I think honestly they just give each kid a high goal but in reality they don’t expect them to actually raise that much. Team is usually happy if they raise 100-200$. Idk how your nieces school team is but I know with my kids school it pays for official team suits, parkas, backpacks, towels once they start competing in the season. It also pays for snacks and meals for away swim meets and maybe one of the biggest things is the end of season banquet but pretty dumb how the website won’t except lower than 25$