CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

From pumpkin carving contests to haunted houses, there are so many ways to embrace this new season with fresh ideas. The Art of Planning and Organization Behind the scenes of every successful fall festival fundraiser lies meticulous planning. You can have a variety of games for all ages from apple bobbing relays to pie eating contests.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

If you know you have a supporter base that are planning to give up drinks, treats, or Starbucks, challenge them to donate what they would spend on those weekly cocktails or daily croissants to your cause. Donate on Her Behalf (March 8). For a laugh, put different donation amounts in the eggs that kids are finding.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

From standard digital donation forms to peer-to-peer fundraisers , there are a wide variety of ways that nonprofits can fundraise virtually. The impact of a matching gifts drive is sizeable, with 84% of donors saying that they would be more likely to donate if a match is offered. Micro-donation programs. Student art show.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Blackbaud, being a founding partner of this movement, is proud to report that since inception, we have witnessed over $203 million in online donations. Arts and Cultural organizations are capitalizing on this giving movement by creating a clear call-to-action attached to customized campaigns.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

TechSoup member Braided River has used a TechSoup donation of Adobe Creative Suite to astounding effect. Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Environmental Impact. Large-Format Photography.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

TechSoup member Braided River has used a TechSoup donation of Adobe Creative Cloud to astounding effect. Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Environmental Impact. Large-Format Photography.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Local chefs and businesses could show off their food and get awareness, while you simply charge a donation as an entrance fee. With a little help from your community, you can create a great, low-cost haunted house, and charge a donation for an entrance fee to meet your fundraising goals. Pie-Eating Contest. Arts and Crafts Fair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The fundraising goal for Give to the Max Day is to get 35,000 people to support their favorite regional charity, raising more than $3 million in donations and grants in just 24 hours! I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. come judge the contest. Or simply allow folks to carve in advance and drop their beautiful works of art off to be judged! In a nutshell, the dollars that participants would otherwise be spent on shaving products are donated to the Testicular Cancer Foundation.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

This type of auction involves participants donating a couple of items on their own to be auctioned off to other attendees. You can either ask for a specific category of items or let your supporters donate all different types of in-kind items. Art-themed Auction. Appeal to this audience with an art-themed auction!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Find a restaurant that would be willing to donate a set percentage of their sales on a specific day to your organization. Restaurant night.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Have your guests pay a donation at the door as their ticket to the feast, serve it up buffet or family-style, enjoy some good conversation and then take a long, turkey-induced nap. Pumpkin carving contest. Host a pumpkin carving competition with donations as the entry fee. Haunted house.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

In 2019, Art in Action partnered with a local outpost of popular national jewelry retainer Kendra Scott to host a local shopping day where 20% of proceeds went to AiA (including online sales through a custom link!). Work with local wineries or shops to have wine and refreshments donated for your event, then charge by the tasting.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Many supporters feel a real connection when they send that donation. Having an open call for donations just to help your organization may work a few years down the road once you’ve developed a strong support base, but as a new nonprofit it won’t garner much results. NEVER underestimate the power of small monthly donations.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Raising funds for nonprofit organizations is both an art and a science. From knowing your target audiences to getting them to donate, there’s a lot you need to know as a fundraiser. Create an eye-catching donation form. But how do you create an effective, eye-catching donation form? Steward donors with an email campaign.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Anah has over 10 years working with arts and cultural nonprofits helping to improve their customer service to grow their organization. . Send a staff member out on the floor with an ipad to ask questions or setup a station at the exit and create a contest for all respondents. Not so long ago I had my last first date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! Has your nonprofit mastered the art of storytelling?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

of all online donations , so it’s one of the best online fundraising ideas out there. In fact, 1 in 4 solicitation emails from peer-to-peer fundraisers result in donations, compared with 1 in 1,250 emails from a nonprofit. “1 On the day of the blitz, send out a series of emails requesting donations. Donation Matching Drive.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. Even after I created an incentive to use the hash tag (a ¢5 donation for each mention), it did not pick back up. Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. We had many excellent submissions to the contest. Its staff members are intensive users of an Adobe Creative Suite TechSoup donation.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 30, 2017

Reaching a larger audience is a key aspect of increasing donations. It doesn’t have to be huge donations, either. Making donating fun encourages people to come back, and repeat donations are vital. Check out these ideas for tips on how to make donating to your organization more appealing: Donate a Photo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

While writing my mentor post last Sunday I got to thinking about how artists use art for social change and accumulated a bunch of links for related projects, programs and organizations that I thought I'd share: Change Me: The Power of Imagery to Create Change. art activism social change You can put the info.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. You just need to show proof of membership. Mention the donor on the event web page.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

In their research project “Exploring the Love Language of Fundraising,” Jen and Adrian are uncovering how often the nonprofit sector focuses on money within their messaging – “Your gift can” or “Thank you for your donation” – which establishes a transactional relationship with them. She used her network to attract hundreds of new donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Participants may improve their painting abilities, try their hand at some knitting, or do whatever other sort of art they like without having to leave the comfort of their own home. Best yet, you could even offer some of the art produced in the class as auction items during your next fundraiser. 8) Digital download donation rewards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

They organize supporters, raise attention to important social and political issues, seek donations, and organize supporters to walk, run, shout, protest, and vote, things that were once done mostly by nonprofit organizations. What should we be building to help artists make and sell art, engage their audiences, and connect to other artists?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2013

Share your SAP Visual Intelligence works of art by attaching them as images to emails. website along with a contest aimed at new and nontechnical users. Enter the Data Geek Challenge by first downloading the free 30-day trial version of SAP Visual Intelligence or receiving it as a donation from TechSoup. Expert Session Webinar.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Since we launched in May 2007, 60 million people have started using Causes and over 250,000 causes have been created about every topic from halting global warming to supporting arts education. Across the platform, users have donated over $9 million in 24 months and our daily donation total is up 10x over the past 12 months.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. And now to the interview.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. And now to the interview.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Gretchen has donated her time to numerous causes including Relay for Life, Girls on the Run, Rebuilding Together and just recently became involved with the local land trust. Try as we might to convince ourselves that donations will flood in once we launch our crowdfunding campaign, in today’s world, that’s not likely to happen.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event. Foot Race These are a classic of the genre.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background.

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