For community-focused businesses

Help local nonprofits raise more. Be the name your community thanks for it.

MyCharityStore gives local nonprofits a year-round fundraising engine: an online store, supporter campaigns and joint advertising in your community. We work hand in hand with each nonprofit. You get thousands of local impressions every month, your logo on every campaign, and the kind of goodwill no ad can buy.

5,000–14,000estimated monthly impressions with your logo beside the nonprofit'sSample estimate: joint ads, nonprofit posts and store visits†
Free creativeready-made graphics and posts to share your sponsorship on your own social
Everystore post, email and ad recognizes you as the sponsor
63%of people prefer to buy from companies that stand for a purpose they share*
†Assumes 4,000–10,000 joint ad impressions, a nonprofit page of about 5,000–15,000 Facebook followers with about 5% seeing each weekly post, and 300–1,000 store visits. Actual numbers vary by nonprofit and appear in your monthly snapshot. *Accenture Strategy consumer study, 2018.
Sponsorship $500 / month
MyCharityStore logo

Local nonprofits are waiting for a sponsor.They're ready to launch. Your sponsorship is what gets their fundraising started, and keeps it running every month.

What it might look like
Just an online store
A few shirts on a website, waiting for someone to find them.
What you're actually sponsoring
A fundraising engine for a local nonprofit
  • Merch sales the nonprofit keeps the profit on
  • Fundraising strategy for nonprofit-approved product raffles, donor clubs and auctions
  • Weekly campaigns that grow the nonprofit's supporter base
  • Joint advertising that puts the nonprofit's logo, and yours, in front of the whole community
Your business
Funds the nonprofit's fundraising
  • Your logo on all store creative
  • Recognized in every campaign and ad
  • A monthly snapshot of the results
Your sponsorship
MyCharityStore + the nonprofit
Working hand in hand, every month
  • We learn the nonprofit's mission, stories and events
  • We build and run their online store
  • We design new merch every season
  • We write their posts, emails and campaigns
  • We run joint ads in your community
Results for everyone
Your community
Sees the good you're funding
  • The nonprofit raises more, at no cost to them
  • Supporters wear the cause all over town
  • Your name is behind every success
People helping people. For credit unions, this is "concern for community," one of the seven cooperative principles credit unions are built on (International Cooperative Alliance). For any local business, it's a way to show customers what you stand for, right where they shop and scroll.

We're a team of marketers and ecommerce experts with over a decade of experience launching stores and marketing campaigns. We work closely with every nonprofit we support, so the campaigns reflect their people, their volunteers and their mission.

Sponsor breakdown

How you're recognized

Your business is recognized everywhere the nonprofit's fundraising shows up. We work directly with the nonprofit to set up and manage every placement.

Store banner

"This store is proudly sponsored by" with your logo at the top of the nonprofit's store.

Includes your offer

Your sponsor page

A page about your business on the store, with a link to you and a special offer for shoppers, like a discount or, for a credit union, a new-member bonus.

All store creative

Every social post and graphic promoting the store features your logo and sponsorship recognition, plus a dedicated thank-you post each month.

Supporter emails

Your logo and a thank-you line in every store email to the nonprofit's supporter list.

4,000+ impressions

Joint community ads

Your sponsorship funds a monthly Facebook reach campaign with your sponsorship message and both logos. Included in every sponsorship.

Optional · included

Order slip (optional)

Your offer printed on a card inside every order, so every buyer gets a reason to visit you. Included at no extra cost.

Free creative for your own social

Each month we send you ready-made graphics and post copy with your real numbers, so sharing your sponsorship takes 30 seconds.

Sample numbers. We fill in your real results each month.
Optional order slip: what buyers see
Thank you for supporting Riverside Food Bank
Open a new account at Summit Credit Union and get a $50 bonus
RIVER50
This store is proudly sponsored by Summit Credit Union
Every order goes to a local supporter who just bought from a cause they love, a perfect audience for your offer. That's the warmest audience your offer will ever reach. We track redemptions with your unique code and include them in your monthly snapshot.
Included with every sponsorship

Joint advertising in your community

Your sponsorship funds a monthly Facebook reach campaign to the local community. The ad runs from the nonprofit's own page, carries your sponsorship message and features both logos. A reach campaign shows the ad to as many different local people as possible for the lowest cost.

4,000+
Ad impressions every month, minimumLocal people seeing your business alongside a cause they care about.
Typical range4,000–10,000depending on season and market
Example joint ad
Riverside Food Bank
Sponsored · with Summit Credit Union
Every hoodie helps stock our shelves for local families. Our online store is made possible by our friends at @Summit Credit Union. Thank you for supporting your neighbors!
Proudly sponsored by Summit Credit Union RIVERSIDE
Riverside Food Bank×Summit Credit Union
Shop the Riverside storeriversidefoodbank-store.com
Shop now
Every piece of social media creative promoting the store, from weekly posts to ads, features your logo and sponsorship recognition.
Your monthly snapshotSample · October
6,840ad impressions
3,420people reached
412store visits
38orders
$2,890order total
$1,240raised for the nonprofit
Ad impressions, last 4 months↑ growing
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Illustrative numbers. Your snapshot uses real data from Facebook and the store: ad impressions, people reached, orders and order totals.
Why it matters

The impact of an online store

You're not funding a website. You're funding a way for the nonprofit to raise money every single day. Here's what that can look like.

$13kept by the nonprofit on a $25 shirtNo inventory and no upfront cost. Items are printed only when ordered.
$457Kkept from merch sales in 2023 by To Write Love on Her ArmsIRS Form 990, 2023. Merch was about 37% of its revenue.
$31Kadded by merch in one year for Love Hope Strength, a small nonprofitIRS Form 990, 2019
5 waysthe store drives donationsCheckout round-up, membership club, donor-tier merch, auctions and QR gear.
Every shirt, mug and hoodie is a walking ad for the cause, and every campaign carries your name. When the store grows, your visibility grows with it.
Why $500 a month

The minimum it takes to do this right

MyCharityStore is a collective of staff, volunteers and freelancers with decades of combined experience in marketing, advertising and merch design. We're passionate about this work because we believe it delivers real value to sponsors, and especially to nonprofits.

We charge the minimum possible given the time it takes to design new products, write social posts and emails, and run advertising on the nonprofit's behalf. $500 a month is the least we can charge to cover our operations and keep supporting more and more nonprofits.

Curious what these services cost at a corporate rate? Here's the breakdown based on industry averages.

ServiceIndustry rateWith MyCharityStore
Build an ecommerce storeOne-time. Freelancer $2,000–5,000, US agency $8,000–15,000 (7SEA Marketing)$2,000Included
New merch designs, ongoingDozens of designs a year. Simple designs run $50–250 each (Gelato)$100 / moIncluded
Facebook ad managementBasic setup and monitoring runs $500–1,000 a month, plus ad spend (ClicksGeek)$500 / moIncluded, ad spend too
Weekly social media postsSmall business management runs $500–2,500 a month (LYFE Marketing)$500 / moIncluded
Email marketingAgency management runs $500–1,400 a month (LYFE Marketing)$500 / moIncluded
Monthly strategy callAt least 1 hour of video-call strategy and planning. Consultants average $75/hr, $65–150 typical (Talo)$75 / moIncluded
Monthly total, after the store is built$1,675 / mo$500 / mo
Traditional agency charge$1,675 / moplus about $2,000 to build the store
vs.
What we cost$500 / moeverything included, store build and ad spend too
Breaking down the numbers

Your $500 vs. traditional advertising

What $500 a month buys in local advertising, based on 2026 industry averages.

Local radio
1–20 spots
$25–500 per spot. A meaningful schedule runs $1,000–5,000 a month.
Gone after 30 seconds
Newspaper
1–2 ads
A quarter page in a community paper runs $200–500.
One issue, then recycled
Billboard
Not enough
$750–3,000 a month in small and mid-size markets.
No clicks, no tracking
Direct mail
500–1,000
postcards at $0.50–1.00 each, one-time.
Often tossed unread
MyCharityStore sponsor
4,000+ / mo
ad impressions plus posts, emails, a store presence and your own sponsor page, every month.
Tracked, and tied to a cause
Estimate your monthly brand impressions
Nonprofit's Facebook followers3,000
Supporter email list1,000
Store visitors per month400
Facebook reach campaign (minimum)4,000
Weekly posts (4 posts, ~5% of followers each)600
Emails (2 a month, ~40% open rate)800
Store banner and sponsor page400
5,800estimated brand impressions a monthAssumptions: 4,000-impression ad minimum, organic post reach of about 5% of followers, and about 40% email open rates. Real numbers come in your monthly snapshot.

The priceless goodwill factor

A radio spot says you exist. Sponsoring a local nonprofit shows your community what you stand for. Those impressions come with trust attached, and the research shows customers reward it.

73%would pay more for products from a company with a positive impact on its local communityBentley-Gallup Force for Good Study, 2022
63%prefer to buy from companies that stand for a purpose they shareAccenture Strategy, 2018
57%prefer brands that back local initiatives over global onesThe Integer Group, The Checkout survey, 2020
84%cite supporting their local community as a key reason to shop localZypMedia consumer survey, 2020
The sponsorship

What $500 a month gets you

$500per month, per nonprofit store
  • Official sponsor of a nonprofit's fundraisingYour logo on the store and on all creative promoting it
  • Your own sponsor pageAbout your business, a link to you and a special offer for shoppers
  • Joint community advertisingA monthly Facebook reach campaign with both logos, 4,000+ impressions, ad spend included
  • Featured in weekly posts and supporter emailsTagged as the store sponsor, with a monthly thank-you post
  • Free creative for your own socialGraphics and post copy with your real results, every month
  • A monthly snapshotAd impressions, people reached, orders, order totals and money raised
  • A monthly strategy callAt least 1 hour to align campaigns, offers and seasonal drops
Optional, included: your offer on a slip inside every order

Two ways to sponsor

Option 1

Donate to the nonprofit

Make your gift directly to the nonprofit. The nonprofit then pays MyCharityStore for the store and marketing.

Can be a charitable gift. Recognition stays as thanks and logo placement; special offers and coupons count as advertising, so they come with Option 2.
Option 2

Sponsor MyCharityStore

Pay MyCharityStore directly and treat it as a marketing expense instead of a donation.

Includes everything, plus your sponsor-page offer and the optional order slip. Advertising costs are generally deductible business expenses (IRS).

Either way, the nonprofit pays nothing out of its own budget. Check with your tax advisor on which option fits you best. See IRS rules on qualified sponsorship payments.

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Sources: 7SEA Marketing, Shopify agency cost 2026 · Gelato, Shirt design pricing 2026 · ClicksGeek, Facebook ads management cost 2026 · LYFE Marketing, Social media management pricing · LYFE Marketing, Email marketing pricing · Talo, Freelance marketing consultant rates 2026 · AdWave, Local advertising cost guide 2026 · AdManage, Facebook CPM benchmarks · Bentley-Gallup via The Hill · Accenture · The Integer Group via SalesFuel · ZypMedia · ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (Form 990 data)