Catholic Memorial High School turns to technology to simplify their fundraising events. Over the years, parents, students, and the Catholic Memorial High School Community have developed a great tradition in…
Category: Fundraising Case Studies
Fundraising case studies drills down and examines specific nonprofit fundraising events and initiatives from DoJiggy’s client base. We highlight walkathons and peer-to-peer fundraisers, golf tournaments, online donation campaigns, school fundraisers, unique fundraising ideas and much more. The benefit to you is relating on a deeper level to an event or organization and imagining how yours will be.
For example: The annual Summit for the Planet Walk-a-thon and Earth Day Celebration in April each year has something for all ages. The green celebration features live animals including birds, lizards, and snakes; community networking, green businesses and more. Their theme even involves a wild time with frogs and turtles and the Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society. And great fun is featured with solar car races, live music, kids eco-carnival games and organic foods.
Nestled among the redwoods on 355 mountaintop acres, Mount Madonna is a safe and nurturing college-preparatory school that supports students in becoming caring, self-aware and articulate critical thinkers, who are prepared to meet challenges with perseverance, creativity and integrity. Their annual school crowdfunding event enables them to keep their high standards with emphasis on academic excellence, creative self-expression and positive character development.
Biking to Make Oakland Schools Excellent
On his personal fundraising page, Mike Napolitano describes himself as a “48-year old white beggar man, passing the hat for a better tomorrow.” Mike and his community are serious when…
Hike-a-thon Raises Funding & Awareness for Hetch Hetchy Valley Restoration
The first week in August, a group of backpackers trekked 45 miles across Yosemite National Park to raise awareness and resources for the campaign to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley, currently…
Blazing Laptops Write-a-thon Case Study
What do you get when you put 40 writers in a room for nine hours, give them as much coffee and M&M’s as they like, bring in a yoga instructor…
Paperless Fundraising Comes to Your Neighborhood School
Suzanne Oehler, sales & marketing consultant, shares her philosophy for paperless fundraising success: My philosophy. Don’t wait around for the remarkable idea to dawn on you. Look to an idea…
Successfully Planning a Hike-a-thon
Donna McMillion, author of How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort and Director of Development for Hope Hospice, provides some excellent advice on planning a…
Eco-friendly Golf Comes to Phoenix
After working for 25 years as a marketing and merchandising executive in the consumer electronics business, Bob Wikes put his passion and talent together and started Fore Green Golf, an…
Par for the Cure: Using golf to fund breast cancer research
When JoAnn Esposito was diagnosed with a stage IV breast cancer in 2003, her son Brian Esposito, put his feelings of helplessness to work. Brian, a golf professional, founded Par…
Walkathon software helps to nearly quadruple total raised.
Richard Newcomb, an expert at event planning, shares how Lutheran Social Services Community Care Centers more than met their expectations in their latest fundraiser by using walkathon software. DoJiggy: Tell…
Austin Waldorf School Hosts a Knit-a-thon Fundraiser
Last year, the Austin Waldorf School raised $13,000 for their school and created 13 blankets for Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) to distribute with a knit-a-thon fundraiser. This year, they’re knitting…
Fundraising Tips from a Top Fundraiser!
Tom Asciutto, top fundraiser for the 9th Annual Sons of Ireland Polar Plungers, has raised $6780 for this year’s event! We asked the 45 year old branch manager in Hoboken,…