Robots vs. Sportsball

[IndianaFIRST]

IndianaFIRST needs your help. We are entered in a tournament (think NCAA style) that pits nonprofit organizations against each other in a fundraising competition. Every round we are paired against another nonprofit, and whoever scores the most points (raises the most money) moves on to the next round.

We won Round 1 by leveraging donations privately from key volunteers and alumni in IndianaFIRST.

We won Round 2 by publicly encouraging donations and advertising on social media.

We won Rounds 3 and 4 by incentivizing teams to use Brackets for Good to fundraise for their own teams! Any IndianaFIRST FRC team with an associated 501c3 or school financial association, can earn money for their team by indicating in the memo line of the donation which team the donation should go to. Once the Brackets for Good tournament is over, IndianaFIRST will allocate the funds to the proper team. One team in particular has rocked this strategy, raising over $2,500 for themselves so far!

We are now in Round 5. And our opponent is Indiana Sports Corp. We love sports just as much as anyone else, but when it comes to sports or robots, we’ll choose robots and STEM education every time!

We are continuing our incentive for people to donate to a specific IndianaFIRST FRC team, but now we are asking for a more national support base. Round 5 ends this Tuesday at 7:59:59 PM. Round 6 (the last!) ends on Friday, April 1 (not a joke) 7:59:59PM. If we win the entire tournament, IndianaFIRST receives $10,000.

Help us win against sports! Because, as we all know, ALL participants in FIRST can go pro. https://indianapolis.bfg.org/matchup/indianafirst-inc

To help us out:

1. Click, the PLUS sign by IndianaFIRST
2. Click the Shopping Cart at the top of the page that appears after clicking the PLUS
3. Create an account (or donate using a guest account)
4. Make sure to slide the convenience fee bar down to 3%. (This is the lowest convenience fee in any crowdfunding site, most others take >4.9%. This fee helps to support the nonprofit organization, Brackets for Good).
5. Indicate in the memo-line which Indiana FRC team you want your donation to go to, or leave it blank to support IndianaFIRST directly. Or use it to write funny messages to us.
6. Make your donation. Any amount helps.