6min read · by KindRise’s founder, a Brooklyn resident

Fundraising Flyer Templates for Schools, HOAs, Sports Teams, and Community Groups

A great fundraising flyer does one thing: removes every barrier between someone reading it and someone donating. That means a clear headline, a specific goal, and a QR code they can scan right now instead of a URL they'll forget to type later.

Below are templates for four common campaign types. Copy the text into any design tool (Word, Google Docs, Canva, or even a text editor), drop in your QR code, and print.

Flyer anatomy: what every template includes

Must-haves

Who is fundraising
What the money pays for
Dollar goal
QR code + short URL
Deadline

Nice-to-haves

Progress ("68% there!")
Per-person math ("$25 = 1 student's trip")
A photo or graphic
Contact for questions

School / PTA flyer template

School PTA Flyer — Copy & Customize

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
HELP [SCHOOL NAME] STUDENTS
[HEADLINE — e.g., "Go on Their Field Trip This Year"]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

The [School Name] PTA is raising [GOAL] for
[SPECIFIC PURPOSE — e.g., "4th and 5th grade field trips"].

$[AMOUNT] covers one student's full trip.
$[AMOUNT] sponsors supplies for a whole class.
$[AMOUNT] gets us to our goal.

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│   📱 SCAN TO DONATE         │
│                             │
│   [→ QR CODE GOES HERE ←]   │
│                             │
│   Or visit: [SHORT URL]     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Campaign closes: [DATE]
Questions? [email]

[School Name] PTA — Thank you for supporting our students.

HOA / neighborhood improvement flyer template

HOA / Neighborhood Flyer — Copy & Customize

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
HELP IMPROVE [COMMUNITY NAME]
[PROJECT NAME — e.g., "New Community Garden & Picnic Area"]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Your HOA board is raising [GOAL] to fund
[PROJECT DESCRIPTION — 1–2 sentences].

This is 100% voluntary. Dues are unaffected.

Just $[AMOUNT] per household gets us there
if [NUMBER] homes contribute.

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│   📱 SCAN TO DONATE         │
│                             │
│   [→ QR CODE GOES HERE ←]   │
│                             │
│   Or visit: [SHORT URL]     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Deadline: [DATE]
[Community Name] HOA Board · [contact]

Youth sports team flyer template

Youth Sports Flyer — Copy & Customize

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SUPPORT THE [TEAM NAME]
[SPORT] · [AGE GROUP / LEAGUE]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

We're raising [GOAL] to fund
[PURPOSE — e.g., "new jerseys and the regional tournament entry fee for 18 kids"].

Your donation means these kids can
compete this season. 🏆

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│   📱 SCAN TO DONATE         │
│                             │
│   [→ QR CODE GOES HERE ←]   │
│                             │
│   Or visit: [SHORT URL]     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Campaign closes: [DATE]
[Coach name] · [contact]

Go [Team Name]!

General community fundraiser flyer template

Community Group Flyer — Copy & Customize

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ORGANIZATION NAME]
IS RAISING MONEY FOR
[SPECIFIC CAUSE / PROJECT]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[2–3 sentence description of what you're raising for and why it matters to the community.]

Goal: [AMOUNT] · Deadline: [DATE]

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│   📱 SCAN TO DONATE         │
│                             │
│   [→ QR CODE GOES HERE ←]   │
│                             │
│   Or visit: [SHORT URL]     │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Questions? [email or contact]
[Organization website if you have one]

KindRise Feature

Every campaign gets a QR code — automatically

Launch a KindRise campaign and a unique QR code is generated instantly. Download it, drop it on any flyer or poster, and supporters scan to donate in under a minute — no URL to type, no friction between the ask and the gift.

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Design tips for higher response rates

Headline first: The first thing eyes land on should be the emotional hook, not the organization name. "Help our kids go on their first field trip" beats "Lincoln Elementary PTA 2026 Annual Fundraiser."
QR code placement: Bottom third of the flyer, centered, at least 1.5 inches square. Add "Scan to donate" in 12pt+ text directly below it.
One ask, one action: Don't ask people to both donate AND volunteer AND share AND attend. One CTA per flyer. Make it donate.
White space: A crowded flyer gets skimmed; a clear one gets read. Less text, bigger type.

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Frequently asked questions

What should a fundraising flyer include?

A fundraising flyer needs five things: who is fundraising, what the money pays for, how much you're trying to raise, how to donate (ideally a QR code + URL), and a deadline. Keep it to one page. A strong image or graphic and a single clear headline are more effective than dense text.

How do I add a QR code to a fundraising flyer?

Launch your campaign on KindRise and download the auto-generated QR code as a PNG. Open your flyer in Word, Google Docs, or Canva, drag the QR code image onto the page, and resize it to at least 1.5 inches square. Add the text 'Scan to donate' below it. That's it.

What size should a fundraising flyer be?

US Letter (8.5" × 11") for standard printing or half-sheet (5.5" × 8.5") for handouts. Half-sheets are cheaper to print (2 per page), easier to distribute at events, and just as effective. For posters or window displays, use 11" × 17".