For Robotics & STEM Teams

Competition registration alone is $6,000. Fund your build season.

Every team member gets their own QR code. Sponsors, families, and community members scan and open the giving page in their phone browser.

Start Your Robotics Fundraiser

Sound familiar?

Registration, parts, and travel cost $15,000+. School budgets barely cover the basics. The rest falls on parents and students.

Corporate sponsorships are slow and competitive. You can't wait 3 months for a maybe. Build season starts now and parts aren't free.

Students are engineers, not salespeople. Selling cookie dough doesn't match the program's identity. It feels beneath them.

Generic donation pages give you no per-member tracking. You can't see who raised what, and tip-based models can add unexpected costs for donors.

Grant applications take forever. And most of them say no. You need money you can count on, not months of paperwork for a long shot.

ScanRaise fixes all of it

QR codes fit the program's identity - tech-forward, modern, impressive to sponsors.

Share codes on social media, at outreach events, at STEM nights, and with local businesses.

Track donations per team member. Students see their impact. Mentors see who needs help.

Sell team merch, run raffles at competitions, sell tickets to the robot reveal. One platform.

Just 2.5%. Every dollar goes further than product sales or tip-based platforms.

Where ScanRaise fits

	ScanRaise	Typical fundraising platforms
Platform fee	2.5% flat	Varies by provider and pricing model
Printable per-person QR cards	Yes	Rarely included
Per-person tracking	Yes	Varies
Events, merch, auctions, raffles	All included	Usually separate tools
App required	No	Some require an app

Based on public information. Feature sets on other platforms change, please verify on their own sites.

The full toolkit for your team

QR code cards

Every team member gets a personalized card. Hand them out at STEM nights, outreach events, and sponsor meetings.

Member leaderboard

Per-member tracking with real-time rankings. Engineers love metrics - give them a scoreboard.

Employer matching

After a completed donation, donors can search the 32-employer reference list and follow their employer's process.

Team merch store

Sell team t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and robot-themed gear online. Revenue goes straight to the build budget.

Event ticketing

Sell tickets to the robot reveal, sponsor appreciation night, or STEM showcase. Check-in at the door.

Sponsor CRM

Track every sponsor and donor. Tags, notes, CSV export. Know who gave what and when for sponsor reports.

Email campaigns

Send build season updates, competition results, and sponsor thank-yous to your supporter list.

Live display

Project real-time donations at the robot reveal or sponsor night. Show momentum. Engineers love dashboards.

Build-a-thon timer

Verified timer tracks build sessions and coding hours. Donors pledge per hour of verified work.

What robotics teams use ScanRaise for

Registration fees

FIRST, VEX, Science Olympiad - entry fees add up fast. Run a pre-season drive to cover them before build starts.

Parts and materials

Motors, sensors, aluminum, 3D printing filament, electronics. Fund the bill of materials with a dedicated campaign.

Competition travel

Regional and national competitions across the country. Per-member tracking means every student raises their share.

Workshop and tools

Power tools, workbenches, safety equipment, workspace improvements. Long-term investments funded by the community.

Robot reveal event

Sell tickets, collect donations with QR codes, project live giving on the screen. Sponsors see their dollars at work.

Team merch sales

Sell team gear to parents, sponsors, and supporters. Hoodies, stickers, water bottles - all online, all tracked.

STEM outreach

QR codes at community outreach events. People who see the robot in action want to support the team.

Sponsor appreciation night

Invite sponsors, show the season highlights, collect additional donations. Donor CRM tracks the relationship year over year.

Code-a-thon or build-a-thon

The team logs build hours, and a coach or mentor reviews the total. Donors pledge per hour and securely save a card with Stripe without a charge at pledge time. After eligible totals are finalized, ScanRaise attempts the capped charge and keeps failures visible for follow-up.

Trusted with school and donor data. ScanRaise is listed in the SDPC resource registry and provides parental-consent and student-data controls designed to support schools' COPPA and FERPA obligations, with Clever and ClassLink single sign-on for teachers. Compliance depends on each organization's configuration and use. Daily off-site encrypted backups and payments handled by Stripe. See how we protect your data or read about ScanRaise.

Ready to fund your build season?

Set up your robotics fundraiser online. No credit card required.

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