Joyful, all-ages fundraisers for congregations and ministry teams.
Everything your nonprofit needs to plan, promote, and run a rubber-duck race fundraiser, from setting a goal to the final splash on race day.
Crowdfunding is cheap to launch but fades by year two. Here is how a duck race compares on cost, average gift size, sponsorship, and repeat revenue.
What a $50,000 duck race actually takes: about 1,000 supporters, a sponsor plan that starts early, and the four groups your adoptions really come from.
The race-day plan that keeps a duck race running smoothly: crew roles, setup order, the drop, retrieval, and the calls worth making before you need to.
Sponsor tiers, creative add-ons, and the ask that actually works: how to line up the local business sponsors most partners use to fund a duck race up front.
Size your duck race from the revenue goal, not the duck count. At $5 a duck and a $50 average adoption, a 5,000-duck race needs about 500 people.
Fourteen genuinely different fundraisers with real numbers: how each one works, what it costs, what it nets, and which organizations it actually fits.
Real duck race pricing: packages from $8,950 to $32,500, plus permits, insurance, and prizes. Includes the break-even math at $5 per duck.
Reported results from duck races we run, from $30,000 a year in Tampa to six figures in Chicago, plus a method for estimating what yours would raise.
An honest comparison of duck races and gala dinners: what each commits you to, how many people each can reach, and which one fits the goal you actually have.
Congregations and ministry teams run duck races because they are joyful, all-ages, and simple enough that anyone understands them in one sentence: adopt a duck, watch it race, support the cause. Members and small groups adopt ducks online and rally their own circles through team fundraising. Derby Duck Races provides the branded race website, the ducks, the print materials, and the marketing, so your team can focus on your community. The articles above share fundraising ideas and planning tips for church and faith-based duck races.
