Australian Fundraising vs Raised
Australian Fundraising runs packaged colour and slime fun runs for schools, with powder, prizes and a student profile site included. Raised gives you sponsorship pages for a fun run or colour run you run yourself. Here is how the money works out.
Pricing & Fees
Neither option costs anything up front. The difference is how much of each donation reaches the school.
Raised
- ✓No setup, monthly or per-student fees
- ✓A 5% platform fee and Stripe fees per donation, which donors can choose to cover
- ✓No minimum number of students
- ✗You buy your own colour powder and any prizes
Australian Fundraising
- ✓No upfront costs
- ✗The school keeps 60%. The company takes 40% + GST of what is raised (stated on their site)
- ✓Powder, sunglasses, prizes and materials are paid for out of that 40%
- ✗Typically a minimum of 50 students
Features
A packaged colour run arrives in a box. Running your own takes a little more organising and leaves far more money at school.
Raised
- ✓A sponsorship page for every student
Each student gets their own page, link and QR code to share with family and friends.
- ✓Class and team leaderboards
Teams mode puts every class on a live leaderboard, which does the job of a prize chart for free.
- ✓Designed colour run page
A colour run template for your school's page, with your goal, story and colours.
- ✓Money paid as it comes in
Donations are paid out to your Stripe account within a few business days, not after the event.
- ✗Colour powder and prizes
Not included. Schools buy powder from a party or events supplier and choose their own class rewards.
Australian Fundraising
- ✓Colour powder and sunglasses
Colour powder or slime, UV400 sunglasses and wristbands or headbands for each student, plus coordinator kits.
- ✓Individual prizes
Students get their first prize once they raise $10 and can pick up to five prizes, plus extra prize credit online. Families can choose a cause instead.
- ✓Student profile pages
Online profiles on the company's own site. Schools report that cash must be converted to online donations.
- ✓Account management
An account manager to help the school run the event.
- ✗40% + GST of what families raise
The cost of the programme comes out of the money raised, so every extra dollar raised also costs the school 40 cents plus GST.
Why Choose Raised?
If your P&C is happy to buy its own powder and run the day with parent helpers, running it on Raised keeps the money at school.
Keep What Families Give
On a $20,000 colour run, a 60% share leaves the school $12,000. On Raised the school keeps over $18,000 even when every fee comes out of the donations, and more when donors choose to cover fees.
Class Competition Instead of Prizes
Teams mode puts every class on a leaderboard. A pizza lunch for the top class costs a fraction of a prize per student.
Live Totals
Watch every class and student total update as sponsorship comes in, and share the leaderboard in the newsletter.
Any Event, Any Size
No minimum student numbers. Use the same setup for a fun run, walk-a-thon, read-a-thon or maths-a-thon.
How the Australian Fundraising model works
Australian Fundraising's fun run page says the school keeps 60% of the money raised, assuming it can reclaim the GST, and the company takes 40% + GST to cover materials, account management, freight and advertising. There are no upfront costs and a minimum of 50 students.
The School Fun Run and funrun.com.au websites now redirect to Australian Fundraising's student profile site, so schools that used School Fun Run in the past will find the same programme there.
A packaged programme suits a school with no volunteers to spare. If you have a few parents for the colour stations, running your own colour run on Raised means the school keeps the money that would have paid for the programme.
Sources: Australian Fundraising fun run, Australian Fundraising FAQs, Werribee Primary School parent letter
Questions about choosing Raised
Why choose Raised as an alternative to Australian Fundraising?
Choose Raised when your school, club or community group wants product fundraising, donation pages and sponsored athons in one platform. Manage campaigns online, share fundraising links and use participating wholesalers or your own products without a setup fee or monthly subscription.
Does Raised charge fundraising fees?
Raised has no setup fee or monthly subscription. Card payments carry a 5% platform fee plus processing fees. Eligible product fundraisers can accept cash and bank transfer without platform or processing fees. Payment availability and how fees are collected depend on your region and campaign settings. Check Raised's pricing page for details.
How do we start our next fundraiser on Raised?
Create a Raised account, choose your fundraising format and add your campaign details. For product fundraisers, confirm products, prices and collection arrangements before publishing. Share your new Raised link with supporters. Existing campaigns, payment details and donor records do not transfer automatically from another platform.
Run Your Own Colour Run
Set up a colour run page with a sponsorship page for every student in a few minutes. Free to start.