Fast Start Kit

You approve the program. We hand you the campaign.

No blank page, and no volunteer designing flyers at midnight. Six pieces are already written: three for your board now, and three for parents and IT buyers once your school has its link.

Apply See the six pieces

Four women looking at a flyer at a wooden table — Print the board packet, pass it around, and let people mark it up.

For your board

Ready now: the board packet

Three documents for a board deciding whether to partner with Kithix. Nothing in them needs your school’s link, so you can print them tonight.

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The dollars
If one referred company buys.
$10,000a month
What the company spends with its supplier on recurring services.
$1,500a quarter Example
The donation we receive, at the 5% share.
About $6,000a year
While the referral stays active.
About 12 restaurant nights a year, from one referral that buys.
Each square is one restaurant night: 60 families, a $55 check, 15% back, about $495.
TakeawayIf the company does not buy, we receive nothing and owe nothing.
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Where the donation comes from
Schools pay nothing. Companies pay nothing extra.
The company
Buys the technology it had already budgeted.
pays the supplier its normal price
The supplier
Delivers the service and invoices the company.
The company buys direct from it.
pays for the introduction
Kithix
Made the introduction, and nothing more.
Never on the contract or the invoice.
sends 5% of qualifying spend, every quarter
Our organization
A donation
every quarter
TakeawayNothing is sent until the company’s invoices are paid.
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What if this could be our last fundraiser?
A way to raise money for the school without asking any family for money, and with very little of our time.
TakeawayOne decision tonight: whether to apply.
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Twelve slides
Board presentation
Why this beats another sale, what your organization would do, how to start, and what one referral could send each quarter.
For
The board that has to vote.
When
At the meeting where you ask for a decision.
Open and print: Board presentation, opens on skipthefundraiser.com in a new tab
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Treasurer brief
How the quarterly donation works
For the treasurer and the bookkeeper. This is a plain-language aid. The written agreement controls.
OrganizationReviewed by, and date
What it is, and what it is not
It is
A donation from Kithix LLC to the organization, made under a written agreement.
Worked out each quarter from what a referred company has paid its supplier.
It is not
A gift from the company. The company is paying its supplier for a service; it is not donating to the organization.
A guarantee. If no referred company buys, nothing arrives and the organization owes nothing.
A cost. There is no fee to apply or to take part.
One referral, worked through
A company spending $10,000 a month on a phone and video conferencing system
Example
Qualifying spend, each month
$10,000
The organization’s share
5%
Donation for each month
$500
Donation sent each quarter
$1,500
Over a year
$6,000
Sent after invoices are paid, while the referral stays active. The same arithmetic at other sizes: internet access for one office at $1,500 a month gives $225 a quarter, $900 a year; a move to the cloud at $50,000 a month gives $7,500 a quarter, $30,000 a year.
The share and the payout cap
5% of qualifying monthly spend. When a referred company spends more than $250,000 a month, 7% on the portion above $250,000.
The payout cap
Kithix never sends more for a referral than it received for that referral, so on some services the donation can be less than the published share.
The share is counted for each referral on its own. Qualifying spend is recurring services; one-time hardware and fees do not count.
The path of the money
1Purchase
A referred company buys direct from a supplier Kithix introduced.
2Paid invoice
The company pays its supplier. Only paid invoices count.
3Quarter close
Kithix totals the qualifying spend for each referral.
4Donation sent
Kithix sends the organization its share, with a statement.
The first donation arrives only after a company buys, is invoiced, and pays. Plan on months, not weeks.
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Two letter pages
Treasurer brief
How the donation is calculated and sent: the share, the payout cap, one referral worked through, and a sample statement.
For
The treasurer, and whoever asks the hard question.
When
Before the vote, so the answers are already on paper.
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Program summary
A way to raise money without selling anything.
Parents who buy technology at work share a project their company has already budgeted; Kithix introduces suppliers; if the company buys, the school organization receives a donation every quarter after invoices are paid, while the referral stays active.
Schools pay nothing, and companies pay nothing extra.
How it works
1Invite
The PTO or booster invites parents and neighbors who make technology decisions at work.
2Share
The IT buyer shares a project their company has already planned and budgeted.
3Connect
Kithix introduces suppliers that fit. The buyer decides whether to talk to any of them.
4Receive
If the company buys: the organization receives a donation every quarter after invoices are paid.
One referral
While the referral stays active
Example
Qualifying spend, each month
$10,000
The organization’s share
5%
Donation sent each quarter
$1,500
Over a year, about
$6,000
What the organization does
Applies. A short form, no tax or bank details.
Invites parents and neighbors who buy technology at work. The messages are already written.
Receives a donation each quarter, once a referred company has bought.
What families are never asked to do
Buy or sell anything.
Give money, or ask relatives for it.
Staff a table, sort orders, or deliver them.
If nobody buys, nothing arrives.
How to apply
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Shared by (name and organization)
Choose Apply. Applying commits the organization to nothing. Questions: hello@kithix.com
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One letter page
Program summary
The whole program on one page: the four steps, one referral worked through, and what your organization does.
For
A principal, or a board member who missed the meeting.
When
Attach it to the agenda, or leave it on the table.
Open and print: Program summary, opens on skipthefundraiser.com in a new tab

For parents and IT buyers

After acceptance: with your school’s link

All three send parents and IT buyers to your school’s own link, which Kithix issues after your organization is accepted. Until then they are previews, and the link reads [your school's Kithix link].

When your board says yes

One of you fills in a short form.

The application asks for no tax number, W‑9, or bank details. If your organization is accepted, Kithix emails your school’s link.

Apply

You approve the program. We hand you the campaign.

Ready now: the board packet

Board presentation

Treasurer brief

Program summary

After acceptance: with your school’s link

Parent outreach

IT one-pager

Event poster

One of you fills in a short form.