We are a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit competing in the USA Climbing Collegiate Series. Every dollar you give goes to the costs that decide whether a student can take a season.
Processed through Zeffy. 100% of your gift reaches the team, Zeffy takes no platform fee.
Where it goes
- Competition entry fees. Every collegiate event carries one, per climber, all season.
- Travel to collegiate events. Vans, fuel and lodging, so a qualifier six hours away is not a reason to stay home.
- Ropes and hardware. Shared gear the whole team climbs on.
- Lower dues. Read the next bit, because this is the part people miss.
Your gift lowers what our climbers pay
Our dues this season are a ceiling, not a bill: up to $150 a year on the Rec team and up to $300 a year on Comp. We publish them that way on purpose.
The more we raise, the lower that number goes for every single climber on the team. It is not an abstraction and it is not overhead. A donation here comes straight off what a student pays to be part of this.
Cost should not be the reason someone stops climbing. That is the whole point.
Tax deductible
Climbing Team at Utah Valley University is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
EIN 99-0953309. No goods or services are provided in exchange for a donation. You will get a receipt automatically.
Please make checks payable to the legal name, Climbing Team at Utah Valley University, not to Utah Valley University.
On the team? Share this page
The single most effective thing you can do for team funding is send this page to five people who already care about you.
utahvalleyclimbing.com/donate
Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, a former coach, the people who ask how climbing is going. They are not being asked to fund a stranger, they are being asked to back you. Most of them will say yes to $25 without thinking twice, and twenty of those covers a competition weekend.
You do not need a speech. Something like this works:
Copy this, send it as a text
Hey, I made the climbing team at UVU this year. We are a student-run nonprofit and we fundraise to keep our dues down and get to competitions. If you wanted to chip in anything, here is the link, and it is tax deductible: utahvalleyclimbing.com/donate
It takes eleven seconds and it is the difference between a season we can afford and one we cannot.
Other ways to help
Not everything useful is money. We are always glad to hear from people who can offer gear, a product donation for a prize drawing, a company match, or a connection to a brand.