Pledge4Play
Pledge4Play
Built for teams, schools, clubs, and athletes

Helping kids play, one pledge at a time.

Pledge4Play helps youth sports organizations, school athletic programs, booster clubs, and individual athletes run smarter fundraising campaigns with clear attribution, family-powered outreach, and full admin visibility.

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✓ Stripe donations ✓ Participant-level tracking ✓ 501(c)(3) support
Spring Travel Fundraiser
Live campaign
$18,420 raised 72% of goal
126 Donations
42 Participants
8 Groups
Maya R. received a new pledge $75
Varsity Gold moved up the leaderboard #1
ABC Dental submitted a match $500
Why Pledge4Play

Modern fundraising built around how families actually help.

Give admins the structure they need while making it easy for parents, athletes, and supporters to take action.

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Organizations first, without leaving individuals behind

Run campaigns for clubs, schools, teams, booster programs, and individual athletes like junior golfers, swimmers, gymnasts, and more.

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SMS outreach from real family phones

Parents and athletes send messages from their own phone number, helping donation links land in existing one-to-one conversations instead of anonymous shortcode threads.

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Precise donation attribution

Track every donation to the correct participant, group, fundraiser, and organization so admins always know what was raised, by whom, and where it belongs.

How it works

Launch a campaign, mobilize families, track every dollar.

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Create the fundraiser

Admins set up the organization, campaign goal, groups, participants, and donation settings.

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Invite families

Parents and athletes join, claim their participant profile, and prepare personalized outreach.

3

Share donation links

Supporters receive a trusted link through family networks and give securely online through Stripe.

4

Track and approve

Admins monitor performance, verify attribution, manage corporate matches, and report results.

Built for both models

Designed for organizations first, with individual athlete support built in.

Most fundraising platforms assume every athlete belongs to a team. Pledge4Play supports the full youth sports ecosystem.

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For organizations

Give coaches, athletic directors, and booster leaders a centralized fundraising dashboard with full visibility across campaigns, participants, and groups.

  • ✓Organization, fundraiser, group, and participant tracking
  • ✓Leaderboards and progress reporting
  • ✓501(c)(3) nonprofit and tax-deductible donation support
  • ✓Corporate matching with platform-managed approval
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For individual athletes

Help solo athletes raise money for travel, tournament fees, equipment, training, and season expenses with verified parent or guardian payout options.

  • ✓Solo fundraising for athletes outside a team structure
  • ✓Parent or guardian verification for payouts
  • ✓Personal donation page and shareable campaign link
  • ✓Family-powered SMS and social sharing