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Fill My Crown is an interactive online digital fundraiser for pageants, scholarship programs, and royalty court organizations in which participants try to get a donation for each space on their crown. Each crown has 30 spaces, and the donation amounts vary from $5 to $100, totaling $740 – helping you raise money for entry fees, wardrobe, travel, scholarships, charitable platforms or anything else your program needs.
Donation per space
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Everything you need to know about running a fill my fundraiser.
The ideal timing for a Fill My Crown fundraiser is the few weeks leading up to competition or your big event, while contestants are actively preparing and supporters are excited to follow along. It also works well right after crowning, as a new titleholder begins a year of service and community appearances.
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 the week before competition.
Book a demo, get your sign-up link, then create your fundraiser and add your participants — Teamfi generates a donation page for each contestant automatically. A 60-contestant state pageant sets up just as fast as a 10-person local court. A few things worth considering:
Pageant fundraising usually means ad book sales, sponsor letters, or raffle tickets — they work, but they mean a lot of door-knocking, paperwork, and follow-up.
This one is a crown. Contestants watch their crown fill in with the names of the people cheering them on, and donors get to be part of the journey. That lands differently than another ad sale, especially for the contestant who hates asking.
It also runs alongside rehearsals and appearances instead of taking time away from them. No ads to design, no cash to count. Launch a few weeks before competition and it works while contestants prepare.
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
The South Bowie Lady Sharks cheer team in Bowie, MD raised $15,870 in 15 days with a Fill My Bow fundraiser on Teamfi, averaging $38 per donation and keeping $15,285 (96.3%) of funds raised.
🎀 Fill My Bow
Organization
Bowie, MD
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Take Home
Take Home
"This was the best fundraiser we've ever done and the most money we've ever brought in! The other sports within our organization were all asking the cheer team, "How did you do it?" The digital bow makes it so much easier! Your team was very responsive!
Cheer Coach
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 Crown 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 crown spaces and custom donations are automatically tracked in real time on your Teamfi fundraiser dashboard.
Can we run a Fill My Crown alongside our ad book, 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 pageants and scholarship programs decide to run a Fill My Crown fundraiser at a different point in the year than one of the other digital fundraising options like pick-a-date calendar fundraisers or crowdfunding campaigns.
For example, if your program runs a crowdfunding campaign for its charitable platform, a Fill My Crown fundraiser could be the perfect option in the weeks leading up to competition.
When should we run a Fill My Crown fundraiser?
The weeks leading up to competition tend to work best — contestants are preparing, families are excited, and supporters want to be part of the journey. A new titleholder's first few months of service are a good second window as well.
In any case, most Fill My Crown fundraisers can find success in just a 2–3 week campaign – leaving your program with plenty of funds for entry fees, wardrobe, travel, scholarships, or anything else.
What happens if some of our contestants 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. Each contestant shares their own link, and grouping participants by age division or title 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 special award, recognition on stage, or an extra perk for the top fundraiser.
How do out-of-town family members donate to our Fill My Crown?
This is the beauty of running a Fill My Crown fundraiser with Teamfi – it's all digital!
To donate, all anyone needs to do is tap the contestant's link and claim a space from wherever they are. A lot of a contestant's support comes from grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends following along from a few states away — the group a paper fundraiser usually can't reach. Contestants can share their link by text or social in one tap. The best part? If your program is using Teamfi's free automated donor outreach feature, the work is done for you!
Your team deserves 100%
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