CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But, as a fundraiser, your job is just ramping up. That’s because fall is a busy time of year for fundraising. Now is the time to take a good look at your plans for the final months of the year and find a fun, unique fall fundraiser that will make you and your donors feel comfortable and supported.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

And because we love rapid ideation and an excuse for a fundraiser here at Whole Whale, we’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Purim Costume Party Fundraiser (varies; usually early-mid March). Online Fundraising Essentials. Click To Tweet. Online Course. Enroll Now.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite colder weather, the winter season is always a time of warmth and generosity, so just because the year is wrapping up doesn’t mean your holiday fundraising efforts should be too. If you’ve almost reached your fundraising goal, one last end-of-year push could help you not only meet your goal but go above and beyond.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . If your nonprofit organization or charity would normally host a holiday fundraiser in-person, then you might consider moving to a virtual fundraising event online. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2014, Meredith Niles had just taken over fundraising for Marie Curie in the UK when her phone rang. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Like a timeless piece of music, gratitude has an incredibly long half-life. It was GivingTuesday inviting her to be a part of GivingTuesday’s inaugural UK launch.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Whether you’re fundraising for your church’s youth group, your school, or your kid’s sports team, investing in the education and wellbeing of your kids is priceless. With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2018

With a new season upon us, we present you with seven wallet-friendly fall fundraiser ideas that will help you meet your #GivingTuesday goals and get you into the spirit of the most charitable (and the spookiest) season of the year! a tailgate could be your most successful fundraising event of the year. Pumpkin carving contest.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay! 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas to Try Out Best Virtual Fundraising Strategies Virtual Fundraising Software: Our Top Picks.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

These holiday fundraisers are sure to help you spice up your year-end giving season! While the concept of giving money to jump into a freezing body of water may not sound very appealing to some, this fundraising trend has become wildly popular in recent years. Cookie decorating contest. Snowman contest.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Here’s what we’ll cover: Using Instagram promotion before your event Instagram event promotion during your event Following up on your Instagram event promotion Whether you’re hosting a fundraising event or a community volunteer opportunity, Instagram can help you engage current and new audience members and set your event up for success.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

Nonprofits are always looking for unique, creative, and effective fundraising events that will help them to stand out from the crowd. Here’s the secret: finding the perfect fundraising event isn’t always about creating something totally new that no one else has ever done. A walkathon or race is, at its heart, a peer-to-peer fundraiser.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

In particular, peer-to-peer fundraising has found great success when it comes to pivoting to virtual, as its engagements already happen primarily online. And just because the events of 2020 may have necessitated virtual fundraising, that doesn’t mean it also didn’t come with its own great benefits. Need virtual fundraising ideas?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. While many of these fundraising event staples are great, such as fancy galas and golf tournaments, circumstances aren’t always ideal for in-person gatherings. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event. 7) Shopping. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It can be hard trying to get people in your network and community to donate or get involved in fundraising activities. There are three obvious and often forgotten tricks to having a successful fundraising event. Make your fundraising event unusual or fun. Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Now that we’re well into 2021 and approaching a post-COVID reality in many parts of the world, nonprofit professionals have pondered what fundraising events will look like with both in-person and virtual engagements. You already know that virtual auction fundraisers are possible and fruitful, but the possibilities are almost endless.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. To make it easy, here’s a list of 75 fundraising ideas for nonprofits. Traditional Fundraising Ideas We’ve labeled the following 17 fundraising ideas for nonprofits as traditional because they’re staples when it comes to fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits!

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

Using SlideRocket for Fundraising. If you use presentations for fundraising or outreach, note that SlideRocket keeps track of viewer data and provides analytics tools that let you to see how popular a presentation is. This presentation is also a great example of what can be done with multimedia (music and video) in SlideRocket.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Calling all Pickleball Enthusiasts and Fundraising Champions! A pickleball tournament fundraiser might just be the perfect ace you’ve been serving up. the cause you’re supporting, and your fundraising goals. Engage your audience with eye-catching graphics, behind-the-scenes peeks, and contests to generate excitement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian tested out Vine during TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Contest. Using the app's storyboard, you can add music and filter effects and place the clips in your desired order. Have you ever gone through the trouble of tracking down photos from a fundraiser or event?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers. All are captured here ).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

When it comes to the world of peer-to-peer fundraising, dance-a-thons are one of the most unique and engaging fundraisers. No matter what you’re fundraising for, hosting a dance-a-thon can help you raise lots of money while also giving your supporters the opportunity to get moving and have fun. Plan your event.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I actually came from a very for profit industry; I managed a live music venue. These might be tickets to concerts, comedy shows, fundraising events, dance recitals, movie nights, classes, and more. Radio Promotions — Call to Win Contests. Facebook/Twitter Contests: Share/Re-tweet for a Chance to Win.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It’s no secret that fundraising in the time of COVID looks very different. Nonprofits, schools, churches, and many other organizations were forced to get creative to come up with fundraising ideas during COVID. When the pandemic first started, who could’ve guessed that it would change the way many nonprofits fundraise forever?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Want to bring your fundraising to the next level? Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. Not only do fundraisers help you continue making a difference in people’s lives, but they can also be a great opportunity to build a stronger community within your church.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

An iPhone app created by a company called Melodeo that streamed Christmas music for $2.99. $1 rickplus3 wrote that the Plus 3 Network, "turns every workout into a fitness fundraiser," and they have an iPhone app in development. Fundraising parties, trade shows, investment networks, etc."

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. The company currently has three mobile and web-based games available: Fantasy Kingdoms, Music Festivals, and Parallel Kingdom. Gamify Your Organization.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you lead a nonprofit, you know how important your fundraising events are. A fundraising event is the best way to engage with donors, garner support for your mission, and meet your revenue targets. But one question you might find yourself frequently asking is “What kind of fundraising event should we host next?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

But, we know that the demographics of social networks are aging (see my round up the recent research about babyboomers on social networks) and we are beginning to observe that the social web is becoming more of a place for fundraising for causes as well as philanthropic discussions. The goal of our Community Philanthropy 2.0 I used a cli.gs

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If your nonprofit has never held a peer-to-peer fundraiser , here’s how they work: Your organization recruits individual participants who then raise funds directly from their friends, family, and networks. The possibilities for peer-to-peer fundraising events are nigh on endless, but here are nine of the most popular kinds: 1.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back. Amy Kincaid, whose blog on fundraising is always worth looking at, points us this week to a great list of fundrasing and grantwriting resources hosted at Michigan State University.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to our fundraising statistics , charitable giving is expected to increase by 5.1% In addition to offering easy-to-use fundraising tools, we’ve also come up with these tips for supercharging your fundraising efforts: Use your data. Leverage text fundraising. Plan exciting fundraising events. Request Demo.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising. It could even mean the difference between a successful fundraiser and a mediocre one. Not so much.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The way Thunderclap works is that a user invites followers to support her or his Thunderclap on an important tweet like an end-of-year fundraising pitch. There you can find projects to fund gas money for someone to attend a music event, buy a new set of roller skates, win a bodybuilding contest, and take a much-needed vacation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

In addition, we have a partnership with Pandora.com, the only radio service, and for them we've added a few US based music projects. The America's Giving Challenge was by far the largest of these contests we've run or helped run - generating almost $400,000 to projects on GlobalGiving.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The Hot Topics: The Future of Fundraising: Donna Wilkins, Rachel Muir, Ted Hart. ” The Friendly Savages make music out of the Austin, Texas, the cauldron of rock, blues, and secret sauce, and their characteristic style and the energy they bring to live shows is going to keep all of us rockin’ throughout the 3 day conference.

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