FunDrive
FunDrive Background
FunDrive is our annual action-packed, 9-day fundraiser. It is our major fundraising event and accounts for one-third of our operating budget. The funding goes towards everything so that we can proudly continue being Edmonton's only volunteer-powered, award-winning community radio station. During FunDrive, there is also specialty programming and events from beloved CJSR shows.
An integral fundraising incentive during FunDrive is our daily giveaway draw, in which people who donate that day are entered to win a prize pack full of awesome stuff from local businesses and organizations. Collaborating on FunDrive provides an opportunity for greater engagement with the passionate CJSR community via our extensive campaigns on social media, on campus, and on-air. Additionally, FunDrive provides a unique opportunity to showcase your services and products.
If you’re not familiar with FunDrive, have no fear! Check out this handy booklet.
This year, FunDrive takes place from October 27 - November 4, 2023.
FunDrive FAQ
How can you pledge your support? Choose your own adventure:
Click here to donate online!
Need more incentive to give? One word: swag.
Each year we have some super cool, limited-edition swag for FunDrive donors!
If you donate during FunDrive, you will also be entered to win daily giveaways! Check out our social media for more information!
Tax Receipt?
If you donate $50 or more, you are eligible for a tax receipt (cuz did you know that CJSR is a registered charity?!)
What is the breakdown of how donations funds are spent?
Check out our Income and Expense Pie Charts on the Donate Page (Make sure to hover your mouse over for individual values)
Altogether, CJSR’s money goes to the most staid, normal operating expenses you can think of. But they’re costs we have to pay and that’s why we reach out and ask our listeners for their support: offering a voice to communities that aren’t represented by the mainstream media in Edmonton is important to us and, we hope, important to our listeners. We manage to do it for next to nothing, which is why every bit helps: your donation, whatever the size, goes a long way toward keeping an alternative perspective on Edmonton’s airwaves.
Why is it called FunDrive?
Because it’s really fun!