Fundraising Donation Request Letters Must Tell Great Stories (Three Samples)

If you want your direct mail donors to respond to your letters in greater numbers and with larger gifts, learn the craft of storytelling. Learn how to write human-interest stories that inspire, motivate and move your donors-to give.

Having a Fund Raising Event Online

Fund raising can be done either in a small or large scale. Students in school can organize one to fund the camping trip while NGO’s do this to help the poor or the sick. It takes a lot of hard work to be able to put everything together. This involves a lot of manpower and planning until the event is finished.

Rummage Sale Church Fundraising

It is a simple concept lets have a garage sale. An average family can raise as much as one – two hundred dollars with a weekend garage sale. Now let's take that idea and apply it to a church with an average attendance of 100 people. How much money do you think this sale would raise?

Picking a Good and Unique Product for your Fundraiser

Raising funds can be really hard especially if your organization is not known or when it is just starting its operations. Face it, with today's rising commodities, people do not part with their money that easily. They need a very good reason to do this.

Fundraising with Halloween Pumpkins

Autumn is probably the most popular season for fundraising. School has just started, sports team are beginning their season, and non-profit groups are looking to get a piece of the holiday spending action. While other groups are selling candy, wrapping paper, and magazines for their fundraising idea, how about looking into doing something different this year: Halloween Pumpkins.

Healthy Fundraisers

As childhood obesity levels rise, schools are looking for healthy fundraisers as an alternative solution for raising much needed funds. Many school districts have even banned fundraising candy sales, so what kind of school fundraisers will help bridge the funding gap?

Easy School Fundraising with Lipsync

Putting together a lip sync fundraiser for your school is easy and fun. All you need is a good sound system, an auditorium to use, and people willing to have a good time for a good cause.

Pet Adoption Fundraising Ideas

If considering ways to help out not-for-profits in the community that do so much good for others consider being involved in fundraising. Agencies such as those who deal with the homeless, the elderly, helping at-risk youth, agencies that help disaster victims often run on a shoestring budget and are in need of financial support.

Holiday Carol-Gram Fundraisers

A Holiday Carol-gram fundraiser is a great way for your non-profit group to raise funds around the holidays, and also works as a team building, fun event. Don't stress over it and keep it fun for everyone!

Stewardship Is More Than A Thank You

An introductory article about stewardship for professional fundraisers. This is based on interviews and discussions with senior fundraising staff over the last several years.

Tips in Organizing a Non-Profit Fund Raising Event

Anyone can conduct a fund raising event. Many of these are non-profit meaning the proceeds collected doesn’t go to anyone except the recipients. There are a few things people need to go in order to make this happen and here are some of those tips.

Great Fundraising Ideas Reap Great Rewards

Many organizations end up looking for fundraising ideas because these organizations do not receive all of the money that they need for a great organization. There are some great fundraising ideas available, and many groups come up with new and different ideas that are better than some of those previously used. A group dedicated to making some extra money for their cause should first look at some of the tried and true ideas. These fundraising ideas have worked at least once, and these will probably work again. Most of these ideas are not restricted so these can be used by others.

Lighten The Load On The Budget With Candle Fundraising

Many groups can use more money than the funds received from traditional sources, and candle fundraising is a great way to meet some desires. Groups often get a budget that meets their basic needs, but many people involved in groups want more than just the basics. School, civic and sports groups often look for ideas to generate more money for their group and candle fundraising is a great way to do this. There are several companies that supply a variety of candles that groups can sell to raise money. Candle fundraising is an attractive alternative because groups can raise money rather than beg for money.

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser How-To's

There are many additional ways at this type of event to raise more funds than just selling pancakes. Look to add as many fundraising activities as you can such as silent auctions, raffles, and asking for donations.