Before the challenge starts, sponsors pledge a donation. At the end of the Challenge, students’ mileage is tallied, and sponsors are invited to fulfill their pledges by donating directly to the charities selected by students through the charities’ gofundme.com pages.

All sponsor donations are combined into a pool and distributed among the chosen charities in proportion to the students' achievements.

The “price of mile” (e.g. 1$ per mile) will be set at the beginning of challenge and will depend on overall sponsorship pledged at inception.

Note that the School Charity Challenge organization does not collect or handle any funds donated by sponsors.