BaseballMania - a unique fundraiser based on the excitement of baseball

	Are you associated with a Little League or travel baseball team that needs to raise money? If so, check out BaseballMania, an exciting fundraiser based on your favorite professional baseball teams.

Why choose BaseballMania?

	It's profitable
	You make over 70% profit for each and every $20 digital entertainment package you sell (and free BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket you distribute). This makes BaseballMania a great fundraiser for any size organization. You make $14 profit on every sale!

	It's unique
	If you’re tired of expensive and time intensive fundraisers like cookie dough, scented candles, and gift wrap, BaseballMania is a great alternative. There is no inventory to manage or orders to fulfill, and everyone enjoys playing along with their BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket each week of the fundraiser.

	It will expand your fundraising reach
	Everyone loves baseball, music, books and the chance to win prize money, all of which are key elements of a BaseballMania fundraiser. As a result, people whom you never thought would support your organization are now interested in participating in your promotion and will support your cause.

How does the BaseballMania sweepstakes work?

People who want to support your organization actually purchase a digital entertainment package — a selection of digital music and books that can be accessed online. With each sale you provide the buyer a free BaseballMania ticket and they are automatically entered into the sweepstakes. Participants use their ticket number to download music and books from the Charity Studio, an online entertainment library. Since it's online, you avoid the headaches associated with traditional fundraisers — like managing inventory and fulfilling orders.

Sweepstakes Tickets

BaseballMania sweepstakes are exciting and engaging for participants because everyone has an equal chance of winning. Each BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket contains 3 random teams in each week of the BaseballMania season (the last 17 weeks of the professional baseball season) a different set of teams each week. No two tickets have the same 3 teams in any given week.

Winning tickets are determined based on the runs scored by the teams assigned to it. If two tickets have the same score, the total hits by the 3 teams is used as a tiebreaker. The four highest scoring tickets and the two lowest scoring tickets each week win prize money! Read the official rules for more details.

Each BaseballMania ticket is assigned 3 random teams in each week of the BaseballMania season.

Prizes

Throughout the BaseballMania season, participants check their tickets to see if they’ve won prizes. BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket holders have 6 chances to win a prize in each of the 17 weeks of the season (the last 17 weeks of the professional baseball season). They also have a chance to win two grand prizes at the end of the season. There are 4,060 unique tickets, each of which has a minimum 1 in 40 chance to win a prize during the season.

Each week CharityMania determines the winning tickets. We then send you the prize money so that you can send it to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support. CharityMania also posts the winning ticket numbers on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.

Weekly Winners and Prize Money
Ticket with the Highest Combined Score	$300
Second Highest Score	$150
Third Highest Score	$100
Fourth Highest Score	$80
Lowest Total Score	$60
Second Lowest Total Score	$40
Total Prize Money Paid per Week	$730

Grand Prize Winners and Payouts
Ticket with the Highest 17 Week Total	$400
Ticket with the Lowest 17 Week Total	$200
Total Grand Prize Money Paid	$600

Profit

Determining your profit with BaseballMania is easy. You sell our digital entertainment package (offered through the Charity Studio) for $20 and give out a sweepstakes ticket with every sale. For every entertainment package you sell and sweepstakes ticket you distribute you keep $14 as profit. It is that simple. (There is also $10 version of BaseballMania — learn more.)

Costs

You determine how many BaseballMania sweepstakes tickets you need, and purchase them from CharityMania for 15¢ per ticket to cover the printing costs (plus shipping and a $10 handling fee per order). You then distribute one ticket for every digital entertainment package you sell for $20. For each sale, you pay $6 to CharityMania to cover the costs of the entertainment package and the management of the sweepstakes. The remaining $14 is your profit!

	What CharityMania Does for You

	Creates the BaseballMania sweepstakes tickets
	Each BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket contains a unique ticket number. This ticket number allows the holder access to their digital entertainment package. The ticket also describes the sweepstakes and rules, and contains the randomly assigned teams that the ticket holder should root for. We design the tickets and sell them for 15¢ per ticket (plus shipping and a $10 handling per order). You can purchase as many tickets as you need and purchase more tickets as needed. Tickets can usually be delivered within 5-10 business days.

	Maintains the online library of digital entertainment
	CharityMania will maintain and update the Charity Studio with the digital music, books and other entertainment items. Your BaseballMania sweepstakes ticket holders can access this digital entertainment online, which means there is no inventory for you to manage or fulfill.

	Helps you manage your fundraiser online
	CharityMania provides you with a secure web site that allows you to manage every aspect of your fundraiser, from ticket distributors, to tickets, to winners. From this site you can also access the promotional guides, banners and posters that we have put together to help your organization promote the fundraiser easily and effectively.

	Calculates winners and pays for the prizes
	Each week CharityMania calculates the winning tickets and tells you which of your tickets is a winner. We then send you the prize money for your winning tickets so that you can send it to your winners. We also post the winning ticket numbers on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.

	What You Need to Do

	Sell digital entertainment packages and distribute sweepstakes tickets
	The BaseballMania sweepstakes tickets make it easy to sell the $20 digital entertainment package, because supporters love having a chance to win money! You make $14 in profit for every digital entertainment package you sell. The more you sell, the more money you raise - it’s as simple as that. You can purchase as many BaseballMania sweepstakes tickets from CharityMania as you need, and you can purchase tickets as many times as necessary (your fundraiser may be so successful that you run out of tickets!). Please note that BaseballMania is a no-purchase-necessary sweepstakes. If someone does not want to purchase the digital entertainment package but still wishes to enter the sweepstakes, then they can request a free ticket from you. Read more about the rules and restrictions for people who want to request a free ticket.

	Track your tickets, winners, and pay prize money
	The CharityMania web site allows you to manage your portion of the sweepstakes fundraiser online, safely and securely. You will use the site to track which tickets have been distributed, to see what tickets have won, and to see how much money will be paid to winning ticket holders. We send you the prize money for your winning tickets so you can send it to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support.

	Who uses BaseballMania today?

	For over 10 years, non-profit groups and organizations have used BaseballMania to raise money. Our customers include police units, churches, schools, firefighters, and youth sports teams (to name a few).


	“We are so glad we found the BaseballMania fundraiser. We had so much success with BaseballMania this year, that it is now our only fundraiser. We look forward to using it again next year. We raised over $11,000 to help our teams maintain the diamonds, buy equipment and purchase uniforms. We were very happy!” —Jerseyville Little League Boosters, IL	“We work odd hours and many of our members can’t be present when we conduct our charity events, so BaseballMania was a perfect fundraiser that could involve all of us. It was easy to do and easy for our members to promote the sweepstakes. We raised about $3500, which we will use for donations to local charities and firefighter’s families in need. It will also help to promote our Union and protect our contract. This was the largest amount of money our Union has ever raised.” —Franklin Park Firefighters Union, IL	“Our Rotary Club made as much money with the BaseballMania fundraiser as we did working FOUR long days in concessions at a major league baseball stadium! The tickets are so exciting that our members gladly promoted BaseballMania sweepstakes to get out of those long, hot days.” —East Alton Rotary Club, IL

	Sign up deadline

	BaseballMania officially begins on June 2, 2008. The last day to sign up for BaseballMania is on May 3, 2008. This ensures you have enough time to distribute tickets before the season begins.

	Interested in BaseballMania? Want to learn more?

	Are you interested in using BaseballMania or would you like more information? If so, send us an e-mail or give us a call. If you’re not sure if CharityMania is right for your non-profit organization, contact us and we’ll answer any questions you might have. We can also put you in touch with current participating organizations (like your own) that can give you a first hand opinion of how the fundraiser works for them. Call us: 888-909-9994 Hours: 8am - 10pm PST E-mail: Complete our online Information Request Form.

	BaseballMania brochure (printed materials)
	Do you plan on talking about BaseballMania or CharityMania with others? Print our BaseballMania Brochure (PDF format) that contains all the information on this page in a printer friendly format.