There are some easy fundraising ideas for clubs out there. Especially for groups that are considered to be on the smaller side of the scale. Like the local school your children attend or the neighborhood little league your son plays baseball for. If you need to raise some money for the kids, there are fundraising [...]
Back in the 1990s, I worked for a non-profit organization that mailed a multi-page, full-colour newsletter to around fourteen,000 individuals each month, at a price of around .fifty a piece. The bulk of individuals who received the newsletter had never given a donation to the organization. Nonetheless the organization had been mailing thousands of these [...]
Dear Friend: Don’t do it. Don’t start your fundraising letters with “Dear Friend.” After all, when was the last time you received a letter from someone dear to you, addressing you as “Dear Friend?” Never, right? The days of the Dear Friend letter are dead. So let’s bury the Dear Friend letter together. I heard [...]
It is even worse when it comes toward the point of making the online donation. While charity fundraising departments and software vendors may assume that all a donor wishes to do is make a quick payment and exit, there is no effort to increase the value of the donation about to be made. So donors [...]
Article by Steven Roberts There are lots of fundraising ideas from which to select. Some fundraisers take six to twelve months to organize. You can implement other fundraising strategies today. Selling something is the easiest way to raise money. You can sell promotional items such as mugs or [...]
Article by Corbin Reynolds Non profit fundraising efforts have dwindled since the economic crisis started around the world. Non profits have been forced to cut programs, slow their efforts, and many to even shut down. In recent years, fundraising efforts have changed from traditional auctions, donations, sales, and [...]