Didn't get in through the drawing? You can still run by raising money for a charity. Pick a cause on the left. See how much you'd raise and what each charity gives you. Click a charity for the fine print.
| Charity | You raise | What they give you | Taking runners? |
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A charity bib is a guaranteed spot in the race. In return you promise to raise a set amount for the charity — usually $3,000 to $5,000 — by a deadline. You give them a credit card when you're accepted. If you don't raise it all, they charge the rest to the card. That's normal; it's how the charity covers the spot it already paid for.
The charities are more different than the prices. Some give you a coach, group runs, a fundraising helper, a team, a bus to the start. Some give you a bib and a deadline. That's the difference between the money being easy and being hard to raise, and it's the main thing this table shows.
Before you sign up, ask them four things if the fine print doesn't say:
Any charity with a real program answers these in one email. Keep the reply.
Every amount, every "what they give you," and every quote was read from the charity's own web page and links back to it. A green chip means the charity says it provides that thing; no chip means they don't mention it. If something says "they don't say," it means we couldn't find it published — not that the answer is no. Ask.
The cause label is the one thing written by hand, so the list is easy to scan. Everything else is the charity's words.
The table is re-checked every week against the charities' pages. Spot a mistake? Tell us — fixes go up within two days.
Not legal advice. Not affiliated with New York Road Runners or any charity listed. Built by Joyce Zhou, who wanted to run for a charity and couldn't find a way to compare them. How it was built is written up here.