Team up with an Athlete
Our Aussie athletes need your help!
Aussie Athlete Fund encourages corporates, small and large businesses, employees of businesses, individuals and philanthropists to be part of the $1 Million Challenge.
We aim to pair 100 businesses with 100 athletes to help raise $10k each athlete – direct to the athlete.
Almost half of Australia's best athletes earn below the poverty line threshold, with an annual income of less than $23,000.
Athletes are expected to win gold medals on less than the minimum wage. Balancing elite training, competitions, recovery, work, study and day to day life isn’t feasible. Many athletes quit, burn out or both. We are aiming to create a sustainable athlete economy.
The business is not obligated to contribute money. You will work with the athlete to create fundraising events/activations to help the athlete raise $10k which goes directly int their tax deductible Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) page.
Holding an existing lunch, morning tea, golf day? Why not invite your athlete along and use the existing event as a fundraising event for them? Use them for a Q&A and help tell their story.
You can make a difference in an athletes sporting journey.
This is a partnership and we will work together to help athletes raise money for their sporting endeavours and provide fundraising skills and the confidence they will need to achieve financial sustainability.
Please contact us if you would like to join the Challenge and help our athletes or would like further information.
Find out more about the $1 Million Challenge here $1M Challenge
Corporates, small and large businesses, employees of businesses, individuals and philanthropists are invited to partner with an athlete. Anyone who is willing to team up with an athlete and help them be part of the Challenge in raising $10,000 (within a certain period of time).
- As a business (corporates, small and large businesses, employees of businesses, individuals and philanthropists), you will need to complete an application form.
- Aussie Athlete Fund will partner you with an athlete. You are welcome to nominate a sporting preference to ensure your goals and missions align.
- You will be introduced to your athlete and have an initial induction call with the team at Aussie Athlete Fund.
- Once introduced, the business and athlete pair will be part of the $1 Million Challenge where your team goal is to assist the athlete to raise $10,000 within a specified time (via the tax deductible platform; Australian Sports Foundation [ASF]. Note: the athlete will have their own ASF page).
- There are multiple incentives throughout the challenge, Example incentive: athletes who reach $1,000 on their ASF page will receive FREE socks with thanks to Grip Star.
- Businesses are invited to invest time and resources to assist the athlete reach their fundraising goal.
- You will be able to assist the athlete with fundraising; lunches, bbq’s, activity days - the list is endless. We look forward to seeing your creative fundraising events!
- This is a partnership and we will work together to help athletes raise money for their sporting endeavours and provide fundraising skills and the confidence they will need to achieve financial sustainability.
- On your application form, you are able to put your preferred athlete name and/or sport, pronouns, geographical location, studying (to align with your business; engineering for example), which will be taken into consideration during the assessment process.
- There is no limit.
- The more money a pair can raise for an athlete the better: more competitions to enter, more high level training camps, better equipment and other items to help them perform at the highest level.
Note: if the athlete/business pair doesn’t reach its $10,000 target, the business is not obliged to fund the shortfall.
- Complete an application form or contact us should applications be closed.
- Once applications close, Aussie Athlete Fund will provide further information.
If you would like to help our Aussie athletes now is the time!