Everything you can put on a HeroPicks event — the engine modes plus every add-on (sweepstakes prizes, sponsors, game questions, raiser links and more). The four engine modes stand alone or combine; each named configuration below is a preset of those dials. Use these names as a shared vocabulary when scoping an event.
Source: Weekly Kickoff, Jun 8 2026 — “a matrix of product offerings… fundraising links, sweepstakes, fundraising competitions, and games… we can combine a lot of those things.”
A simple donate page (GoFundMe-style). Pick start/end dates and a couple of images — done.
Donation onlyEvery donation earns an entry into a random prize drawing. A free entry (AMOE) is always available.
Prize by chanceEvery participant gets their own raiser deep link to share with their network; prizes go to whoever raises the most. The “Raiser” model — the engine behind school & youth-sports fundraisers.
Prize by effortPrediction questions on the event. Answering and getting them right earns extra sweepstakes entries.
Feeds the sweepstakes| Configuration | 🔗 Link | 🎟️ Sweepstakes | 🏆 Competition | 🎮 Game | Real example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Link | ✓ | – | – | – | Beyond Awareness — pick dates + images, share the link |
| Sweepstakes | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | Donation = 1 entry, random draw (uniform odds) |
| Raiser Competition | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | Boy Scouts / Love Pup — one link per fundraiser, top raiser wins |
| Raiser + Sweepstakes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | Junior Sun Devils — per-player links, every donation an entry, top-5 raiser prizes |
| Game | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | Predictions earn entries (Merrill’s Mile) |
| The Gauntlet (all-in) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Phoenix Gauntlet — highest compliance + technical load |
Give every participant their own deep link (?donate=true&team=<slug>).
They share it with their own network; donors land straight on that person’s page with no picker step,
and every dollar is credited to them on the leaderboard.
This is what makes the high-volume plays work — school fundraisers, youth-sports teams, scouts, clubs: 17 players × their own circles raises far more than one shared link. Pair it with a Competition (top raiser wins), a Sweepstakes (every donation an entry), or both.
The random-draw rewards. Name, ARV (value), quantity and tier. Multiple winners supported. Keep aggregate value under state caps (e.g. FL/NY $5k).
Awards for the top fundraisers (most raised). Skill/effort prizes — kept separate from the draw.
Sponsor logos and placements on the event page. Party-level or per-team (raiser) sponsors.
Prediction questions grouped into rounds. Yes/No, multiple-choice, over/under, or numeric. Each answered = 1 entry; each correct = +1.
A unique shareable link per participant/team. Donors land pre-selected on that raiser (no picker step). This is what lets one event spin up 20, 50, hundreds of individual fundraisers.
Suggested amounts and a minimum donation. Set on the event, inherited by its challenges.
Who the funds support. Linked to the event; shown on the page and used in receipts/copy.
Banner, hero and logo art, description and event dates. Drives the front-door look of the page.
The no-purchase-necessary path at free.heropicks.org. Automatically required whenever a Sweepstakes is on.
If a Game has 10 questions, every entrant gets 10 “votes.” Answering a question earns an entry; getting it right doubles that question into a second entry.
Total entries = questions answered + questions correct (N + correct). No predictions → a flat 1 entry, equal odds.
Free (AMOE) entrants play and earn entries on the exact same terms — which is what keeps the sweepstakes compliant: skill changes your entries, never requires a purchase.