The Brown Bear Charity Car Wash Program offers an effective car wash fundraiser for qualifying non-profit organizations. If your organization is a registered non-profit, you can raise funds by selling Charity Car Wash tickets to our Tunnel car wash locations throughout the Puget Sound area.
Program Benefits
Selling Charity Car Wash fundraising tickets instead of having a parking lot car wash fundraiser is not only an easy way for you to raise funds,
it’s also better for the environment!
How it Works
The tickets must be purchased in advance from the corporate office of Brown Bear Car Wash using a credit card, certified check, or money order, included with the completed application:
Payment via certified check or money order should be Payable To "CAR WASH ENTERPRISES, INC" and sent to the following address:
Car Wash Enterprises, Inc.
Charity Wash Program
3977 Leary Way NW
Seattle, WA 98107
The Charity is responsible for collecting all proceeds from the resale of the charity car wash tickets and is responsible for complying with all applicable tax laws, rules, and regulations.
Tickets are valid at all Brown Bear Car Wash Tunnel locations in the Puget Sound area. A list of participating locations can be found on the back of each ticket and at BrownBear.com.
The Brown Bear Charity Car Wash Program Agreement must be signed to participate in the Charity Car Wash Program. Please allow 7-10 business days to process your application and receive your tickets. Tickets are not valid for large commercial vehicles, fleets or oversized vehicles, as they will not fit in the automatic wash tunnels.
Your qualifying non-profit organization purchases car wash tickets at a discounted rate and resells them at a higher rate. It's that easy!
Download and print the two-page application. Fill it out completely, including a valid non-profit tax ID number and payment. You may then mail, fax, email, or hand-deliver the application to our corporate office.
Once you've placed your first order and are in our system, you may place any subsequent orders over the phone (assuming your Organization Contact has not changed):
HOW TO APPLY | First Time Order | Re-Order / Same Contact |
Re-Order / New Contact |
---|---|---|---|
Order via Application | X | X | X |
Order via Phone | X | ||
Print Fee | X |
The tickets are $1.50 each. If it's your organization's first time participating in the program, there is a one-time $25.00 print/setup fee. You can choose to have the tickets shipped to you for $8.00, or you may pick them up at our corporate office in Seattle.
Please allow 7-10 business days to receive your tickets from the date your application is submitted. Please note that we ship via UPS and cannot ship to PO Boxes.
The minimum amount of tickets your organization must order is 50 tickets.
The tickets are purchased in advance with a credit card, certified check, or money order, submitted with the completed application.
Tickets are valid at any Brown Bear Car Wash Tunnel location throughout the Puget Sound area.
The tickets are good for our basic car wash—the Beary Clean car wash.
Yes. If you wish to upgrade to the Beary Bright or Beary Best, you pay the difference, usually $3 or $6, respectively.
No, the tickets do not have expiration dates, buy they do have the date of issue printed on them.
(If you have tickets with expiration dates, you may exchange them for new tickets w/o expirations.)
Yes. You must provide either a valid Federal TIN or WA State UBI number showing active non-profit status in order to participate in the Charity Car Wash Program.
(If we are unable to easily verify your non-profit status through one of those means, we may ask you to subsequently submit an IRS W9 form and/or your IRS determination letter.)
As long as you provide a valid non-profit tax ID number on the application that shows an Active non-profit status, you are automatically approved.
Start with family and friends. Setting up a table or booth at a local high traffic outlet such as a grocery store or bank can also help improve your sales. Brown Bear Car Wash can provide an 8.5"x11" marketing flyer template to help.
You can increase profit potential by offering discounts to customers who buy more than one ticket at a time (example: one for $15, two for $25, five for $50).
We also suggest recording serial number ranges of the tickets distributed to the participants of the fundraiser. This will help you keep track of who has which tickets and how many they are accountable for.
Any unsold tickets can be returned for a refund of $1.25 for each unsold ticket. A small restocking fee of $0.25 is charged for each ticket as the tickets are customized and can not be resold. Orders of 500 tickets returning 100 tickets or more may be subject to a $0.50 restocking fee.
To return tickets, either mail or hand-deliver them to:
Car Wash Enterprises, Inc.
Charity Car Wash Program
3977 Leary Way NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Generally, no, we do not accept purchase orders. Purchase orders may be submitted and we can return to you an invoice for payment processing, if necessary, but we cannot complete the order until payment has been received.
Yes we can! Call the Charity Car Wash Program at 206.774.3742.
Get Started!
Get started with the Charity Car Wash Program with these easy steps:
Complete both pages of the Application, including a valid non-profit tax ID number.
Email, fax, mail, or hand-deliver the application with payment to our corporate office at:
3977 Leary Way NW, Seattle 98107 (email address and fax number are listed on application).
Please allow 7-10 business days for turnaround time.
Testimonials
"We have enthusiastically sold your tickets to members, friends and community members, making it possible for us to offer our seasonal concerts and community sing-alongs free to the public...Your kind support also helps us offer membership and community to those who cannot afford to contribute in whole or in part to the cost of music or seasonal dues...There are a few things we particularly love about the Brown Bear Charity Car Wash Program:
We really can't thank you enough for continuing to offer this fundraising option. We are so fortunate and grateful for your partnership.
Chris Vincent, Artistic Director; and Marilyn Varas, Board Chair
The Market Street Singers
"The Brown Bear Charity Car Wash Program has been instrumental over the last 5 years in assisting our kids and teens in raising over $20,000 for their programs, trips and conferences. This program has sent over 200 kids and teens to leadership conferences and on some life changing spring break experiences.
We have traveled to DC, Florida, California, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii! Without the Brown Bear Charity Car Wash Program none of these trips would be possible. We will continue to use this program for years to come and as long as it is available to us and as long as people keep washing their cars!"
Alison Soike, Program/Teen Director
Ballard Boys & Girls Club
"Thank you so much for your support of charitable organizations. It's businesses like Brown Bear who strengthen the community they are a part of."
Kirsten Iseminger, SCRIP Chair
Immaculate Conception & Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
"It is by far the most generous of the fund raising options out there... So, I wanted to send along a note of thanks and congratulations for offering this good service."
Fundraising parent
"I want to thank you for allowing our group to participate in this fund raising activity. I recommend this fundraising option to any groups my kids participate in as it is THE most worthwhile fundraiser I have been involved with."
Fundraising parent
"Everett/Mill Creek Young Life has been selling Brown Bear Car Wash tickets as a camp fundraiser for almost ten years. We continue to order them year after year because they are so easy for kids to sell and the money they earn towards camp is better than other fundraisers we have tried. [Brown Bear] is great to work with – always friendly and prompt with replies – and our tickets are always delivered in a timely fashion. We are thankful for this opportunity for kids to earn their way to camp!
Brittany Francke, Everett/Mill Creek Young Life Area Director
Young Life Everett/Mill Creek
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