Fundraising
Financing your season can be daunting. Whether you’re filling in a hole in your budget or building from scratch, our fundraising guide includes strategies and tools to help you secure funding.
Learn to:
Build your budget
Ask for donations
Pitch sponsorships to businesses
Use social media for fundraising
Generate press
Thank supporters
Fundraising Guide
Funding Advocacy Letter
Asking your administration to provide financial support for your program? Use the evidence and administrator testimonials in our support letter to make your case.
Fundraising Ideas
Explore tried and true funding ideas from our community, from applying for corporate grants to hosting a Haunted House. Have an idea to share? Please share the details!
Community Support and Program Grants
As a community dedicated to empowering students through speech and debate, we want to to offer support where we can and connect supporters to programs in need. Visit the page to list your needs for community support, apply for an NSDA grant, or to help another school.