SponsorThis started the way most things start — someone tried to do something simple and realized there was no way to do it.
One of us wanted to put a company logo on a kid’s basketball jersey. Simple idea. Write a check, help the team out. Except the coach had no system for it — no page, no tiers, no way to say “here’s what $150 gets you vs. $500.”
No link to send. No clean way to pay. Just a conversation that ended with “I’ll figure it out” — and nothing happened.
Someone who wanted to help literally couldn’t find the door. That’s why this exists.
Another one of us coaches his own kid’s team. Volunteers every weekend. Knows firsthand what it costs — tournaments, travel, uniforms, equipment that kids outgrow in a season.
He’s not going to build a website or chase down payments in the group chat. He just wants to coach. He needs a link he can send and a page that does the rest.
You’re already doing the hard part. The fundraising shouldn’t be another job.
The third one of us has two daughters in multiple sports. She covers the cost — registration, travel, gear, all of it. But she watches other families quietly do the math.
The parent who skips the travel tournament. The kid who sits out a season. The coach who covers someone’s registration out of pocket and doesn’t tell anyone.
Families who can chip in should be able to — easily. Families who need help shouldn’t have to ask.
Youth sports costs the average family over $1,000 per child per season — before the travel tournaments, the new cleats, or the “optional” team hoodie every kid on the bench is wearing. For some families that's nothing. For others, it's the reason their kid doesn't play this year. The gap between those two families is often sitting in the same row of bleachers. SponsorThis exists to close it — with a simple link, not a fundraising gala.
How we're different, in four short promises.
Teams don’t pay monthly. No setup fee, no trial that expires. We take 6% when money moves — that covers everything.
Money goes straight to the team through Stripe. We never hold funds. The coach sees it in the bank within days.
If you can fill out a form and text a link, you can run a sponsorship page. No design skills, no tech skills.
Local businesses get clean sponsorship tiers with visibility. Parents and neighbors give any amount. One page serves everyone.
Three minutes and one link — the difference between struggling to fund the season and not.