eTeamSponsor

Name

eTeamSponsor

Legal name

eTeamSponsor, Inc.

Website

https://eteamsponsor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Fundraising Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Fundraising & Crowdfunding Platforms (Recurring/Project-Based) (MPACAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarships, Grants & Donor-Funded Awards Management (EDALAJAB)

Keywords

• Athletic fundraising software
• Peer-to-peer fundraising
• Donor management platform
• Higher education fundraising
• School crowdfunding platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. TeamFunder (Revenue-Share): Risk-free revenue-share product for teams, high schools, and foundations. No upfront cost; organizations pay nothing to start. eTeamSponsor retains 20% of funds raised, with organizations receiving 80%. Organizations can earn higher percentages through performance. Funds remitted via ACH or check by the 10th of each month.
2. FundRaker (SaaS Subscription): Subscription-based SaaS product for higher education and institutional advancement. Organizations pay an upfront annual license fee, and 100% of funds raised are directed to the institution. Renewal fees apply at end of annual contract. Includes daily deposit batches via seamless payment gateway integration.
3. Advertising & Sponsorships (Coming Soon): Digital ad placements across all products with impression tracking and smart placement rules. Tiered sponsorship packages with asset management, fulfillment tracking, and sponsor reporting for athletic departments.
4. Ticketing (Coming Soon): 100% smartphone-based ticketing solution with zero hardware requirements. In-ticket sponsor overlays and real-time attendance analytics for athletic departments and events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

eTeamSponsor is an institutional funding platform built specifically for K-12 and higher education athletics, consolidating fundraising, events, giving days, advertising, sponsorships, and ticketing into one integrated software solution. The company sells two core products: TeamFunder, a revenue-share peer-to-peer crowdfunding product where organizations retain 80%+ of funds raised, and FundRaker, a subscription-based SaaS for higher education advancement where 100% of funds go to the institution. The platform serves more than 8,000 schools and organizations and has helped raise over $300 million for student-athletes since 2010.

Product overview

eTeamSponsor is an institutional funding platform that consolidates fundraising, events, giving days, advertising, sponsorships, and ticketing into one unified system for K-12 and higher education. The platform operates through two core crowdfunding products: TeamFunder (a revenue-share model for teams, high schools, and foundations where organizations retain 80%+ of funds raised) and FundRaker (a subscription-based SaaS product for higher education and institutional advancement with 100% fund direction). These core products are enhanced by integrated modules including DonorSync for CRM data synchronization with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and DonorPerfect; Donor Intelligence, Donor Match, and Donor Lift for donor management and optimization; Launch Day Scoreboard for campaign engagement; Family Share for peer-to-peer outreach expansion; and Edison AI for predictive analytics. The Giving Day Module provides microsite building, challenge/match capabilities, and AI-powered features for time-bound fundraising campaigns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TeamFunder Revenue-share peer-to-peer crowdfunding product designed for high school and college teams, high schools, and booster clubs. No upfront cost; organizations retain 80% of funds raised with opportunity to earn more through performance. Features include social media sharing, SMS text messaging, and automated email campaigns.
• FundRaker Subscription-based SaaS product for higher education and institutional advancement. Requires upfront license fee with 100% of funds directed to the institution. Includes daily batch deposit processing and seamless payment gateway integration for campus-led crowdfunding.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% profit margin on average (vs. industry 30-80% for traditional fundraisers)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 April 2025Strategic partnership announced April 2025. eTeamSponsor signed as an ABCA Double Partner, providing fundraising tools and resources to ABCA member baseball coaches and programs.
• NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2014Official Fundraising Partner of the NJCAA since 2014. eTeamSponsor is the endorsed fundraising platform for all NJCAA member schools. $34,000,000 raised for NJCAA schools since the partnership began. Dr. Christopher Parker (NJCAA President & CEO) has publicly endorsed the partnership.
• NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial fundraising partner providing peer-to-peer fundraising tools to NAIA member institutions and athletic programs.
• NWAC (Northwest Athletic Conference)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial fundraising partner providing peer-to-peer fundraising tools to NWAC member two-year colleges.
• CCCAA (California Community College Athletic Association)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial fundraising partner for California community college athletics, approved for use in CCCAA athletic conferences.
• CIF (California Interscholastic Federation)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial fundraising partner for California high school athletics, approved for use in CIF athletic conferences.
• AIA (Arizona Interscholastic Association)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial fundraising partner for Arizona high school athletics.
• Blackbaud Raiser’s EdgecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership enabling seamless data synchronization between eTeamSponsor donor data and Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge CRM. DonorSync feature allows effortless importing of donor information with accuracy and efficiency.
• DonorPerfectcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership enabling seamless data synchronization between eTeamSponsor donor data and DonorPerfect donor management system. Supports accurate and efficient data importing.
• Steve RainwaterminorOthersBusiness Development Advisor with over 15 years of experience in B2B selling environments including building and leading outbound lead generation teams, inside sales teams, and enterprise field sales teams.
• Sam WilliamsminorOthersFormer 8-year NFL player with the Oakland Raiders, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and board member to the Summit Bank Foundation. Serves as an active board member and investor/advisor to eTeamSponsor.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RallyUp: Online fundraising and event platform serving schools, nonprofits, and community organizations. Offers auctions, ticketing, giving days, and peer-to-peer campaigns—directly overlapping with eTeamSponsor's integrated platform approach across fundraising, events, and ticketing.
• Qgiv: Online fundraising platform providing donation forms, peer-to-peer campaigns, event registration, and ticketing for nonprofits, schools, and community organizations. Directly comparable to eTeamSponsor's integrated giving-day and ticketing features across a similar buyer base.
• Funraise: Nonprofit fundraising software platform with peer-to-peer campaigns, donation forms, event management, and CRM functionality. Competes for the same institutional advancement and donor-management wallet that eTeamSponsor targets with its FundRaker SaaS product.
• Boonli: School-focused online fundraising and spirit-wear platform serving PTAs, booster clubs, and K-12 programs. Competes directly with eTeamSponsor in the high school athletics and booster-club fundraising vertical with overlapping product capabilities around online ordering and campaigns.
• Snap! Raise: Direct competitor focused on school and athletic-team fundraising through online platforms and team-based campaigns. Snap! Raise targets overlapping customer segments (high school and college athletic programs) with a similar peer-to-peer digital fundraising model, making it the closest head-to-head competitor for TeamFunder.
• 99Pledges: Online fundraising platform purpose-built for schools, teams, and booster clubs to run peer-to-peer campaigns. Competes directly for high school and college athletic-program budgets with similar automated email/social outreach mechanics to eTeamSponsor's TeamFunder.
• Givebutter: Venture-backed online fundraising platform serving nonprofits, schools, and teams with donations, events, ticketing, and peer-to-peer campaigns. Overlaps with eTeamSponsor's integrated giving-day, ticketing, and donor-management features while competing in adjacent nonprofit and education verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Classy (GoFundMe Pro): Large, well-funded nonprofit fundraising platform (now part of GoFundMe) offering peer-to-peer campaigns, giving days, and donor CRM. While Classy primarily focuses on nonprofit and higher-education advancement rather than K-12 athletics, it competes for the same institutional advancement-office budgets.
• Bonterra (formerly Network for Good): Established nonprofit software suite including donation forms, CRM, peer-to-peer fundraising, and grant management. Operates as a broad incumbent across the nonprofit and education fundraising market rather than specializing in athletics, but addresses overlapping buyer needs at the institutional level.

Emerging players

• Pledge (Pledgeit): Peer-to-peer fundraising platform for schools, teams, and nonprofits offering donation drives and pledge-based campaigns. An emerging player with partial overlap to eTeamSponsor's peer-to-peer model and athletic-program use cases, though with a smaller share of the school-athletics segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eteamsponsor
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@eteamsponsorvideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/eteamsponsor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eteamsponsor-com
• Instagraminstagram.com/eteamsponsor

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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