Sponsorship Marketplace

Connect high school teams
with local businesses who care.

EBENtrellis is the dedicated platform where athletic programs find steady sponsors — and local businesses invest in the community they call home.

Free to Join
No setup or membership cost
3 Tiers
One-time · Season · Annual
Stripe Secured
All payments fully protected
The problem

Two sides of the same funding gap.

Athletic Programs

Coaches spend hours chasing sponsors instead of coaching.

High school sports programs are chronically underfunded. State and district budgets fall short. Boosters are tapped out. Coaches resort to cold-calling local businesses — a time-consuming process with no guarantee of results. Meanwhile, the program suffers.

Local Businesses

Businesses want to give back — but have no system to connect with teams.

Local business owners know the value of community investment. They want to sponsor youth sports — but don't know which teams need help, how to reach coaches, or how to make a payment safely. The opportunity goes wasted on both sides.

How it works

From signup to sponsorship in three steps.

1

Teams create a profile

One-time setup. Add your sport, school, location, team story, and funding goal. Your profile goes live and becomes discoverable by local businesses immediately.

2

Businesses discover by zip code

Enter your zip code. Browse local team profiles, read their stories, and message coaches directly — no middlemen, no cold calls, just a direct conversation.

3

Sponsorships happen in-app

Payments are processed securely through Stripe, and funds land directly with the team.

Sponsorship tiers

Choose how you want to give back.

Every tier includes direct team access and in-app messaging.

Custom amount
You choose
No minimum, ever
Give whatever amount makes sense for you. Perfect for trying the platform or celebrating a winning season.
  • Direct team message access
  • Secure Stripe payment
  • Confirmation receipt
Start sponsoring
Annual partner
Set by team
Per year
Commit to a team for the full year. Amounts are guided by each team, not fixed platform-wide — reflecting what that team is offering in return.
  • Year-round profile placement
  • Ongoing relationship with the team
  • Multi-year partnership option
Become an annual partner
Get started

One platform. Two doors.

Whether you run the team or own the business, EBENtrellis is built for you. Here's what each path looks like.

For Athletic Programs

Your team deserves steady funding. Not annual scrambles.

Build a team profile in under 15 minutes. Share your story, your sport, and your funding goal — then let local businesses come to you.

  • Team profile with sport and story
  • In-app messaging with interested sponsors
  • Secure Stripe payments — no cash, no checks
  • Free to join, always
Create a team account
For Local Businesses

Invest in your community. Build real goodwill.

Find teams near you by zip code. Start an ongoing relationship — not a one-off donation.

  • Discover teams by zip code
  • Message coaches directly in the platform
  • Stripe-secured payments, no complexity
  • Sponsor multiple teams independently
Start sponsoring
Why it works

Built differently — on purpose.

EBENtrellis isn't a generic fundraising tool. It was designed from the ground up for high school athletics.

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Built for high school athletics

Not a general crowdfunding platform repurposed for sports. EBENtrellis is purpose-built for the specific dynamics of high school programs.

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Local by design

Discovery is filtered by zip code. Sponsors find teams in their actual community.

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Relationship-first, not transaction-first

Multi-year partnership options mean teams build a base of reliable supporters — not just one-off donors.

FAQ

Common questions, honest answers.

Joining and creating a team profile is always free — no setup fees, no membership cost. EBENtrellis takes a small platform fee out of each sponsorship to keep things running, so teams still receive the great majority of every dollar sponsored.
All high school sports — football, basketball, soccer, track, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, water polo, and more. If your school fields a team, you can create a profile on EBENtrellis and start connecting with local sponsors.
All payments are processed securely through Stripe — the same technology powering millions of online businesses. Businesses pay online and funds are deposited directly to the team account. EBENtrellis never stores card information.
No — sponsorships don't auto-renew without action. At the end of every season, both the team and the sponsor can pick the relationship back up without any manual outreach required.
Absolutely. Many businesses choose to sponsor several teams across different sports in their community. Each sponsorship is managed independently with its own messaging thread.
Snap Raise runs fundraising campaigns — your team asks families to sell discount cards or merchandise for a few weeks each season. EBENtrellis facilitates ongoing sponsorships from local businesses who want a consistent, branded relationship with your program. The two can actually complement each other.