Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Share the Wealth - Share Your Ideas for Great Fundraisers


What's your all time favorite fundraising technique?

Anyone working or volunteering for a small nonprofit for any length of time surely has a favorite.

Please take a moment to share your favorites here.

A few of my favorites:

Fall Fest - Little Compton Community Center
Volunteers offer to host a dinner party in their home. Community members purchase tickets and sign up for the dinner of their choice. At the end of the evening everyone gathers together in a functional hall for dessert. Because the hosts pay for food and local caterers donate the desserts the full ticket price goes directly to the charity. The expenses are minimal - mainly the printing and mailing of the invitations. Today a smart non-profit could do on-line invites and save that cost as well.

Calendar Raffle - Wilbur School 8th Grade Class
In December kids sell a one month calendar for the month of January. The calendar costs $5 and offers modest ($25-$100) cash prizes for every day in the month. A winner is drawn daily. The sales income pays for the prized and the "leftovers" went to the sellers to help pay for their class trip. A great - low cost - almost no cost - kid fundraiser.

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