March Madness Bracket Challenge for Charity

Join us in competing for glory in our 2026 March Madness bracket challenge! With a chance to win up to 20% of the total pot, you can help us kickoff our first fundraising event of 2026 that will fund a Scholarship for students pursuing a post-secondary education. Your entry is tax deductible.

Bracket Creation and Cost

• Participants can create up to 5 brackets.
• Each Bracket will cost $10.
• Brackets will be available on the ESPN challenge starting March 15th, 2026. Payment will be managed through our designated online platform.
• Bracket entries must be finalized before tipoff of the first game on March 19th, 2026.

Prize Distribution

• The total prize pot will consist of all bracket entry fees collected.
• 20% of the total pot will be awarded to the participant with the highest-scoring bracket.
• 10% of the total pot will be awarded to the participant with the second-highest-scoring bracket.
• The remaining 70% of the total pot will be donated to forthebois NFP.

Scoring and Tiebreakers

• Bracket scoring will follow standard ESPN March Madness bracket scoring rules.
• In the event of a tie, a coin will be flipped with a random heads/tails assignment to each of the tied brackets.

Additional Information

• Participants must be of legal age to participate.
• All decisions made by the challenge organizers are final.
• The challenge organizers reserve the right to modify these guidelines as needed.
• The password to the group will be displayed in the post payment screen once your payment has been accepted. If you have paid but did not capture the password, please email sup@forthebois.org with the email you used for payment and we will send you the password once we confirm your payment.