Volleyball fundraiser ideas: from one training night to a whole season
In 2025 the players of Webton Hengelo, a club in the Netherlands, stayed on court for 24 hours straight and raised more than $5,000 for our schools. In Italy, Modena Volley turns every ace of its season into support for school teams through Ace with Impact. One club ran a weekend in its own hall, the other built giving into a professional season. Both started from something they already had.
Whether you want to do something small with your friends or build a fundraiser into your club's whole season, there is an idea here for you. Each one is rated for what it costs before the first donation, the organiser time it takes and what it tends to raise, from what clubs and supporters in our network have run.
Start small: ideas for players, parents and volunteers
Idea: Cost · Effort · Raises · Best for
Birthday fundraiser: None · Low · Low to medium · Anyone, any time
Serve-a-thon: pledges per serve or per ace: Low · Low · Medium · Youth teams
Pass or dig challenge: 1,000 in a row, with pledges: Low · Low · Medium · Training nights
Bake sale at home games: Low · Low · Low · Every home game
Parents against players: Low · Low · Low to medium · End of season
Watch party for a big match: Low · Low · Low to medium · Supporters' evenings
Go bigger: ideas for a whole club
Idea: Cost · Effort · Raises · Best for
24-hour volleyball marathon: Medium · High · High · A whole club, once a season
Club tournament with an entry donation: Medium · Medium · High · Clubs with a hall and a network
Giving-back match against a rival: Low · Low · Medium · One team, one home game
Clinic with a guest coach, entry by donation: Low · Medium · Medium · Coaches
Beach day or King of the Court: Medium · Medium · Medium · Summer, outdoor clubs
Deep Dish turns its beach volleyball days into fundraisers with a play-with-your-coach auction, a jersey auction and coach challenges: take on a coach and win, and you win a beer; lose, and you donate.
Planning a marathon or a big tournament? Our two free event consultants, Richard Drake for the US and Guus van den Elzen for the rest of the world, can help you run it, with our full planning sheets, playbooks and lessons from clubs that went before. Email info@lktbf.org and ask for event support.
Go deeper: ideas for professional clubs
Ace with Impact. Your club's partners pledge $100 for every ace the team serves across the season, and the total supports school teams through Team Adoption. Every ace becomes a moment the crowd and the sponsors share. Modena Volley runs it in Italy.
Match-day jerseys. Clubs that adopt a team receive customised jerseys. On match days, fans take one home in exchange for a donation, so the jersey keeps funding the team it was made for.
Signed jersey auction. A shirt signed by your squad or a star player, auctioned after a home game or online, with the full amount going to one of our five fundraising goals.
Professional clubs set these up with our team. Email info@lktbf.org and we will plan it around your season.
Webton Hengelo turned 24 hours in its own hall into more than $5,000 for our schools.
How to choose
Pick the idea that fits what you already do. A player with a birthday coming up starts a birthday fundraiser. A youth team that trains three times a week turns one session into a serve-a-thon. A club that runs a tournament every spring adds an entry donation. A professional club adds Ace with Impact to a season it already plays. The best fundraiser is one you want to repeat next year.
Make it count
Set up one page for the whole club as a team on our fundraising platform, so every player gets their own page and every donation counts towards the team total. Pick a goal from our five fundraising goals. Share the page with your closest people first. Put the QR code on a screen in the hall.
Pledges per serve or ace
For a serve-a-thon or a pass challenge, supporters pledge an amount per serve, ace or pass. Give them a worked example and a cap: "20 cents per ace, up to $20." Collect everything with one link at the end.
Raffles and prizes
Check local rules before you run a raffle: in the Netherlands and many US states a paid raffle needs a permit. A thank-you prize for the highest donor is fine.
Pick one idea, run it well, and a school team starts its next season with the kit your club raised.
Read next: Turn a match into a giving-back game. The simplest club fundraiser of all: one match, two teams, one shared page.
