For administrators

The fundraiser
that students
actually want.

No order forms. No carrying inventory. No volunteer manning a table at lunch. Locker Loot installs the machine, runs the app, ships the merch, and sends 30% of net profit back to your school.

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Built by a K-12 industry veteran

Founder Horace Gipson has spent 35+ years selling and servicing K-12 schools across the Bay Area — scaling one regional territory from $360k to over $4M, building 400+ school accounts, and funding $300k+ in student scholarships along the way.

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30% to school

Upfront cost

$0

Time to launch

~30 days

Inventory you hold

None

Volunteers needed

Zero

The split

Where every dollar goes.

Net profit calculation, simplified. Real numbers vary by SKU and product mix; full breakdown in the pitch packet.

30%

School fund

Returned quarterly. Use for clubs, athletics, scholarships, or anything the principal approves.

10%

Student designer royalty

Paid on every unit sold. Goes to a parent-linked account or digital gift card.

60%

Locker Loot

Covers manufacturing, machine, app, payment processing, fulfillment, and moderation.

What 60% buys

You don't lift a finger.

Other fundraising platforms ask the school to do the work. We don't. The 60% pays for everything below, every drop cycle.

  • Commercial-grade vending machine + on-site install
  • Custom-wrapped exterior in school colors
  • Student app (iOS, Android, web)
  • Admin dashboard with live revenue + drop data
  • All apparel and merch manufacturing
  • Restock logistics, shipping, machine service
  • Tap-to-pay processing (PCI-handled)
  • Two-stage content moderation team
  • Designer royalty payouts (the 10%)
  • Insurance + warranty on the machine

For comparison: a DIY school T-shirt sale keeps 100% of the profit, but it also costs your staff weeks of work, ties up cafeteria volunteer hours, and risks unsold inventory. Locker Loot replaces all of that with a 30% revenue stream you don't have to lift a finger to earn.

Industry data

The problem we solve, in their words.

Custom Ink surveyed 447 K-12 fundraising organizers in April 2026. Their results map directly onto why Locker Loot exists.

87%

Already sell spirit wear

of K-12 organizers have used spirit wear for fundraising. Locker Loot replaces the order form with a machine.

67%

Call distribution a burden

call physical distribution "at least somewhat challenging." Locker Loot dispenses — no distribution at all.

47%

Drown in vendor billing

say "multiple orders, invoices, billing contacts" is their #1 pain point. One Locker Loot partnership replaces the stack.

Source: Custom Ink School Spirit Gap Survey, April 2026.

Implementation

Live in 30 days.

  1. Week 1

    01

    Agreement + site survey

    Sign the partnership agreement. We schedule a site visit to scope the machine location, power, and Wi-Fi.

  2. Week 2

    02

    Install + onboarding

    Machine installed and wrapped. Student rep cohort onboarded to the app. School admin trained on the dashboard.

  3. Week 3

    03

    Submission window opens

    Students submit designs. Moderation team reviews. School admin gets a final yes/no on every entry.

  4. Week 4

    04

    First drop

    Vote closes, production runs, machine restocks. Push notification: drop just landed.

Safety & compliance

Built for K-12.

Every part of the platform is designed with administrator review in mind. The school keeps the final word on what gets made and what gets sold.

  • Revenue-sharing agreement, no cost to the school site

    Standard turnkey vending partnership. No upfront capital, no purchase order, no district expenditure — many schools authorize without board approval. Full agreement and revenue model available on request.

  • Two-stage content moderation

    Automated content filter plus human review on every student-submitted design before it reaches the voting page (only relevant when the design feature is activated).

  • School admin approval flow

    Final yes/no on every winning design and product before production runs.

  • Designed with COPPA and FERPA in mind

    Account creation requires parent verification under 13. We collect the minimum data needed to run the platform. Full compliance documentation available on request.

  • Transparent reporting

    Quarterly statements with unit-level detail. Admin dashboard with live revenue data.

Pitch packet

Tell us about your school.

Send the basics. We'll send back a pitch packet you can hand to your principal — slides, revenue model, and a sample drop calendar.

  • · Reply within one business day
  • · No sales call unless you ask for one
  • · Pitch packet is yours to keep, no strings

Direct email also works: [email protected]