Raise Money for Your Church Youth Group While Supporting Christian Businesses
Send more students to camp, missions, and retreats — and create a lasting online business directory for your entire church family. No product sales. No door-to-door. No inventory.
- No products to purchase, store, or deliver
- Businesses receive lifetime marketing exposure
- Your youth group receives 50% of every upgraded listing
Christians in Business provides the platform, payment processing, listing setup, promotional tools, and ongoing support.
Introduction
A Better Fundraiser for Church Youth Groups
Youth ministries constantly need funding for summer camp, mission trips, retreats, worship equipment, small group resources, meals, transportation, and student scholarships.
Traditional youth group fundraisers — car washes, bake sales, coupon books — take enormous volunteer effort and often raise little. The Church Youth Group Business Directory Fundraiser offers a very different approach.
Your youth group sponsors an online Christian business directory. Christian businesses receive meaningful lifetime marketing exposure, and your youth group receives part of every upgraded listing purchased through its campaign — a genuine partnership between the church, business owners, families, and students.
Revenue
Your Youth Group Receives 50% of Every Upgraded Listing
Your youth group receives
$120
- Business logo
- Full contact information
- Website link
- Social media links
- Expanded business description
- Services offered
- Service areas
- Business photos
- Testimonials
- Customer contact form
- Placement above free listings
- Lifetime listing — no annual renewal fee
Your youth group receives
$180
- Everything included with Premium
- Featured Business badge
- Priority placement
- Placement above Premium and Basic Listings
- Larger business profile
- Additional photos
- Video opportunities
- Business spotlight opportunities
- Enhanced category visibility
- Special offers for church families
- Social media recognition
- Lifetime listing — no annual renewal fee
Businesses may also choose a Free Basic Listing. Free listings help build the directory, while Premium and Featured upgrades generate fundraiser proceeds for the youth group.
Fundraising Examples
What Could Your Youth Group Raise?
These are potential results based on the youth group's payout per upgraded listing. Actual results depend on participation and upgraded listing sales.
5 Premium Listings
$600
for the youth group
10 Premium Listings
$1,200
for the youth group
10 Featured Listings
$1,800
for the youth group
10 Premium + 10 Featured
$3,000
for the youth group
25 Premium + 25 Featured
$7,500
for the youth group
Estimate your youth group's proceeds
Adjust the numbers below to see potential fundraising results. Free Basic Listings help build the directory but do not generate fundraiser proceeds.
School receives $120 per Premium Listing
School receives $180 per Featured Listing
PROJECTED YOUTH GROUP PROCEEDS
$3,000
Based on 20 participating businesses. Results depend on participation and upgraded listing sales.
- Total listing revenue
- $6,000
- Youth Group share
- $3,000
- CIB share
- $3,000
Uses
What Can Your Youth Group Fund?
A specific fundraising goal helps business owners understand exactly what their support is helping accomplish.
"Help us raise $8,000 to send 20 students to summer camp — no student turned away for financial reasons."
"Every upgraded business listing helps us send our high school students on a summer mission trip."
How It Works
How the Youth Group Fundraiser Works
- 1
Your Youth Group Applies
An authorized church leader completes the short application and tells us about the youth ministry, fundraising goal, and what the proceeds will support.
- 2
We Create Your Campaign
Christians in Business creates a branded campaign page and online business directory for your church youth group.
- 3
Your Youth Group Invites Businesses
Invite Christian-owned businesses from your church family, youth group parents, alumni, grandparents, and the surrounding community.
- 4
Businesses Choose a Listing
Businesses select a Free Basic, Lifetime Premium, or Lifetime Featured Listing and enroll through the secure online platform.
- 5
We Manage the Platform
Christians in Business handles payments, listing setup, business support, reporting, tracking, and platform management.
- 6
Your Youth Group Receives Its Proceeds
The youth group receives its share of every qualifying upgraded listing purchased through its unique campaign.
Community
Build Support From Your Entire Church Family
The participating business does not have to be owned by a youth group parent. Christian-owned and Christian-led businesses throughout the church and surrounding community may be invited, subject to program participation standards.
Business Owners
Why Christian Business Owners Will Participate
This is more than a request for a donation. Participating businesses receive a lifetime promotional listing while helping invest in the next generation of the Church.
Reach Christian families
Increase online visibility
Build community trust
Promote services and products
Support youth ministry
Connect with other Christian businesses
Receive lifetime exposure
Be recognized as a youth ministry supporter
"Support the youth group. Promote your business. Strengthen the Church."
Youth Ministry Benefits
More Than a Short-Term Fundraiser
Your church receives a lasting business resource that families can continue using throughout the year.
Grace Family Contracting
Contractors
Cornerstone Insurance
Insurance agents
Beacon Realty Group
Realtors
Preview only — sample content for illustration.
- Raise meaningful funds for camp, missions, and events
- No products to sell, store, or deliver
- Involve students in a purposeful outreach project
- Build stronger relationships with parents and businesses
- Create a trusted directory for the whole church
- Recognize businesses that invest in the next generation
- Create an ongoing, year-round fundraising resource
Platform & Support
We Provide the Platform and Support
Your youth group does not have to build a website, create a checkout system, manage listings, or manually calculate proceeds.
Your Role
What Your Youth Group Does
Christians in Business handles the platform, payments, listing setup, tracking, and business support. Your youth group focuses on sharing the opportunity.
- Get approval from church leadership
- Set the fundraising goal (camp, mission trip, retreat, etc.)
- Share the opportunity with youth group parents
- Invite Christian business owners from the church
- Share the unique campaign link and QR code
- Recognize participating businesses in service or on stage
- Provide an authorized ministry contact
- Encourage families to use the directory year-round
Promotion
Easy Ways to Promote the Fundraiser
Campaign Timeline
Phase 1: Launch
Announce the fundraiser to students and parents, share the goal (camp, mission trip, retreat), and share the campaign page.
Phase 2: Church Family Outreach
Invite church members, youth group parents, small group leaders, alumni, and volunteers who own businesses.
Phase 3: Community Business Outreach
Reach Christian-owned and Christian-led businesses throughout the surrounding community.
Phase 4: Recognition and Follow-Up
Thank participating businesses from stage, share campaign progress, and remind families to use the directory.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Fund Camp, Missions, and Youth Ministry?
Investing in the next generation and promoting Christian businesses can work together. Christians in Business provides the platform. Your church brings the community together. Christian business owners receive lifetime visibility. Your students receive greater opportunities to grow in Christ.
Apply
Apply to Start Your Fundraiser
Complete this short application. A Christians in Business representative will follow up with the authorized youth ministry representative.
Not Ready Yet?