NIL Collective

Supercharge your Fundraising

Is your NIL collective hampered by an inability to get alumni data, ineffective giving forms, and limited reach in your digital communications?

We have a full range of fundraising solutions to help take your NIL Collective to the next level — services can be used as a total solution, or just pick the features you need.


Through our partners at Hat Trick Advisors, we are bringing together vetted innovations and strategic partners to help Collectives increase donations and NIL activations for student athletes.

Brands

Introductions to major brands and sponsors–We share your NIL strategy, messaging and audience profile with prospective brand sponsors.

Data

Data partners for sourcing potential NIL donations. We have an up-to-date database with 100 million + consumer profiles and alumni and can easily target your potential donors based on location, wealth, interests, and more.

Content

Content creation and training for student athletes.

Giving Platform

We provide streamlined, custom branded, high converting giving forms. Accept almost any payment method and donors can give easily in seconds, with a personalized experience.

Sponsorships

Proven sponsorship team to package and sell brand activations.

Engagement

A turn-key engagement plan to reach tens or hundreds of thousands of new potential alumni donors. Get a weekly report with email deliverability and click-through statistics as well as online giving conversions.

Who We Are

Industry veterans who have built an amazing team to provide full-service fundraising and sponsorships for NIL collectives.

Our Partners: Hat Trick Advisors

With over 100 years of combined experience working for some of the top properties within the Sports, Entertainment and Technology industries, the Hat Trick Advisors team understands the market and how best to deliver winning strategies.

Kyle Nelson

CEO

Kyle is an experienced entrepreneur and executive, co-founding MVPindex, LaunchFish, and Jobs.com, and driving key exits including the sale of ESPRE Solutions
to Google.

Grady Raskin

Co-Founder & President

Grady is a sports executive who built the XFL Dallas Renegades from scratch and has held leadership roles with the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers, and Hicks Sports Group, focusing on revenue and sponsorships.

Aaron Cohn

Partner, VP Corp. Sponsorships

Aaron is a sales and partnerships executive with experience driving revenue and securing major deals for Knights eSports, Xcite Interactive, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Rays.

Matt Styes

Partner, EVP Corp. Sponsorships

Matt is a business development leader with experience driving $20M in revenue at SkyView Networks and securing major partnerships across sports, including the Arizona Coyotes and Disney Sports.

BlueRidge Giving

A joint venture between BlueRidge Data and Custom Donations that brings to market a NextGen online giving platform powered by data. BlueRidge Giving pairs data append and matching gift services with streamlined online giving solutions. Our approach provides highly customized and personalized online giving forms for a superior donor experience, boosting conversions and gift size.

Steve Hafner

Co-Founder & President

After selling HEPdata in 2019, Steve founded BlueRidge Data and BlueRidge Giving to help fundraisers leverage real-time data and enhance giving solutions for education.

Mike Smith

President

Mike, web application expert, founded Custom Donations after over a decade of developing custom systems for nonprofit organizations and processing millions in donations.

For one NIL collective client, in less than 3 months, 51% of all donations coming in were sourced by us, with 100% of monthly memberships increasing their gift size to cover transactional overhead.

Book a Meeting Today to Find Out How We Can Amplify Your NIL Collective Fundraising