UNSPSC 80142103: Creative fundraising services, private partnerships and philanthropies

Any fundraising service including creative development for PPH (private partnerships and philanthropies) purposes.

UNSPSC 80142103 Creative fundraising services, private partnerships and philanthropies is a Commodity code capturing school district procurement for food, products, and event management vendors supporting student fundraising activities subject to state charitable solicitation and educational compliance rules. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily school districts establishing approved vendor lists for school-based fundraising operations—food sales, product resales, and parade or community event planning. The typical solicitation uses a Statement of Qualifications process, with vendors competing on experience, compliance capability, complaint resolution track record, and proposed fee structures (percentage or flat-fee arrangements with proceeds flowing to the district). Vendors must hold state fundraiser permits or co-venturer letters, provide W-9 forms and business licenses, maintain commercial general liability insurance, comply with state charitable solicitations acts and FERPA, and accept strict prohibitions on tobacco, alcohol, door-to-door student solicitation, sales quotas, and pre-purchase inventory requirements at elementary levels. Contract terms typically run 18 months with automatic expiration on June 30, and districts reserve the right to remove vendors for failure to meet professional standards.

Salt Lake City School District dominates recent activity under this code, issuing four separate approved vendor list SOQs between late June and early October 2026 (DH2676AF, DH2704AFV, DH2709VF, DH2716AFV, and DH2720AFV), with response windows ranging from 14 to 21 days and Q&A periods closing 7 to 14 days before submission deadlines—all submissions required through Bonfire/U3P electronic platform. Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in Texas posted District Fundraiser Services solicitations in June and July 2026 with a June 30, 2027 deadline. The City of Dallas posted an unrelated MLK Parade Planning solicitation in June 2026 that appears tagged to this code but involves event management rather than school fundraising. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas issued an educational activities and supplies catalog discount bid (EDACT2628) with an estimated two-year expenditure of $40.677 billion and a July 30, 2026 deadline. The City of Bartow, Florida separately solicited Grant Consulting Services (RFQU2630) with a September 16, 2026 deadline, though grant development and fundraising are distinct activities. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Utah (Salt Lake City School District) and Texas (Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Region 7, Dallas).