Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

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. “I’d listened to my colleagues in the teachers’ lunchroom. More than 1.5 ” A rocket took Armstrong to the moon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Just ensure that you’re able to secure an expert to teach who’s comfortable speaking on camera and familiar with the hardware and software necessary to make it happen. 5) Online classes. 9) Movie screenings.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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. Pick a week or two in the summer where your team athletes can host a camp for the kids, teaching them valuable skills in the sport of their choice.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2023

Reach out to your team’s favorite restaurant to frequent after celebrating a win or shops beloved to your community to see if they would be willing to sponsor your team. Have your athletes reach out to their friends and family in the weeks leading up to your event and ask for donations or pledges.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While a gala may reference just about any type of festive celebration, it’s most often used to refer to more extravagant events that feature entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, meals, open bars, and auctions. Organizations can gain funds through entry fees and individual pledges. They can even be run in conjunction with a 5k.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. You can also get in contact with any chefs at beloved local restaurants to see if they’d be willing to teach as well. Spirit wear sale. Grocery drop-off. Haunted porch contest.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many of the fundraisers in this section, your participants can create personal fundraising pages and gather pledges from their network, often tied to their performance during the tournament. Arts and Crafts Fair Hold an arts and crafts fair that celebrates the creativity of local artisans. The possibilities are endless!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Celebrate reaching your goal. When you hit your goal, celebrate! In your peer-to-peer campaign, explain and teach the basics of storytelling to your fundraisers. Direct supporters to set up peer-to-peer pages and ask for pledges based on the distance they walk (i.e. $5 Peer-to-peer fundraising ideas. Sports tournament.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

collect pledges in return for participating in a big community service day. Or, with renewed interest in old school hobbies like gardening, breadmaking, and woodworking, do you have members who could donate their time to teach these skills? Hold a work-a-thon. Walk-a-thons are a staple of schools and nonprofits all over the country.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When I was 9 years old, I told my parents who were volunteers in a lot of ways, our church, the summer celebration, political campaigns, I told them that I thought I wanted to help everyone in Minnesota, and so I should try to be governor of Minnesota. Make a five-year pledge for $1,000 a year.” Just a bit about my background.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Workout challenge – Have your peer-to-peer participants pledge to complete a workout challenge where they request gifts from their friends and family that correspond to a fitness challenge. For this, you’ll need participants pledging to dance for as long as possible in exchange for gifts. A Night on the Town” Fundraising Events.

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