Plain-language definitions for the terms you will see running a HypeRaise campaign, from booster club basics to payout and reporting terminology.
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A donation made without the donor's name being displayed publicly on the campaign page or donor wall.
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The school or district staff member responsible for overseeing all athletic programs, including budgets, compliance, and fundraising approval.
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The complete, dated record of a campaign's donations, payouts, and reporting that supports a school or booster club financial review.
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A parent- or community-run organization that supports a specific school program financially, often through fundraising, concessions, or membership dues.
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The administrative view where a program manages an active campaign, from initial setup through donor tracking and reporting.
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The public web page where a specific fundraising campaign is presented, progress is tracked, and donations are collected.
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A summary view of a campaign's fundraising performance, including totals raised, number of donors, and participant breakdowns.
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The process of tracking offline donations, such as cash or checks collected in person, alongside a program's online fundraising totals.
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An independent youth sports team, often operating outside a school district, that fundraises to cover travel, tournament, and equipment costs.
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The adult leading a specific team, often the point of contact between participants, families, and the athletic department.
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An optional prompt asking donors if they would like to cover the platform and processing fees themselves, so the program keeps more of the donation.
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The general term for money being paid out from the platform to a program, often used interchangeably with payout.
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A payment made by a supporter to a fundraising campaign, processed through the platform's payment system.
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The person making a financial contribution to a participant or campaign, typically a family member, friend, or local business.
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The confirmation sent to a donor after a successful donation, documenting the amount and date given.
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A public or shareable list recognizing everyone who has contributed to a campaign, updated automatically as gifts come in.
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A downloadable spreadsheet version of campaign or donor data, used for recordkeeping or import into other systems.
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Two donation types: a flat donation is a single fixed payment, while a pledge donation is tied to a per-unit outcome, such as a per-lap or per-point amount.
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A time-bound fundraising effort run by a school, team, or program with a defined goal, start date, and end date.
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The recurring annual or seasonal pattern in which a program plans, launches, and closes its fundraising campaigns.
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The target dollar amount a campaign is trying to raise, set before launch based on the program's actual budget need.
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The visual progress bar on a campaign page that shows dollars raised against the fundraising goal in real time.
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The ability for a donor to give without creating an account or logging in, which reduces friction at checkout.
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Non-cash support, such as donated equipment or services, that a program receives alongside its monetary fundraising.
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A Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at a school, which can run fundraising campaigns through HypeRaise like any other program.
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A HypeRaise team member assigned to support programs in a specific region during campaign setup and execution.
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A donation that a company or individual pledges to match, up to a set amount, when an employee or supporter gives to a campaign.
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The process of setting up HypeRaise across multiple teams, programs, or an entire school district at once, rather than one program at a time.
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The amount a program actually receives after platform and processing fees are deducted from total donations raised.
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A student, athlete, or band member fundraising on behalf of their program, with their own individual campaign page.
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A ranked view of participants by amount raised, used to track individual fundraising progress within a campaign.
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The list of participants enrolled in a specific campaign, including their individual fundraising pages and progress.
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The company that handles the technical processing of a donation payment, from card authorization to fund transfer.
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A single transfer of funds from HypeRaise to a program's connected bank account, issued on a set payout schedule.
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The cadence at which a program receives payouts during and after an active campaign, so treasurers can plan cash flow.
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A fundraising model where participants share individual campaign links with their own network, rather than donors giving to one central page.
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HypeRaise's own fee for providing the fundraising platform, separate from the processing fee charged by Stripe.
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The fee charged by the payment processor (Stripe) to handle each transaction, separate from HypeRaise's platform fee.
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The staff member or volunteer responsible for setting up and overseeing a specific program's fundraising campaigns.
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The current, unpaid-out total of funds a program has raised but not yet received in its bank account.
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A scannable code that donors can use with a smartphone camera to go directly to a campaign or participant's donation page.
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Fundraising data that updates immediately as donations come in, rather than on a delay or manual refresh.
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The process of matching fundraising platform records against a program's or school's own financial records.
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The reversal of a donation, typically issued for a duplicate charge, an error, or a donor request, processed back through Stripe.
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A donor who has given to more than one campaign, identifiable in a program's retained donor records.
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The unique URL generated for each participant or campaign, used to invite donors directly to a specific fundraising page.
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The specific Stripe product HypeRaise uses to route donations from donors directly to individual program accounts.
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A student participant, often a team or squad leader, who takes an active role in encouraging teammates to fundraise.
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A donation method where a donor sends a text message to make a contribution, without needing to visit a webpage first.
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An automatic or customizable message sent to a donor after they complete a donation, confirming their gift and its impact.
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The final step in the payout process, when funds move from the program's Stripe-connected account to its actual bank account.
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The volunteer, usually a parent, responsible for a booster club's finances, including fundraising income and reporting.
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A consolidated report of a program's total fundraising activity across the calendar or fiscal year, used for board and booster reporting.
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