢ per ticket
(plus shipping and a $10 handling fee per order). You can purchase as many tickets as you need
and purchase more tickets as needed. Tickets can usually be delivered within 5-10 business days.
Maintains the online library of digital entertainment
CharityMania will maintain and update the Charity Studio with the digital music, books and other entertainment items.
Your FootballMania sweepstakes ticket holders can access this digital entertainment online, which means there is no
inventory for you to manage or fulfill.
Helps you manage your fundraiser online
CharityMania provides you with a secure web site that allows you to manage every aspect of your fundraiser,
from ticket distributors, to tickets, to winners. From this site you can also access the promotional guides,
banners and posters that we have put together to help your organization promote the fundraiser easily and effectively.
Calculates winners and pays for the prizes
Each week CharityMania calculates the winning tickets and tells you which of your tickets is a winner.
We then send you the prize money for your winning tickets so that you can send it to your winners.
We also post the winning ticket numbers on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.
What You Need to Do
Sell digital entertainment packages and distribute sweepstakes tickets
The FootballMania sweepstakes tickets make it easy to sell the $20 digital entertainment package,
because supporters love having a chance to win money! You make $15.25 in profit for every digital
entertainment package you sell. The more you sell, the more money you raise - it's as simple as that.
You can purchase as many FootballMania sweepstakes tickets from CharityMania as you need,
and you can purchase tickets as many times as necessary (your fundraiser may be so successful
that you run out of tickets!).
Please note that FootballMania is a no-purchase-necessary sweepstakes.
If someone does not want to purchase the digital entertainment package but still wishes to enter the sweepstakes,
then they can request a free ticket from you.
Read more about the rules and restrictions for people who want to request a free ticket.
Track your tickets, winners, and pay prize money
The CharityMania web site allows you to manage your portion of the sweepstakes fundraiser online, safely and securely.
You will use the site to track which tickets have been distributed, to see what tickets have won in each week, and to see how much
money will be paid to winning ticket holders. We send you the prize money for your winning tickets so you can send it
to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support.
Who uses FootballMania today?
For over 10 years, non-profit groups and organizations have used FootballMania to
raise money. Our customers include police units, churches, schools, firefighters, and youth sports teams
(to name a few).
Sign up deadline
The 10 Week Edition of FootballMania begins on October 26, 2008.
The last day for organizations to order tickets from CharityMania is on September 26, 2008.
This ensures you have enough time to distribute tickets before the season begins.
Interested in FootballMania? Want to learn more?
Are you interested in using FootballMania or would you like more information?
If so, send us an e-mail or give us a call. If you're not sure if CharityMania is right for your non-profit organization,
contact us and we'll answer any questions you might have.
We can also put you in touch with current participating organizations (like your own) that can give you a first hand
opinion of how the fundraiser works for them.
Do you plan on talking about FootballMania or CharityMania with others? Print our FootballMania Brochure (PDF format)
that contains all the information on this page in a printer friendly format.
