PLAY FOR A
PURPOSE.
Join schools, colleges, businesses and community groups for Madden Madness on December 3. Raise funds for the Ryan Shazier Fund, rally your supporters and see your progress on the leaderboard.
Thursday, December 3, 2026 Ā· 6ā8 p.m. Ā· Olsen Family Basement, Nicholson Center Ā· Robert Morris University
Support Madden Madness directly
Not registering a school, club, youth sports team or business? You can still make a difference. Donate to the overall campaign supporting the Ryan Shazier Fund.
Donate on GoFundMeDonations are completed on GoFundMe. Direct donations are not automatically credited to a specific organization on this website.
Location & Parking
Olsen Family Basement, Nicholson Center
Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Thursday, December 3, 2026 Ā· 6ā8 p.m.
Recommended: Lot 14
Lot 14 offers the most convenient access. Use the ground-level entrance to the Nicholson Center for direct access to the Olsen Family Basement on Floor 1.
Alternative: Lots 2 & 5
These lots are farther away. Enter the Nicholson Center through the main entrance at the front of the building on Floor 3, then take the elevator down to Floor 1 for the Olsen Family Basement.
Please follow posted parking instructions and any event-specific directions from RMU.
How to join Madden Madness
Organizations have a $250 fundraising milestone, and teams can set their own goals. All donations are completed on external fundraising pages.
01 Ā· Choose how to participate
Represent a school, college, business or community group. Join an existing organization or create a team within it. You can also donate without registering.
02 Ā· Set up your fundraising page
Create a GoFundMe or eligible Facebook fundraising page and keep the link handy. Team leaders can set a fundraising goal, starting at a suggested $250.
03 Ā· Register, share and track progress
Submit your organization, team or individual fundraising page for review. Invite supporters to donate through your fundraising link. Approved, manually verified totals appear on the leaderboard.
Madden Madness Main Event
Join us at Robert Morris University for an evening supporting the Ryan Shazier Fund, featuring Ryan Shazier and RMU Head Football Coach Bernard Clark.
Olsen Family Basement Ā· Free entry with a suggested $10 donation
More Than a Game
Every game is an opportunity to bring people together in support of spinal rehabilitation.
Community, competition and a cause worth supporting.
Madden Madness brings people together through gaming, community and fundraising.
Event competition
Current working plan: a $250 minimum fundraising commitment per school. The top two Kā12 school and top two college/university fundraisers are proposed to participate in championship show matches. The Open Division welcomes businesses, youth sports organizations, community groups, nonprofits and other teams; recognition is under consideration. Final participation, eligibility and event rules require organizer approval.
Fundraising leaderboard
Only approved and verified amounts appear here. Linked GoFundMe and Facebook campaigns are combined per individual; totals are manually verified, not live balances.
To view the college leaderboard, choose Organizations and Colleges & Universities. To compare teams within schools, choose Teams.
Participating organizations
Find a team, visit its approved fundraising campaign, and support its fundraising effort.
Join Madden Madness
First, create your fundraising page. Visit the official campaign to learn about the cause, then set up your own organization fundraiser on GoFundMe. Come back here to register your group with its fundraising URL. If you already have a qualifying fundraising page, you can register now.
Need to support the event without registering? Donate to the overall campaign.
Submissions are reviewed before appearing publicly. You may submit an organization campaign, create a team within an approved organization, or submit an individual fundraiser linked to an existing team. Multiple fundraising links can belong to the same individual profile.
Fundraising rules
Organization campaigns and individual campaigns can both contribute to an organization's standings, but overlapping donation totals must not be counted twice.
When registering, select your organization and existing team if applicable. A team leader can create a new team for approval. Team totals roll up to the organization total without counting the same campaign twice. Administrators will review and approve each URL.
Submissions are saved securely for organizer review. Fundraising totals are verified manually.
Make an impact beyond the game.
Partner with Madden Madness to support the Ryan Shazier Fund and connect with students, schools and communities throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Interested in partnering?
Send a partnership inquiry to the organizing team. The levels shown are proposed, not confirmed benefits or tax-deductibility representations.
Organizer dashboard
Staff sign in
Only authorized administrators and student reviewers may access submissions.
Approve the organization, fundraiser, and each campaign separately. Verify amounts from the original donation pages; do not count overlapping donations twice.
Reviewer access: you can check approved campaign links and update verified cumulative totals. Only the organizer can approve submissions or manage access.
Review submissions
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Manage approved submissions
Administrator only. Remove accidental duplicates from the website. GoFundMe donations are not deleted. Removing an organization or fundraiser may also affect related campaign visibility.
| Type | Name / link | Contact | Submitted Date | Fundraising Link | Action |
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Verify donations
Last checked shows the most recent saved verification, even if the amount did not change. Open each campaign link to check the live fundraising total, then click Save to record your review.
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In-kind donations Ā· Event organizers
Private organizer inventory. Values are estimates and never count toward cash fundraising or leaderboards.
Add donated item
Inventory by donor organization
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Document Library
Private organizer reference materials. Save working notes or links to documents in Google Drive or elsewhere. Only administrators can access this library.
Add document
Saved documents
Change team affiliation
Transfer leaderboard credit for an approved campaign to another approved team within the same organization. This does not move money or change organization totals. Select āAll campaignsā to move all approved campaigns belonging to the same fundraiser.
Team transfer history
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Activity history Ā· Verification checks
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Manage teams Ā· New requests
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Manage team goals
Adjust approved team goals without changing verified fundraising amounts.
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Partnership inquiries
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