99Pledges is a school and team fundraising platform built around peer-to-peer pledge drives, participant donation pages, and a-thon events such as walk-a-thons, read-a-thons, fun runs, hit-a-thons, and other activity-based fundraisers.
HypeRaise also focuses on school and sports fundraising, but takes a broader program approach by combining digital fundraising, custom merchandise, program oversight, and direct HypeRep support.
Both platforms are designed for schools and teams. The biggest differences are pricing structure, fundraiser format, merchandise integration, and how each platform supports repeat fundraising across programs.
99Pledges and HypeRaise both focus on schools and teams, but they are optimized for different fundraising workflows.
99Pledges is especially strong for pledge drives and event-based campaigns. Participants receive personal fundraising pages, donors can give flat amounts or pledge based on activity, and organizations can run events such as read-a-thons, fun runs, hit-a-thons, and other performance-based fundraisers.
HypeRaise is designed around repeat school and sports fundraising across teams and seasons. Digital campaigns, custom merchandise, participant outreach, program visibility, and HypeRep support are intended to work together as one system.
99Pledges is particularly strong for pledge events. HypeRaise is built for broader, repeatable school and sports fundraising operations.
99Pledges charges 0% platform fees and has no startup costs, contracts, subscriptions, fundraising minimums, or fees on cash and check donations.
Online donations are subject to a payment-processing fee of 3.49% + $0.49 per transaction. 99Pledges says the platform itself charges no additional fee and is supported by optional donor tips.
Organizations keep 100% of cash and check donations entered into the platform.
HypeRaise uses one consistent fundraising structure: programs keep 85% of the money raised.
What administrators should compare: the amount the program ultimately keeps, processing fees, donor-tip experience, merchandise economics, volunteer workload, support, and whether the fundraiser is a pledge event or an ongoing team campaign.
99Pledges: Strong focus on pledge drives, a-thons, fun runs, and activity-based fundraising.
HypeRaise: Focuses on repeatable digital fundraising and merchandise campaigns for school and sports programs.
99Pledges: Each participant can receive a personal pledge page, with support for both flat and performance-based pledges.
HypeRaise: Participants share campaigns directly with friends, family, alumni, and community supporters.
99Pledges: 0% platform fee, with 3.49% + $0.49 online transaction processing.
HypeRaise: Programs keep 85% under one consistent fundraising structure.
99Pledges: Merchandise is not a core part of the standard platform experience.
HypeRaise: Custom merchandise is integrated into fundraising campaigns.
99Pledges: Provides participant pages, leaderboards, donation tracking, reporting, and event-oriented campaign tools.
HypeRaise: Designed around programs, teams, repeat campaigns, participant fundraising, and administrative visibility.
99Pledges: Provides platform support and offers setup assistance.
HypeRaise: HypeReps and campaign support work directly with programs from launch through payout.
99Pledges may be a strong fit for schools and teams that want a simple, low-cost peer-to-peer platform for pledge drives and activity-based fundraisers.
It is particularly suited for organizations running:
Each participant can have a personal pledge page, and donors can make flat donations or activity-based pledges depending on the campaign setup.
HypeRaise may make more sense for programs that want fundraising to extend beyond a single pledge event.
HypeRaise is particularly aligned with:
For organizations comparing HypeRaise with 99Pledges, the main decision is whether the fundraiser is primarily an a-thon or pledge event, or part of a broader year-round school and sports fundraising strategy.
Purpose-built tools for programs that fundraise season after season.
Digital campaigns built around players and participants.
Fundraising merchandise integrated into campaigns.
Visibility across every team and campaign.
Local and direct campaign support from launch to payout.
Fundraising tools accessible from any device.
Built for programs fundraising season after season.
99Pledges charges no startup cost and no platform fee. According to its current pricing page, organizations pay only the standard online transaction fee of 3.49% + $0.49 per transaction.
The company says its platform is supported by optional donor tips. Cash and check donations tracked through the platform do not incur a fee.
Yes. Schools, teams, and student groups are central to 99Pledges. The platform specializes in peer-to-peer pledge drives and a-thon-style fundraising such as fun runs, read-a-thons, walk-a-thons, hit-a-thons, and similar events.
99Pledges is optimized around peer-to-peer pledge drives and a-thon fundraising, with 0% platform fees and standard payment processing.
HypeRaise is designed as a broader school and sports fundraising system that combines digital fundraising, integrated merchandise, repeat campaigns, program oversight, and HypeRep support under one consistent model where programs keep 85%.
