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During a shoe drive fundraiser, you ask your community to collect gently worn, used and new shoes and sneakers of all styles and sizes. This fundraiser allows your supporters to give to your organization without opening their wallets and enables you to engage your community in a fun and easy way. Then, after Funds2Orgs receives and processes the shoes collected from your shoe drive fundraiser, you’ll receive a check!
During a shoe drive fundraiser, you ask your community to collect gently worn, used and new shoes and sneakers of all styles and sizes. This fundraiser allows your supporters to give to your organization without opening their wallets and enables you to engage your community in a fun and easy way. Then, after Funds2Orgs receives and processes the shoes collected from your shoe drive fundraiser, you’ll receive a check!
Getting started is easy. Fill out the form here, and one of our fundraising coaches will be in contact with you soon.
Once you’re ready to start, your fundraising coach will work with you to determine the best type of shoe drive fundraiser for you. We have different shoe drive fundraising options, so it’s always best to contact us at 407-930-2979.
However, in general, we have had partners who have made $1,000 to $5,000, or more. Some groups have earned up to $42,000 in 60 days! That’s how long most of our shoe drive fundraisers last.
No. Funds2Orgs will provide all the shoe drive fundraising materials, including 33-gallon clear bags, rubber bands, marketing material templates, and coaching for the duration of your shoe drive fundraiser. However, if you choose to print from our marketing templates, you will be responsible for those costs.
There are five key benefits:
Once you sign up, your fundraising coach will send you a Funds2Orgs Starter Kit. This kit includes rubber bands and 33-gallon clear bags. You will also receive access to our drive guidelines and marketing material templates, which you can customize and print for your organization and fundraiser. Some of the items are as follows:
During your shoe drive fundraiser, your coaching team will be providing ongoing support for the planning and execution of the campaign to ensure your success. We want your group to succeed!
No, you don’t need to purchase a Starter Kit. However, if you need more materials because you’re collecting so many shoes, speak with your fundraising team by calling 407-930-2979.
The shoes must be rubber-banded together or the laces tied to prevent the pairs from separating. After pairing them, place them in the 33-gallon clear bags that Funds2Orgs provides in the Starter Kit. Each bag must include 25 pairs of gently worn, used, and new shoes. Tie a knot at the top of each bag to ensure that all shoes remain within their respective bag during transport.
Shoes must remain paired together: the same size, style, and laces tied or the pair rubber-banded together.
Once you fill 35 bags with 25 pairs of gently worn, used, and new shoes per bag, please contact your fundraising coach for more bags and rubber bands.
Once your shoes are received by our warehouse, they will be weighed, and a payment and a receipt will be issued. This usually takes two business days from receipt of the shoes at Funds2Orgs’ global warehouse in Florida.
That’s great! More shoes = More money for your organization.
We pay by the pound and issue checks within in two days of receipt. We have several programs, so the best thing you can do is contact a fundraising coach at 407-930-2979 to make sure we understand your goals and provide you with the best plan to earn the most money.
Funds2Orgs is a for-profit social enterprise, so we do not give out tax receipts for deductions. However, if you are an IRS-qualified nonprofit, you may be able to provide your donors with an in-kind acknowledgment letter. Contact your tax attorney or accounting firm for more information.
Funds2Orgs accepts all gently worn, used and new shoes, sneakers, and even cleats. However, certain types of footwear aren’t accepted, including single shoes or mismatched pairs of shoes, ice skates, rollerblades/roller skates, wet/moldy shoes, shoes with holes or tears, and shoes from thrift stores.
If you have further questions about the accepted shoe type or quality, please call the fundraising coaching team at 407-930-2979.
The shoes given to your shoe drive fundraiser should be gently worn, used or new. We love to repurpose shoes that are in the best possible condition!
We do not accept single shoes, only matching pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes and sneakers.
Funds2Orgs welcomes collected sneakers, but mixed types of shoes are essential for our micro-enterprise partners in developing nations. Shoe drive fundraisers with Funds2Orgs must collect multiple types of gently worn, used and new shoes and sneakers.
However, if you belong to a sports-related organization and have many people with athletic shoes and sneakers, then take a look at our sister brand, Sneakers4Good. Or, give our team a call at 407-930-2979.
Unfortunately, it’s our experience that these organizations offer only the worst shoes in their inventory. If the shoes are not something you or your family would wear, then our micro-enterprise partners can’t sell them in their communities. Just like you, people worldwide want to purchase high-quality, gently worn, used and new shoes and sneakers.
We have a strict policy on shoe quality, and if the footwear is not gently worn, used and new quality shoes that could get sold abroad, Funds2Orgs will not accept them. If you have any questions on the quality of shoes you need to collect, please call the fundraising team at 407-930-2979.
You will need a space roughly 10’ by 10’ by 10’. Some groups get a self-storage business to donate the space. A double car garage or a warehouse also provides sufficient space.
The shoes you collect must be placed in the 33-gallon clear bags that Funds2Orgs provides in the Starter Kit, free of charge. Black bags, or any other color, are not acceptable for pick-up.
Click here for more information regarding wholesale/ manufacturer sales, or call our main office (at 407-930-2979) to speak with our Chief Fundraising Strategist, Tom Henderson.
The shoes collected during your shoe drive fundraiser become an economic lifeline for individuals and families living in developing nations. Due to systemic poverty, lack of education, and economic opportunity, Funds2Orgs works with individuals who create micro-businesses. We supply these micro-businesses with the shoe inventory they need to make a living.
Micro-enterprises are small businesses that are typically started with low investment capital. They are run by one person or a few family members or friends, also known as micro-entrepreneurs. Funds2Orgs works with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to provide them with inventory to sell to make a living wage for themselves and their families. Please refer to our Impact page for more details!
Unfortunately, no. The shoes you collect are combined with shoes from other shoe drive fundraisers. Then, all the shoes from shoe drive fundraisers throughout North America are consolidated and sent overseas.
Please take a look at our impact page, where we share more details about the micro-enterprises we work with.
Funds2Orgs is a social enterprise that partners with nonprofits, schools, churches, civic groups, businesses, and others to help them plan and implement shoe drive fundraising campaigns.
Yes, we’re rated by the Better Business Bureau, and you can check out what others say about us on their site.
You can find reviews from people who know us on Google Reviews and Facebook by searching for Funds2Orgs.
The Funds2Orgs Group is the parent company of our four shoe drive fundraising brands, each targeted toward a particular market: Funds2Orgs, Sneakers4Good, Shoes With Heart, and Cash4Shooz.
Shoe reuse means giving a new purpose and an extended life to shoes you don’t need. After you collect your shoes and send them to us, we send them to micro-entrepreneurs. They clean the shoes and sell them in developing countries worldwide. In other words, the shoes get a new lease on life in developing nations as inventory for micro-enterprises selling footwear in their communities.
Nonprofit organizations, churches, schools, PTO and PTA groups, businesses, companies, and civic groups can participate in our program. We work with all types of groups and organizations, and we’ve also had individuals and families partner with us for shoe drive fundraisers.
No. However, you will have to complete a W-9, and you will receive a 1099 from Funds2Orgs at the end of the year for the funding you earn for tax purposes.
At Funds2Orgs, we take care of the logistics for you, so you don’t have to worry! Our logistics team will coordinate with you to have one of our trucks pick up the shoes you collect at the end of your shoe drive fundraiser or if they happen to be in the area. If you have any questions about shoe pickup and scheduling, please call the logistics team at 407-930-2979.
At pickup, your bags will be marked with numbered stickers (the driver has these) so that your shoes will be identified by batch number. Therefore, you can have an accurate count of bags loaded onto the truck.
During your shoe drive fundraiser, your fundraising coach and the Funds2Orgs logistics team will be in contact with you. We cannot guarantee any pickups during your fundraiser other than a final pickup within 1 to 45 days of the end of your campaign. Please make sure you have a storage space large enough to hold all your bags for the entire duration of your shoe drive fundraiser and until pickup. However, we may arrange for periodic pickups when our team is in your area.
Each week, you will communicate with your fundraising coach, and they will update our logistics team with your progress. That information helps the logistics team plan routes throughout the United States. The logistics team will contact the partners in the area and schedule pickups for those locations.
Our logistics team will reach out to you to schedule the pickup when they have a truck in your area or within 1 to 45 days after the end of your shoe drive fundraiser.
During your shoe drive fundraiser, our logistics team will work with you to coordinate a pickup of the collected shoes. When there is a pickup, please have two to three volunteers on hand per 50 bags to ensure timely loading. Please remember our drivers cannot control traffic or inclement weather, so please give our driver 30 minutes before the appointed arrival time and 30 minutes after to allow our driver sufficient time for loading. Our driver will be in touch with you to confirm the arrival time.
If you have any additional questions, call our team at 407-930-2979!
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