The Patron Press on one page
What it does. Your team gets a call list and a script. Local businesses buy sponsor spots in a booklet, wall calendar or poster. Sponsor money pays for the premier printing. The rest goes to your group, and you can sell copies at events for more.
Who it's for. Schools and teams, shelters, churches, theaters, dance studios, towns, chapters, fire departments and clubs. Each group uses one of nine designs with its own photos, names and stories.
Money
- Sponsors pay by card. The payment goes straight into your group's own bank account — we never hold your money. Our 15% fee comes out of the payment as it is made, and the print bill is charged separately when your campaign locks. Each payment is one time, never a subscription.
- There is no fee on copy sales, donations, grants or gifts of goods.
- We add 15% to our premier printer’s price. The print bill shows the premier printer’s price, shipping and our fee on separate lines.
- Your treasurer can see every payment and download it as a spreadsheet.
- The site is in test mode today. Live card payments and print orders are not open yet.
What your team does
Pick a design. Add your words and photos. Call the businesses on your list. Approve every ad before anything prints. Sponsors get a receipt and ad updates by email, and your team hears about each new sponsor.
And it costs less than other fundraisers
The Patron Press
15% of sponsor spots and of our premier printer's price.
Call lists, scripts, sponsor checkout, ad approval, emails and nine print designs.
Ad-funded poster companies
50%–65% of the profit, after their costs.
Their sales reps call your local businesses. You get posters.
Online donation sites
About 20% of what you raise.
A donation page. No local ads. Nothing to hand out.
Catalog sales
50%–60% of every sale.
Cookie dough or wrapping paper to sell. No sponsors.
Example: $3,000 in sponsor spots and about $880 from our premier printer for 500 booklets on thick coated paper. With us, you keep $1,538 after our $450 fee, the premier printer's bill and our $132 print fee. A 50/50 poster company would leave you $1,060. Both are before shipping and tax. Copy sales and gifts have no fee.
Their share is the part the company keeps, from public terms checked November 2026: Snap! Raise (groups keep 80%), WIN Publishing (50/50 profit split), Media All Stars (35% of net back), catalog vendors (40–50% profit). Terms vary and can change.
If something goes wrong
If premier printing is late or a campaign falls short, sponsors can choose to wait, give their payment as a gift, or ask for a full refund. Your group never has to cover a shortfall unless it chooses to.
General information, not tax or legal advice.