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Category: Fundraising Ideas
Find in depth information on fundraising ideas for all nonprofit organizations and audiences. We discuss interesting takes on crowdfunding, charity galas and golf tournaments.
A charity gala event such as a farm to table dinner is discussed in a great article in in this section. They an ideal setting for a higher-cost ticket. Several course meals are typically associated with a higher-end dining experience, so ticket prices can be higher. If you choose a farm to table dinner fundraiser, you’ll need to be sure to work with a great chef and plan a seasonally appropriate dinner menu.
We take a step further to discuss strategies such as fundraising videos and storytelling. Tell a story about a donor or a volunteer – make donors a part of the story. If your fundraising videos are about facts, donors statistically give less. Great fundraising ideas make all the difference in growing your charity organization.
Sports Fundraising
Summer is officially here, and with that numerous summer sporting events! Softball and baseball teams have started games, summer soccer leagues have kicked-off, summer dance and gymnastics classes have begun,…
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…
The Importance of Mission Driven Fundraising
Probably some of the most important questions that begin your fundraising initiative is: How are we going to fundraise? What type of fundraising event or campaign should we host? How…
Yard Sale Fundraisers: How to Run a Yard Sale
Community yard sale fundraisers are common events in the spring and summer months. Spring is the season for cleaning out closets, basements, garages, and storage units to discover things that…
Spring Fundraising Ideas #2: Easter Fundraisers
Easter Fundraisers? Easter is the oldest Christian holiday and the most important day of the church year. What a great time to reach out to your community to celebrate with…
Flower Bulb Fundraisers for Spring
Flower Bulb Fundraisers make great spring fundraisers. The very definition of spring, “an early or flourishing stage of development”, makes a flower fundraiser relevant. Is your nonprofit, school, church or…
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,…
Fundraising Ideas: Sons of Ireland 8th Annual Polar Bear Plunge is ON!
As most of us are trying to keep warm by staying indoors or bundling up if we must brave the outdoors, the Sons of Ireland are taking the plunge in…