GR8fundraisers
We provide year-round, relationship-oriented fundraising for High School booster clubs, helping sports, arts, music, and academic programs for youth.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Marketing / Advertising
- Location Seattle, WA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded 2013
- Employees 4
- Website gr8fundraisers.com
Company Summary
Nationally, education funding is suffering. Booster clubs need help raising money for youth programs. Currently, there is no dominant national player providing year-round, relationship-oriented fundraising to booster clubs. We aim to fill this gap. We seek a $750,000 seed investment to launch our next 3 programs (GR8cards, GR8cars, and GR8deals), the booster club dashboard, and to carry operating costs as we build the GR8fundraisers foundation.
Team
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CEO, President
Ken currently works at Amazon as a Program Manager, coordinating global teams, and specializing in Change Management, new country expansion, and new program initiatives. Prior to Amazon, Kenneth spent six years at SDC Homes, where the team achieved 800+% growth and top 5 homebuilder status in Washington State in under 3 years. Education includes an MBA (with emphasis on technology and innovation management), and a MA - Communications.
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Founder, VP of Marketing, Sales, & Product Development
Michael Sellars is a sales and marketing professional. At IBM he filled sales and marketing roles including Branch Manager, with an $8M quota, and Regional Marketing Manager for 14 states. Michael earned 5 President's Club awards, was a frequent guest instructor at IBM's Sales Management School, and attended IBM's exclusive President's Class. Michael began developing the business model for GR8fundraisers in 2010 and founded the company in 2013.
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General Counsel, Secretary
Reuben has spent more than five years as a corporate attorney at Lane Powell PC, one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading law firms, representing public and private companies, entrepreneurs and investors. His involvement includes successive rounds of venture financing as well as mergers and assets sales valued at over $85 million. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, and JD from the University of Iowa College of Law.
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Director, GR8buyers Club
Dave was a school teacher for 32 years, as well as an Athletic Director for 10 years. Dave has coached High School Football, Basketball, and Baseball and received the distinguished Coach of the Year recognition. Dave brings a lifetime of hands-on experience with fundraising, uniform and apparel acquisition for teams, budget management, and booster club involvement. Dave has played and coached both nationally and internationally.
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Carl MartinExecutive Director, GR8fundraisers Association
Carl Martin has been a long-time Accountant, is a CPA and earned a Master’s Degree in international business. Shortly after serving in the military during the Vietnam era, Carl was hired on as the Corporate Controller for Hamilton Avnet Electronics, then the largest distributor of electronics in the world. Carl currently serves as the Executive Director of the GR8fundraisers Association, the non-profit side of GR8fundraisers.
Previous Investors
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CEO, President
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