How do people that run a marathon raise money for a charity?

OK so all the time i hear about how there is a cancer walk or marathon %26amp; the more people that go the more $ gets raised..


Where the heck does the $ come from?


And why is it that people can participate in a walk or run activity for a charity %26amp; actually make $ for the disease research, etc..?


I just dont understand the process.|||Many events fund raise for charity as part of their registration fee. For example, a Thanksgiving 5k "Run for the Hungry" might charge $25 to participate, of which $5 goes to a particular charity and the rest goes to putting on the event itself.





There are other things out there like Team in Training or the Susan G. Komen 3-day walks in which participants do much more extensive fundraising by getting donations from friends, co-workers, etc. In exchange, they'll get something like extensive marathon training and travel to an event, etc. The large coordinated groups like that usually do a lot to help people fund raise, sometimes also doing things like bake sales, car washes, etc. revolving around training and/or an event. It becomes a way to find donations to charities without point blank asking for funds and not providing anything in return. The Team in Training and Susan G. Komen operations are pretty huge in what they do. Lots of people are willing to throw a few charitable dollars at their friends or family members positively training for a marathon for themselves and fundraising for others at the same time.





But if you hear of a "cancer walk" or things like that, they're usually just outright taking a portion of each person's event registration fee and providing it directly to a specified charity. They find if they ask people to just each give them, say, $10 for cancer research, it doesn't get very far. If they tell them to provide $30 to run in a competitive 5k (and they'll give $10 to cancer research), they can get hundreds or thousands of people to participate at once.





Sometimes you'll also have various businesses sponsoring an event, since they get some positive name recognition and marketing out of things, and even more $$ can go to charity via that channel. Some will also agree to match the funds that come in from participants or things like that -- many like the opportunity to sponsor healthy community activities and charities for the positives they themselves get out of it.|||usually you are given a sponsor form when you sign up with a charity. Another easy way of getting sponsor money is to use the website www.justgiving.com. People who want to sponsor you will be able to donate their money online and it will save you from having to go around and collect it once you have finished your marathon. The charity you are raising money for will then just get the money automatically from that site a couple of weeks after your event.





Hope it helps and good luck with the marathon.|||When you join in the marathon you would generally get given a sponsor form. Then you collect sponsorship from people you know and you can collect the money they sponsor you when you have completed the marathon. then that money can be donated to charity|||There are a few ways to raise the money.





The first is if the whole event is run by the charity, all the entry fee is collected and after expenses the spare cash is given to the charity. The more entrants the more cash goes to the good cause.





Some larger races have nominated charities and will share some of the entry fees with the charity.





The second way is more common and can raise funds for any race and that is where each participant raises money them selves which is given to the charity. This might be a normal sponsor form where the participant asks friends, family and colleagues (sorry - you are from USA and prefer co-workers?) to donate an amount if they complete the event. The participant completes the event and the cash goes to the charity





The third way happens in the very largest races that get completed. The charity applies for a certain number of places and then people apply for these places (often after the race is full and the people want to run in the race). The charity asks for a fee to guarantee the place (this covers the charities costs plus a small amount extra to make it a nice round number), and they ask the participant to pledge an extra amount on completion of the race. The participant then somehow raises the money - sponsored runners are most common, but depending on the event and amount required, the participant might just pay for this themselves. As an example, the London Marathon charities are asking for about 拢2000 TO 拢3000.





Another way is collecting buckets - a lot of runners carry a collecting bucket and run along the course with it to raise money and this is donated to charity





The final one I can think of is corporate sponsorship. This works in the normal ways but bit corporations donate money to the charities or for a charity run, they pay for the expenses allowing more money to be raised for the charity