Season trading cards that fund school programs.
Every member of a school program becomes a premium collectible season card — physical and digital. Families, fans and local businesses buy the cards, and the money goes back to the students and the program that earned it.
- School sanctionedDistrict agreement and licensed marks
- Not an ad buyA fundraiser, not an influencer marketplace
- Transparent splitThe same numbers on every screen
- Parent approvedE-signed consent before any card exists
A fundraiser families actually want to buy
Candy bars and wrapping paper return 30 to 50 cents on the dollar, and most of the family's money leaves the community. This does the opposite — and the same three numbers appear on the sponsor page, the director dashboard, the parent portal, the student's own screen and the checkout receipt.
$10
Example card sale
- To the program
- The largest single share
- To the student
- Their name, their likeness
- Platform
- Design, printing, compliance
70% of every dollar stays with students and school programs.
Standard split on a $10 card. On Pro the platform share falls to $2.50 and on District to $2.00 — every reduction goes to the program.
Live within three weeks of photo day
A full season set for a 120-member band goes from agreement to storefront inside a month, on dates already on the school's calendar.
Enroll & consent
The program signs up and parents e-sign NIL consent and media releases. The district logo license applies automatically. No card exists before its consent does.
Cards created
Photo day and student stories become designed physical and digital cards for the season, each one routed through the program director before it prints.
Sell & sponsor
An online storefront, game-day tables and local sponsor packages go live. Every card carries a QR code that opens the program's store.
Funds distributed
The split pays out to the program and to each student, with per-student statements a booster treasurer and an administrator can both read.
Athletes and non-athletes belong equally
Athletics has gate revenue and sponsors. Band, guard and theater compete for what is left, despite equal commitment and larger rosters. NIL.CARDS was built for both.
- Marching band100–250 members
- Color guardWinter and fall seasons
- CheerSideline and competition
- TheaterEvery production
- RoboticsBuild and competition teams
- AthleticsEvery roster, every level
A 120-member band can turn one season into a real revenue engine
The model below comes directly from the NIL.CARDS business overview and is illustrative, not a guarantee. Results vary by program size, pricing and sponsor uptake.
| Family & fan card sales120 members × 6 cards avg × $10 | $7,200 |
|---|---|
| Senior night packages30 seniors × $75 bundle | $2,250 |
| Local sponsor slots8 businesses × $400 | $3,200 |
| Digital tips & QR supportSeason-long scan-to-support | $1,800 |
| Illustrative gross season revenue | $14,450 |
Priced per season, not per student
The platform fee falls as a program grows, and every reduction goes to the program — the student's share of a $10 card is $3.00 on every plan.
Starter
Everything needed to run a first season.
$99per season, per program
- Digital card for every member
- Online store and QR profiles
- Consent collection and reporting
- Standard card templates
30% platform fee on sales · $7 of every $10 card stays with the students and the program
Start with StarterPro
Physical cards and local sponsors.
$249per season, per program
- Everything in Starter
- Premium physical printing
- Sponsor marketplace
- Senior-night bundle builder
25% platform fee on sales · $7.50 of every $10 card stays with the students and the program
Start a Pro pilotDistrict
One agreement clears every program.
Customannual master agreement
- Unlimited programs district-wide
- District logo license included
- Dedicated onboarding
- Consolidated compliance reporting
20% platform fee on sales · $8 of every $10 card stays with the students and the program
Talk district rollout
Compliance is the product
Anyone can design a nice-looking card. The reason a district signs with NIL.CARDS is that the platform carries the paperwork, the payments and the liability — and can prove it.
Parental consent
E-signed NIL consent and media releases collected before any card exists, stored and auditable per student. The platform cannot publish or print without them — it is a database rule, not a checklist.
Minor-safe by design
No messaging, no comments, no buyer notes to students, no leaderboards ranking children by what their family's network can raise. A student can take their card down in one tap, and it comes down immediately.
Logo licensing
A district master agreement licenses school marks for approved fundraising use — the piece an individual designer with a Canva account cannot obtain.
Earnings reporting
Per-student statements and program-level revenue reports. Every figure on every screen is the same sum over the same ledger.
The best fundraiser your program has ever run
One district agreement clears compliance for every program at once. After that, each new program is an onboarding — not a negotiation.