What Fund Raisers, Ltd. does

Fund Raisers, Ltd. is a US-based brick engraving and fundraising services company founded in 1987 in Boise, Idaho, with 15 employees. The company designs, customizes, and ships engraved bricks and tiles — across clay, concrete, marble, granite, and tile materials — used by nonprofit, educational, religious, community, senior-living, and government organizations as the central product in donor recognition and memorial fundraising campaigns. Its underlying offering combines physical product manufacturing with a software layer that includes a Brick Creator design tool, a branded Online Ordering System, free Donor Websites hosted for each campaign, and a BrickApp mobile application — bundled free of charge to organizations, which is differentiated from competitors that historically only sold bricks.

The business model is direct-to-organization one-time unit sales of custom engraved bricks, with organizations purchasing at wholesale and reselling to supporters at a markup to raise funds. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the company offers a Lowest Price Guarantee, no upfront campaign setup costs, and bonus brick rewards tied to campaign performance. Go-to-market is hybrid: a direct sales team handles enterprise and large institutional accounts, while self-serve online ordering and dedicated donor campaign pages serve SMB and individual donors. Marketing is executed through a content-led website, blog, email newsletter, and free educational webinars aimed at organizations new to brick fundraising.

In a recent strategic transaction, Bricks R Us (Miami) acquired Fund Raisers Ltd. to form what the combined entity describes as the country's largest brick engraving company. Fund Raisers Ltd. now operates as a division of Bricks R Us supporting community and sports engraving programs from the Boise location alongside the Miami headquarters, with a product catalog spanning finished, Belden, standard, concrete, and granite bricks; Alfagres, quarry, marble, and granite tiles; commemorative benches; and souvenir bricks. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, funding rounds, executive team, or financial disclosures are documented in the available input.

Name

Fund Raisers, Ltd.

Legal name

Fund Raisers, Ltd.

Website

https://fundraisersltd.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fund Raisers, Ltd. is a Boise, Idaho-based brick engraving company (founded 1987, 15 employees) that designs, customizes, and ships engraved bricks and tiles for donor recognition and memorial fundraising campaigns by schools, churches, nonprofits, senior communities, and government organizations. Now operating as a division of Bricks R Us.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Engraved Bricks for Fundraising

NAICS

Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing (327331), Clay Product and Refractory Manufacturing (3271), Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers (423320)

SIC

Concrete, Gypsum & Plaster Products (3270), Cut Stone & Stone Products (3281)

akta.pro primary industry

Calcium Silicate Bricks & Blocks (IMADABAD)

Keywords

• Custom engraved bricks
• Brick fundraising services
• Commemorative brick programs
• Memorial donor bricks
• Nonprofit fundraising campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Brick Sales: One-time sale of custom engraved bricks to fundraising organizations and individual donors. Organizations purchase bricks at wholesale prices and sell to supporters at a markup to raise funds for their causes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fund Raisers, Ltd. produces and sells custom engraved memorial, donor, and commemorative bricks in multiple materials (clay, concrete, marble, granite, and tile) for fundraising campaigns. The company supplies bricks at wholesale to schools, churches, nonprofits, senior communities, and government/military institutions, and equips those organizations with free online ordering systems, donor websites, and design tools to run brick-based fundraising campaigns with no upfront costs.

Product overview

Bricks R Us (which acquired Fund Raisers Ltd.) offers a comprehensive brick fundraising platform with a wide portfolio of products. The core offerings include various brick types (Finished Bricks, Belden Bricks, Standard Bricks, Concrete Bricks, Granite Bricks) and tile products (Alfagres Tiles, Quarry Tiles, Marble Tiles, Granite Tiles), supplemented by complementary items like Benches, Souvenir Bricks, and Donor Bricks. The platform is enhanced by digital tools including the Brick Creator (online design tool), Online Ordering System, Donor Web Site, Mobile App (BrickApp), and supporting services like Brick Rewards, Bonus Bricks, Webinar training, Donor Certificates, Brochures, Arrays, and Symbols. The company operates from two locations (Miami headquarters and Boise, Idaho division) supporting both community and sports engraving programs, with free services like donor websites, order form templates, and online ordering systems that set them apart from competitors who simply sell bricks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Engraved Bricks

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,000 bricks engraved and shipped with only two chipped bricks reported

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CafePress: Mass-market custom and personalized product platform. Comparable as a broader personalized-products incumbent that competes for the same donor-gift and commemorative merchandise budgets, though delivered via print-on-demand rather than brick engraving.
• Personalization Mall: Large online retailer of personalized gifts and engraved products. Comparable as a broader personalization/custom-engraving incumbent competing for the same donor-recognition and gift-engraving wallet share, though not specialized in brick fundraising.
• 4Imprint: Large promotional products distributor serving schools, nonprofits, and churches. Comparable as a one-stop shop organizations use for donor gifts and recognition merchandise, often considered alongside brick fundraisers in the same budget cycle.

Emerging players

• Memorials.com: Online memorial and tribute products marketplace. Comparable as an emerging player in the personalized memorial/donor-recognition space, partially overlapping with the company's commemorative brick offerings.
• Engraved Awards & Gifts (online specialty engravers): Boutique online engravers offering custom engraved keepsakes for schools, churches, and nonprofits. Comparable as niche competitors in the custom-engraved donor-gift category that Fund Raisers' Souvenir Bricks and Donor Bricks also serve.

Direct peers

• Bricks R Us: Acquirer of Fund Raisers Ltd. and the combined 'country's largest brick engraving company'; offers an essentially identical catalog of engraved bricks, tiles, donor websites, and online ordering for fundraising — making it the most direct comparison.
• PlaqueMaker: Custom plaque and engraved recognition product maker serving schools, nonprofits, and donor-recognition use cases. Directly comparable as a small-team custom recognition producer competing for the same memorial/donor-wall budgets.

Others

• Givebutter: Digital fundraising platform serving many of the same nonprofits, schools, and churches. Comparable as an adjacent/substitute channel competing for the same donor-recognition fundraising budget, but delivered entirely online rather than via physical engraved bricks.

Regional players

• Thompson Custom Bricks: Regional custom brick engraving services for memorials and donor recognition. Comparable as a regional specialty engraver addressing the same commemorative-brick use cases for schools, parks, and nonprofits.
• Recognition Brick Co. Specialty engraved-brick producers serving alumni, athletic, and community fundraising campaigns in regional US markets. Comparable as direct fundraising-brick specialists competing for the same school/church brick-campaign RFPs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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