How Do Incentive Prizes Work?
Incentive prizes are a powerful way to motivate students to fundraise – that’s why we offer them! But, with hundreds of children fundraising for your school or group, incentive prizes can feel like more work than they are worth.
At Australian Fundraising, we have developed an incentive prize system that makes the whole process quick, fun and stress-free for everyone. Discover exactly how we put the fun back into fundraising with incentive prizes!
Incentive Prizes are a powerful way to motivate kids to fundraise.
What are incentive prizes?
Incentive prizes are toys or gifts awarded to participants at the end of their fundraiser. Prizes are given to participants depending on how much they fundraise, with more valuable incentive prizes being awarded to participants who fundraise bigger amounts.
Why do you offer incentive prizes?
Incentive prizes have been a part of school fundraising for decades! They are a well-known and popular way to encourage students to reach bigger fundraising goals. Rather than fundraising simply for a good cause, you can appeal to students desire to achieve cooler toys and gadgets in the prize pool!
Lava Lamps are a popular incentive prize in Australian Fundraising’s collection!
How do incentive prizes work?
Incentive prizes are actually very simple! Depending on whether you choose automatic prize ordering or traditional prize ordering, you can finalise your prize orders within a few days! Read more to find out how each of our prize options work at Australian Fundraising.
Automatic prize ordering
Automated prize ordering is changing the game for incentive prizes. Instead of having multiple prizes to choose from in each category, there is only one prize for each fundraising category. Automated prize ordering is the perfect way to ensure your limited volunteer hours are going to good use on the ground. Requiring less manpower and incredibly streamlined for efficiency, automated prize ordering lightens your load by more than 20 hours.
How does Automated Prize Ordering Work?
With our exclusive new automated prize ordering option, students can win up to 15 unique prizes. These prizes are spread across 15 milestones, and each prize is automatically ordered when the student hits the prize goal. Students only need to raise a minimum $10 to receive their first automated prize.
Prizes are cumulative, meaning students can win up to 15 incentive prizes along the way. For example, if a student raises $500, they will receive prizes A, B, C, D, E AND F – that is SIX high quality prizes! That’s more bang for your buck with incentive prize ordering.
Quicker than ever, all of your prizes are delivered in one go, only days after the end of your fundraiser. You will then receive a print out of what prizes each student has received, and can distribute quickly and easily!
Learn More About Automatic Prize Ordering!
Slime is one of the most popular incentive prizes among younger children.
Note: At Australian Fundraising, most of our programs (excluding Plant-A-Difference) include incentive prizes! If you choose Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough fundraiser, you automatically receive automated prize ordering as part of your program. Traditional prize ordering is not available for Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough fundraiser.
Traditional Prize Ordering
If you love the flexibility and individuality that comes with incentive prize ordering, then traditional prize ordering might be for you!
With traditional prize ordering, there are 70 different prizes for students to choose from! These prizes are broken up into 12 prize categories, based on different fundraising amounts. Every dollar fundraised is $1 of prize credit you can claim. Students only need to raise a minimum $10 to choose their first prize!
When students to choose a prize from a prize category, the lower dollar value is used from their incentive prize credit. For example, if you choose a prize from the $30 – $49 category, you will use up $30 of your prize credit.
Participants can order up 5 prizes across multiple categories, which Australian Fundraising call Mix and Match. Use up all of your credit by mixing and matching across categories to get more prizes for your hard work!
With traditional prize ordering, participants must log on to their online profile page at the end of the fundraiser to submit their prize preferences. You cannot close off your fundraiser until each student has submitted their prize order, which can become a challenge for teachers and organisers!
Australian Fundraising offers over 70 unique incentive prizes, across our different programs.
Go Green Instead!
Do incentive prizes contradict your school’s commitment to sustainability? Why not Go Green?!
Our Go Green School Run 4 Fun programs enable you to have all the fun, without all the landfill! Australian Fundraising has exclusive partnerships with Carbon Neutral and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, allowing you to replace incentive prizes with tree or coral planting!
For every $20 raised by your school or group, Carbon Neutral will plant a tree in the Yarra Yarra Biodiversity Corridor, or the Great Barrier Reef Foundation will plant a coral in the Great Barrier Reef! The best part? Students are able to choose their cause when they sign up for their online platform, allowing each student to make a meaningful contribution to a cause they believe in.
The Go Green option is in place of incentive prizes, and is entirely automated! Australian Fundraising will calculate your school or groups contribution at the completion of your fundraiser. Australian Fundraising then purchase the native trees/shrubs coral on your behalf, and Carbon Neutral or the Great Barrier Reef Foundation do the planting for you!
Help save the Great Barrier Reef with a Go Green Fun Run!
Frequently Asked Questions
With so many different options for incentive prizes, it’s likely you have questions about which one is right for your school or group! Read through the frequently asked questions below, or contact our friendly team on 1300 133 022!
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Are you ready to offer your students the chance to achieve some of the hottest toys in fundraising? Getting started is easy! Simply complete the booking form below, and one of our friendly team will be in touch to help you set up your fundraising program! If you’re not quite ready to place a booking for your school or group, why not request a free information kit, or reach out to our team on 1300 133 022 today!
