# Does Lansing Lugnuts donate to fundraisers?

> Yes. The Lansing Lugnuts donate retail merchandise, memorabilia and game admission certificates to nonprofits within 30 miles of the stadium for raffles and charity benefits, with a focus on causes that benefit children. No cash. Request by email via the team's page.

Source: https://ultimatedonations.org/donor/lansing-lugnuts-donation  
Last updated: 2026-10-23  
Publisher: Ultimate Donations

## Donation program at a glance

- Lead time: 3-4 weeks
- Area restrictions: Local

The Lugnuts, with Farm Bureau Insurance, contribute to local nonprofit organizations, with a focus on organizations in the Lansing area that benefit and impact children.

The organization or event should be within 30 miles of the stadium.

Items available are retail merchandise, memorabilia, or game admission certificates; no request for monetary donations will be fulfilled.

The item must be used in a raffle or other charity benefit.

The requesting organization should be a nonprofit charitable organization or another Major/Minor League team. Fundraisers to benefit an individual person or family are not generally honored, except local hardship cases.

The team donates to an organization no more than once per calendar year.

Requests are processed first-come, first-served.

Tips from the program page: Allow 3-4 weeks for processing because of request volume. · Requests are submitted by email; use the contact on the team's Donations page.

## What Lansing Lugnuts donates

Lansing Lugnuts has typically donated: merchandise, memorabilia, or ticket certificates.

## Who can apply

Lansing Lugnuts limits donation requests by area: Local.

## How to apply

Lansing Lugnuts asks every request to include the following.

- Nonprofit charitable status (or another Major/Minor League team)
- An organization or event within 30 miles of the stadium
- A raffle or other charity-benefit use for the item

## When to ask

Lansing Lugnuts states a lead time of 3-4 weeks. Count back that far from your event date and send the request no later than then.

Across more than 25,000 fundraising events in our own records over fifteen years, March, April and May are the busiest months for fundraisers, October is the next busiest, and July and December are the quietest.

Work backwards from your event rather than forwards from today, and if your event falls in the spring peak, ask earlier than the stated lead time rather than later.

## Common questions

### How far ahead should we ask Lansing Lugnuts for a donation?

Lansing Lugnuts' stated lead time is 3-4 weeks. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.

Website: http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t499

Donation programs change — always confirm on the company's own page.