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Fill My Cross is an interactive online digital fundraiser for churches, youth groups, and ministries in which participants try to get a donation for each space on their cross. Each cross has 30 spaces, and the donation amounts vary from $5 to $100, totaling $740 – helping you raise money for mission trips, youth camps, outreach programs, building projects or any other ministry need.
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Everything you need to know about running a fill my fundraiser.
The ideal timing for a Fill My Cross fundraiser depends on what you're raising for. The weeks leading into Easter are a natural fit, as is the stretch before summer camp and mission trip deadlines. Fall works well too for year-end giving, Advent, and Christmas outreach.
Usually, anywhere from a 2–3 week window works best – a short and organized campaign is more effective than a long one. Give it a clear end date, like a trip deposit deadline or a special Sunday service.
Book a demo, get your sign-up link, then create your fundraiser and add your participants — Teamfi generates a donation page for each student or member automatically. A church-wide campaign sets up just as fast as a 12-person mission team. A few things worth considering:
Church fundraising usually means bake sales, car washes, or spaghetti dinners — they bring people together, but they also mean supplies, sign-up sheets, and a lot of volunteer hours.
This one is a cross. Participants watch their cross fill in with the names of the people supporting them, and donors get to see exactly who they're sending. That lands differently than another ticket sale, especially for the students who hate asking.
It also fits alongside your ministry calendar instead of competing with it. No food to prep, no cash to count. Launch a few weeks before your deadline and it works while your people keep serving.
Simple, no-cost fundraising designed for organizations of any size.
No Platform Fees
Save money on fees and keep more of what you raise
Secure Donations
Give donors confidence with trusted payment processing via Stripe
Guided Onboarding
Step by step onboarding and 24/7 support to keep your fundraiser on track
Visual & Interactive
Build community with an engaging page that displays your supporters
Automated Outreach
Maximize your raise without additional effort with built-in SMS
Quick Timeline
Your campaign can start in minutes and wrap up in as fast as a couple weeks
Flexible Payouts
Choose between direct deposit or check payout for your fundraiser
Custom Branding
Customize your fundraiser with your group’s logo & story
Real-time Tracking
Keep tabs on your fill my fundraiser with 10+live, real-time metrics
Built-in Sharing Tools
Post your campaign directly to facebook, twitter, or anywhere else
Run your Fill My Fundraiser in just 4 easy steps, start to finish.
Step 1
Once you receive your Teamfi sign-up link, all you have to do is create your account and answer a few quick questions to customize your organization’s Fill My fundraiser with your brand and story.
Step 2
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Step 4
Participant Groups
Track your fundraiser by sub-groups to stay organized or incentivize
501(c)(3) Verifications
Verify your organization to let donors know about tax-deductability
Roster Management
Add, delete, sort, or track participants with a built-in participant table
CSV Reports
Download robust participant, donation, or fill my data instantly
Seamless Rollovers
Save time on additional fundraisers by copy and pasting existing ones
Christ Youth, a church youth group in Wichita, KS, raised $10,317 over 75 days with a calendar fundraiser on Teamfi for missions, camp, and conferences — 25 students averaging $75 per donation and $412 raised per participant, with the group keeping $9,976 (96.7%) of funds raised.
📅 Calendar Fundraiser
Organization
Wichita, KS
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"The entire process was really easy and our parents and students were able to use everything really. It is something we are planning to do every year now and will take the place of other fundraising that took a lot of time and effort with little payout. I really enjoyed that I could keep it open as long as needed. That gives a lot of flexibility to ensure the students are getting as much as possible and allows me to add new students later and for them to still have time to participate."
Fundraiser Organizer
Start in seconds with a sign-up link
Scales to any group size with sub-groups & tracking
See your total at any moment
Share by text or social in one click
Copy & paste last year's fundraiser to start the next
Alright, I’m in! Get me started for free.
Takes days to find, print, and hand out a template
Gets harder to manage the larger it grows
No running fundraiser total until the very end
Hard to reach non-local supporters
Start from scratch every year
It's Okay, I’d rather stay with pen & paper.
And there’s no catch! Teamfi charges no platform fee and takes none of what you raise. You only pay payment processing fees charged by Stripe.
Platform fees
Per transaction
Optional tips
How do the digital Fill My Cross donations work — can someone claim more than one space?
Yes. A donor can claim as many spaces as they want, and their name shows on each one they take (if they choose to leave their name). They can also give a custom amount outside the $5–$100 range if they'd rather. Every donation goes straight to your account through Stripe, so there's no cash to collect or checks to deposit – all cross spaces and custom donations are automatically tracked in real time on your Teamfi fundraiser dashboard.
Can we run a Fill My Cross alongside our serve-a-thon, calendar, or crowdfunding fundraiser?
You can, though most families give once a season — running two at the same time often means getting half of each. Many churches and youth groups decide to run a Fill My Cross fundraiser at a different point in the year than one of the other digital fundraising options like pick-a-date calendar fundraisers, serve-a-thons, or crowdfunding campaigns.
For example, if your youth group runs a crowdfunding campaign for summer camp, a Fill My Cross fundraiser could be the perfect option in the fall for Christmas outreach or a winter retreat.
When should we run a Fill My Cross fundraiser?
The weeks leading into Easter, the stretch before summer camp and mission trip deadlines, and the fall giving season all tend to work well — your congregation is gathered and already focused on what's ahead.
In any case, most Fill My Cross fundraisers can find success in just a 2–3 week campaign – leaving your group with plenty of funds for mission trips, camp scholarships, outreach, or anything else.
What happens if some of our members or students don't participate?
That is no problem at all – nothing breaks. Your fundraiser total is just the sum of what each participant raises, so there's no threshold to hit and partial participation still works. Christ Youth in Wichita, Kansas raised $10,317 for missions, camp, and conferences with a Teamfi calendar fundraiser – and a Fill My Cross works the same way, with each participant sharing their own link. Grouping participants by small group or class makes it easy to see which groups are moving and where a nudge would help.
One way to increase participation is to offer an incentive for funds raised – like a pizza night, a youth group outing, or special recognition for the top small group.
How do out-of-town family members donate to our Fill My Cross?
This is the beauty of running a Fill My Cross fundraiser with Teamfi – it's all digital!
To donate, all anyone needs to do is tap the participant's link and claim a space from wherever they are. A lot of a church's support comes from grandparents, former members, and friends who have moved a few states away — the group a paper fundraiser usually can't reach. Participants can share their link by text or social in one tap. The best part? If your church is using Teamfi's free automated donor outreach feature, the work is done for you!
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