Fundraising help, answers, and platform FAQs.

Select Start a Fundraiser, create your account or sign in, then enter your organization, program, fundraiser name, schedule, payout details, branding, and optional program divisions. Once saved, you can invite participants and other admins.

Each participant receives a personal 31-day calendar. Supporters choose one or more available days and sponsor the matching dollar amount. Day 1 is $1, Day 15 is $15, and Day 31 is $31. A fully cleared calendar raises $496 in sponsored amounts.

Clear the Calendar™ is an online fundraising platform for teams, schools, groups, and organizations. It combines personal 31-day fundraising calendars with online sponsorships, participant progress, organizer tools, and secure payment processing.

No. Clear the Calendar™ is designed to remove product sales, inventory, order tracking, and delivery from the fundraising process.

Admins can manage fundraiser settings, branding, participants, optional divisions or levels, invitations, progress, leaderboards, donations, payout setup, and fundraiser performance from the admin dashboard.

No. Your Clear the Calendar™ account can have different access depending on the fundraiser. The same person can be a participant or parent in one fundraiser and an admin for another fundraiser they create or are invited to manage.

Yes. One account can create or manage multiple fundraisers. Access is assigned by fundraiser, so switching fundraisers changes the dashboard data, roster, branding, statistics, and management settings shown on screen.

No. Divisions are optional. Programs can create labels such as High School, Middle School, Varsity, JV, Black, Red, or any other structure that fits their organization. If no divisions are configured, participants are not asked to select one.

Yes. Admin access can be shared with other authorized leaders for the fundraiser so multiple people can help manage the campaign.

Use the fundraiser invite link from your program. Enter the participant information, choose a division or level if the program uses one, and sign in or create a Clear the Calendar™ account. The personal calendar is then created automatically.

Yes. A parent or guardian account can be connected to multiple participant calendars. If those participants belong to different fundraisers, the account page lets you switch between fundraisers.

Yes. Any signed-in user can start a new fundraiser. Creating a new fundraiser gives that user admin access to the fundraiser they create without changing their participant or parent access to existing fundraisers.

Yes. Participant profile details can be updated from the account page, including profile photo, name, division or level, grade, and jersey number when applicable.

Yes, when the organizer has opened Community Sponsors. A business can choose a $100 Community Supporter placement on the fundraiser page or a $250 Featured placement on the fundraiser and participant pages. Placements appear only after payment and organizer or Clear the Calendar approval. These are promotional business placements, not calendar donations or tax-deductible contributions.

Open the participant's public calendar, select one or more available days, enter your information, and complete secure checkout. Claimed days update after successful payment.

Yes. Supporters can leave a message during the donation experience, and that message can appear in the participant's sponsorship history.

You receive a payment confirmation showing the participant, sponsored days, and amount paid. The participant calendar, public fundraiser page, and admin reporting update to reflect the completed sponsorship.

Yes, we will work with Canadian schools and organizations individually on payment and payout arrangements while Stripe self-service setup for Canadian payout accounts is being activated. Email support@clearthecalendar.com before inviting participants or collecting payments so we can confirm your fundraiser’s authorized recipient, payout method, currency, timing, and verification needs. A draft fundraiser can be created before those arrangements are confirmed.

Please contact support@clearthecalendar.com to request CAD for your fundraiser. We will work with you on the payment arrangement and confirm the currency shown throughout your fundraiser and at checkout before you invite supporters or collect payments. CAD will eventually be an option during fundraiser setup. Until we confirm CAD is enabled for your fundraiser, amounts shown at checkout are in U.S. dollars (USD), and your card issuer may apply conversion or foreign transaction fees.

Online payments are processed securely through Stripe. The sponsored amount and platform/payment processing amounts are shown separately during checkout and on the payment confirmation.

Yes. The program receives the full sponsored day amount. Platform and payment processing costs are paid separately by the supporter rather than being deducted from the sponsored amount.

Supporters pay the sponsored amount plus a small platform fee and payment processing fee at checkout. That allows the program to receive the full sponsored day amount while Clear the Calendar™ covers the technology, payment, and platform costs separately.

Fundraisers can use the payout method approved for their organization. Where check payout is selected, supporters can still make online payments and the fundraiser can be remitted according to the configured payout workflow.

No. Use your existing Clear the Calendar™ email and password when joining. If the email is new, an account can be created during the join process.

Use the Forgot password link on the login page to request a password reset email.

Yes. Clear the Calendar™ is mobile-friendly. Supported devices and browsers can also enable branded notifications, and compatible mobile devices may be able to add the app experience to the Home Screen.