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Engaging Your Donor Community: 5 School Fundraising Tips

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When done well, fundraisers can become beloved annual events that your community looks forward to year after year. How do you turn a standard campaign into a fundraiser your community will love? Think about the people who make up your community of donors. Movie nights. Simply focus your attention on donor engagement.

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33+ Raffle Basket Ideas to Wow the Crowd & Win Support

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Consider also including gift cards to local coffee shops to allow the winner to try new spots in your community. Movie night basket. Bundle together gift cards for streaming services, popcorn, candy, and sodas to create the perfect movie night basket. Movie tickets. Local goods basket. Zoo or aquarium tickets.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Offer tickets for your community to come watch the event and bring in a judging panel to determine the prize winners.

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Dip Into Your Heart

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As with so many organizations, Pathfinders felt the need to shift its focus in the face of the pandemic to find new ways to reach and support the community. Pathfinders for Autism started in 2000 when a group of parents of children with autism sought information and support following their child’s diagnosis. The tour was a smash hit.

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No Tricks, All Treats: 18 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraising Ideas

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As Halloween-inspired decorations begin popping up around your community, a spooky scavenger hunt will get your donors on their feet and in the Halloween spirit. Organizing a fall carnival is a great way to bring your community together in support of your mission. Halloween movie night. Halloween Fundraising Ideas.

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5 Types of Recurring Giving Programs to Consider

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Your organization, then, needs to decide which type of recurring giving program or strategy is best tailored for your community and would incentivize these recurring donations. . Membership programs are an approach to recurring giving that invite your donors to join a “community” of recurring givers.

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Turning the Summer Fundraising Slump into a Windfall for Your Nonprofit

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For example, you could ask donors to provide meals for kids for the summer; this is a great idea because the cause is timely and the need is urgent as children impacted by food insecurity no longer have access to school lunches. Plan a community event. Try to come up with something that would inspire your donors to give.