Greater Giving

MARCH 28, 2023

As a golf tournament organizer, it’s your job to make sure that your event is exciting for players and also raises money for charity. Celebrity or Pro-Shot Opportunity Celebrity shot is a fun way to raise money. Hole-In-One Contest A hole-in-one is when a golfer hits a golf ball into the hole with one shot.

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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. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. March Madness Money. BBQ for Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages. Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the world of charitable organizations, money is often tight, and organizations frequently operate with the bare minimum of employees. Gift cards A gift card to a local coffee shop, restaurant, or store is a great way to show volunteer appreciation. And it never hurts to ask local businesses to donate gift cards to the cause!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. Pumpkin Carving Contest. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e.

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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. Planning fundraisers for kids comes with its own set of unique challenges. Balloon raffle. Straw Draw.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

An art festival where local artists can show off their pieces, explain their work to attendees, and donate a portion or all of the proceeds to your nonprofit. If you have a good relationship with a local vineyard, coffee roaster, or brewery, you might even propose a special vintage, roast, or brew just for your nonprofit or event.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Way to accept donations or money from the event. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Provide water station stops and set up a picnic at the end for people that raise money. You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. Bike-a-Thon.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

When you start a new nonprofit, you realize pretty quickly that with so many options, it’s important that you pick the right fundraiser to get the money flowing. There are so many things you could try to raise money. Don’t most nonprofits have fancy galas that raise tons of money? Which one should you choose? How about a gala?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Last month, during the Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure , we issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits in the audience. Let’s do more than just give failure lip service, let’s put it into practice and share learning from a failure or placing a “Little Bet.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

Holiday Baking Competition Invite local bakers to participate in a holiday baking contest. Reach out to local restaurants, cupcake shops, and other bakeries to invite prominent bakers to participate. . Christmas Decoration Challenge Decorating for the holidays is one of the most popular winter activities in every community.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can even reach out to your local mall to see if they’ll allow you to set up a booth so shoppers can head straight to you after they’ve made their holiday purchases. Create fundraising challenges for each night of the holiday or theme each giving day around a reason to give. Gingerbread house decorating contest.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. The challenge was that organizations had to tell their story with very few words – under 1,000 characters to be exact. To kick off our new success stories.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. "Their money, our votes." " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Pensacola Habitat For Humanity’s Women Build initiative encouraged folks to set up their own personal fundraising websites to raise money for the cause. A giving day if you will. Valentine’s Day for victims of domestic abuse).

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supporters raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. Not only do teams raise more money for your organization, they add camaraderie and competition to fundraising. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Allow your fundraisers to raise restricted money.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. Team up with local news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. 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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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. "Their money, our votes." " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

Participants raise money from their friends and family to support them in completing the walk or run. Host A Challenge. That’s why challenges are one of the top-performing fundraising event ideas for nonprofits. We’re talking the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Polar Plunge , No Shave November. The more dramatic the better.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Depending on your mission, you might find more value in asking for in-kind gifts rather than fundraising for money. John Center even added a competitive element— the party with the most guests and the party that raises the most money will win special recognition in St. Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas. Virtual supply drive.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Polar plunge challenge. 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. Choose a local river or lake (get permission first, of course) and watch your daring supporters take the plunge. Snowman contest.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 24, 2021

To generate excitement for your virtual audience, consider pre-event contests, social media competitions, watch party gift boxes, and other pre-event activities as a way to get your virtual audience motivated. Spread the word to as wide a network as possible by promoting it on social media and websites that promote local activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. Razoo has promoted local giving days, including Twive and Receive and recently announced reaching a milestone of raising $100 million. The book’s message is simple.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Knight Foundation has launched a particularly interesting Knight News Challenge this year. It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. The Kickoff Event: Getting the Scoop.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

When organizations face an unprecedented event and are in dire need of support, making an emergency fundraising appeal is a direct way to emphasize that need and raise money quickly. With this partnership, both parties received a lot of positive media attention which even led to more support in money and supplies. Bingo Night.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

In order for your nonprofit to scale and succeed, you must understand your data, and often the best outcomes come from challenges within the data. There are many options for peer-to-peer fundraising you can use: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thons (walk, bowl, etc.)

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. However, there may be some ways to update or improve them to boost giving.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” And the better you get at the whole suite of donor engagement, the more money you’re going to raise. And that gets you, again, much more money in the long run. . Well, good afternoon, everybody.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

She is regularly featured as a presenter at multiple chambers of commerce and local workshops and seminars on networking, event marketing, and sales training. Virtual events and challenges. Social media contests. Events like these can make fundraising exciting and appealing to all age groups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Activities such as performances, live entertainment, and sit-down dinners regularly attract a large audience and generate significant money for charity. 15) Brand design contests.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Since most people are willing to put up a little money to participate in a pool, it should be an easy sell to get them to participate in your nonprofit’s pool. Be sure to know your local laws for lotteries and raffles to see if you need to obtain a license before starting. It’s the great unifying element in March Madness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. So is giving money.”. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer. million challenge videos. Of course things have changed a lot. “No, No, No,” I protested. I’m not that old.

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CauseVox

MAY 3, 2021

One of the biggest challenges many nonprofits face is where to start with sponsors. Here are some of the best kinds of organizations and businesses to connect with: Local businesses: If there’s a business just down the street from you, they’re a great place to start when you look for event sponsors. Who do you reach out to?

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