Pick a date fundraising, built to help you finish.
Clear the Calendar™ is a pick a date fundraising platform designed to help teams clear more calendars. Every participant gets a personal 31-day calendar, organizers get live progress and performance visibility, and your program keeps 100% of the sponsored calendar amount it raises.
What is a pick a date fundraiser?
A pick a date fundraiser is a calendar-based fundraiser where supporters choose a numbered day and sponsor the amount associated with that date. For example, choosing day 10 represents a $10 sponsorship, while day 25 represents $25.
When every date from 1 through 31 is sponsored, the calendar represents $496. Clear the Calendar™ takes this traditionally paper- or image-based fundraiser online. Each participant receives a personal digital calendar where supporters can see available dates, select days, and complete their sponsorship online.
This fundraising format is also commonly known as a calendar fundraiser.
More than a digital calendar. A fundraising system built around completion.
Getting a fundraiser online is only the beginning. Clear the Calendar™ gives organizers the visibility and tools to see participation, understand progress, recognize momentum, and keep the team moving toward cleared calendars.
Organizer Dashboard
See program fundraising performance and participant progress from one place.
Participant Analytics
Identify who is engaged, who is raising, and where additional follow-up may help.
Completion Tracking
Track progress toward the real goal: clearing each participant's 31-day calendar.
Built-in Incentives
Use participant incentives to create another reason to reach the finish line.
Personal Calendars
Every participant gets a dedicated, shareable fundraising calendar.
Automatic Progress
Sponsored dates clear automatically so participants do not have to manage screenshots.
Team Visibility
Give organizers a program-wide view instead of piecing together individual updates.
100% to Your Program
Your program keeps 100% of the sponsored calendar amount it raises.
Easy to understand. Built to keep participants moving.
Supporters pick available dates while participants work toward clearing all 31 days of their personal calendar.
Create the fundraiser
The organizer creates the fundraiser, sets up the program, and adds participants.
Participants get calendars
Each participant receives a personal 31-day online calendar tied to the fundraiser.
Share the calendar
Participants share their personal fundraising link or QR code with family, friends, and supporters.
Supporters pick dates
Supporters choose one or more available numbered days and complete their sponsorship online.
Dates clear automatically
Sponsored dates update on the participant calendar without manually editing a screenshot or paper sheet.
Clear all 31 days
Participants keep sharing until every date is sponsored and the full calendar is cleared.
What should you look for in a pick a date fundraising platform?
Putting a calendar online is the baseline. The better question is whether the platform helps organizers understand participation, track completion, motivate participants, and maximize what reaches the program.
What could your team raise?
One fully cleared 31-day calendar represents $496. Use the free Clear the Calendar™ calculator to model participant count, expected completion, and potential fundraising totals.
Your team raises it. Your team keeps it.
Your program keeps 100% of the sponsored calendar amount it raises. Clear the Calendar™ pairs that model with the organizer tools, participant experience, analytics, and completion tracking needed to run the fundraiser as a coordinated team effort.
Personal calendars
Every participant has a dedicated online calendar and a visible finish line.
Digital sharing
Participants can share by link or QR code instead of circulating screenshots.
Automatic progress
Sponsored dates update without manually marking a paper or image calendar.
Organizer visibility
Programs can monitor participant activity and overall fundraising momentum.
A simple fundraising format for teams, schools, and groups.
Pick a date fundraising works especially well for participant-based organizations that want a clear individual goal without selling products.
Sports Teams
School, travel, club, and youth athletic programs.
Schools
Student groups, activities, classes, and school programs.
Teams & Clubs
Participant-driven organizations and community groups.
Booster Programs
Organizations supporting teams, activities, and student programs.
Common questions about pick a date fundraising
What is a pick a date fundraiser?
A pick a date fundraiser is a calendar fundraiser where supporters choose numbered calendar days to sponsor. The selected date corresponds to a sponsored amount, and participants work toward clearing every available day.
How much does a pick a date fundraiser raise?
When calendar days 1 through 31 correspond to sponsored amounts of $1 through $31, a fully cleared calendar represents $496. Total program fundraising depends on participant count and calendar completion.
How do you run a pick a date fundraiser online?
With Clear the Calendar™, organizers create a fundraiser and add participants. Each participant receives a personal online calendar to share by link or QR code. Supporters choose available dates and complete their sponsorship online.
Is a pick a date fundraiser the same as a calendar fundraiser?
Pick a date fundraiser and calendar fundraiser are commonly used to describe the same basic fundraising concept: supporters select numbered calendar days to sponsor.
Can sports teams use a pick a date fundraiser?
Yes. Pick a date fundraisers can be used by school teams, travel teams, youth sports programs, clubs, booster organizations, and other participant-based groups.
Do I need to print a pick a date calendar?
No. Clear the Calendar™ provides each participant with an online calendar that can be shared digitally, so there is no paper calendar to print or manually update.
What happens when all 31 dates are sponsored?
When every date from 1 through 31 has been sponsored, the participant has cleared their calendar. Those numbered sponsored amounts total $496.
Start your pick a date fundraiser online.
Create your fundraiser, add participants, share personal calendars, and start clearing dates.
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