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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Your donors can purchase raffle tickets for the chance to win cool prizes donated from local businesses. Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Allow your supporters to donate items to be auctioned off or partner with local businesses for themed auction items.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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Finding time to sit down and read isn’t always easy in people’s busy lives. However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Engage corporate sponsors.

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Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies

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It’s your job to remind folks who’ve not yet renewed or fulfilled on their pledges that it’s time to do so. Most donors are well-intentioned; they’re just busy. You can also create lists of SYBNTs (gave some year but not this), pledge reminders, and downgrades. Call donors who’ve not yet paid their pledges. .

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49 Simple & Successful Fundraising Ideas for Kids

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If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. As you prepare for your fundraiser, canvas your local businesses and donors for items, coupons, or vouchers. Balloon raffle.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. Now is also a good time to present them with a pledge card for their charitable gift.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why DonorsChoose.org is a Fundraising Game Changer: Charles Best started Donorschoose.org in 2000 out of his own frustrations of being a teacher in the Bronx who didn’t have the supplies he needed to teach effectively. This includes some of the most basic student essentials. Just very minimal stuff,” said one Mississippi teacher.

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Pandemic-Proofing: 30 Fundraising Ideas During COVID

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This kind of flexibility is great for fitting in fundraising around people’s busy lives. If you have any amateur chefs in your organization’s network, reach out to them to see if they’d be willing to teach your donors how to cook a special dish. Spirit wear sale. Show some school spirit with a fun spirit wear sale! Virtual talent show.

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