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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Honestly_ on 2023-12-11 14:27:10.

tl;dr: Donate via PayPal or Venmo (PM me afterward to get credit for your donation), the money is going children’s hospitals and toys for children in need!

OurCFB is an IRS-recognized 501©(3) nonprofit organization, so your contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

🧸🏥 OurCFB: TOYS & CHILDRENS HOSPITALS

9th ANNUAL /r/CFB HOLIDAY DRIVE

All money raised will be donated.

The total will be split 50% to Toys For Tots and 50% to three children’s hospitals (detailed below).

Welcome to the 2023 Holiday Drive!

Hey everybody! The /r/CFB Community has conducted A LOT of previous fundraising drives totaling over $130,000.00 since 2013, including purchasing nearly 60 bricks across the country!

The first 5 Holiday Drives culminated in a team of redditors joining me (dressed as Raoul Claus) on a giant shopping spree where we buy thousands of dollars in toys and then donate them to the nearest Toys For Tots warehouse: check out the photos from 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. We shifted to purely online donations in 2020 and 2021.

Ahead of the 2022 drive, the subreddit formed an IRS-recognized non-profit 501©(3), OurCFB. Contributions to OurCFB are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

We qualify for corporate matching gifts from employers, typically only possible to recognized 501©(3) organizations; we have jumped through the hoops to be cleared by several organizations that vet non-profits for such programs, if you need us to add one just reach out to me.

If you want to know more about the non-profit, and how things are structured, I’ve written a detailed description here.

Team Reward: Children’s Hospitals

Rewarding the fanbases that donate the most money, the portion designated for children’s hospitals will be split as follows:

  • 50% to a children’s hospital of fanbase with the highest donations (dollar total)
  • 30% to a children’s hospital of fanbase with the 2nd highest donations (dollar total)
  • 20% to a children’s hospital of fanbase with the 3rd highest donations (dollar total)

If a fanbase in the top-3 has a children’s hospital affiliated with their university, the donation will go there. If they do not, we will discuss with those specific flaired donors which children’s hospital to donate the money to once the drive is complete. To keep things simple: decision will go by majority vote of donors of that school, with the mods having final approval of any split (or potential tomfoolery). We have made this work in the past for programs such as Notre Dame, Clemson, and South Dakota State.

LET’S DO IT!

Contribute to good causes:

  • Donate via PayPal or Venmo! (recommended minimum $10; points for flair are awarded in $10 increments).
    • Note: the PAYPAL OPTION COVERS ALL TRANSACTION FEES
    • Do not forget to private message me to let me know so I can connect it to your (1) username and (2) college team you want credited below.
    • Anonymous donations are okay, I will assume donations are anonymous unless they inform me otherwise.
    • We have team logos for over 2000 schools worldwide, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be a major school (full list)
    • Please remember that you donated! It should appear as “OurCFB Donation” …several years ago we had a couple of incidents where people got confused when forgot the drive, saw their CC bill and filed charge-backs. We sorted them all out but it took a few months.
  • All donors will be credited below!
  • DEADLINE: Midnight (ET) on Friday, December 22.

RAOUL CLAUS LOVES YOU…

/r/CFB IS FOR THE CHILDREN!

Donor List

We will keep a running tally of donors (reddit usernames), their flair, and their respective donations below. (chronological order) NOTE: I do try to keep this list updated at least a few times a day, often more. I manually transcribe things so if there’s an error, just PM me and I’ll fix it!

# Team User Amount
1 USC /u/Honestly_ $50.00

Bolded Anonymous are donors who confirmed they want to stay anonymous; “Anonymous?” are those who have not confirmed with me via PM.

* split donation to credit more than one school.

TOTAL: $50.00

Let’s do this! Donate via PayPal or Venmo (PM me afterward to get credit for your donation)

DEADLINE: Friday (12/22) at Midnight (ET)

THANK YOU!!!