Brackets For Good is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that helps build awareness, raise funds, and expand marketing capabilities for local nonprofits through competitive, online fundraising tournaments.
The Tournament
- Every March, Brackets For Good hosts a single-elimination, bracket-style fundraising tournaments across the country that raise much-needed funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations of all sizes.
- Nonprofits wishing to participate in upcoming tournaments must register by December 31st at https://stlouis.bfg.org/nonprofits/registration. All registered nonprofits will go through the annual Brackets For Good selection process. More on the selection process is available at https://stlouis.bfg.org/selection_process.
- Brackets For Good hosts a pre-tournament Pep Rally, where selected nonprofits will learn key strategies and developments to set themselves up for a successful tournament run.
- Participating nonprofits retain the donations raised and all donor information during the tournament, regardless of advancement. The tournament champion in each city will also receive a grand prize donation from the title sponsor.
- The six-round tournament takes place over five weeks beginning on the first Friday in March, with each of the first four rounds lasting a full week and the semifinal and championship round each lasting three days.
Participating nonprofits can expect and benefit from:

Basement Beginnings
The story about how we came up with the idea for Brackets For Good in April of 2011.
On April 4th, 2011, the entire state of Indiana was bleeding blue and white, and at this time, it wasn't for the Indianapols Colts. The Butler University men's basketball team had made it to their second national championship game in two years.
Matt McIntyre, a Butler Alumni (Class of 2006), invited Matt Duncan (yes, that's two Matts) over to watch his beloved Butler Bulldogs compete against the Huskies of Connecticut. As the game drew closer to the end, it became clear that Butler would not win – for the second year in a row.
Our Team
The Brackets For Good team is comprised of the most philanthropic individuals we have ever met. This amazing team is doing what they love professionally for the communities they love personally. Without the help of key volunteers, Brackets For Good would not be able to achieve what it is accomplishing today and what it plans to accomplish in the future.
If you've got the itch to give back and think you have what it takes to start for BFG, please check out our volunteer needs.
Statistics
Since March of 2012 through April of 2017, Brackets For Good tournaments have only operated for 32 weeks out of those 312 weeks.
During those 32 weeks of tournament operations which span across the last six years, we have helped raise over $6.3 million for local charities in the Ann Arbor area, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Hartford, Indianapolis, Louisville, Miami, Nashville, St. Louis, Twin Cities, Washington D.C. and through a National Tournament (featuring 31 different states across the country).
Brackets For Good continues to expand our tournaments, please visit https://bfg.org/locations to see if we'll be in your community next!
Donors Shared...
- 91% would recommend a friend or colleague to participate as a donor in Brackets For Good
- 87% of donors indicated that Brackets For Good is an important platform to help them learn more about nonprofits
- 64% of donors feel more engaged with the charity they supported
- 53% of donors are more likely to donate again in the next 12 months
- 38% more likely to volunteer in the next 12 months