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Securing Corporate Sponsorships for Nonprofits: 10 Expert Tips

Neon CRM

Corporate social responsibility is frequently a hot topic, but actually finding a corporate sponsor can feel like navigating the Wild West. In this guide, we’ll lay out 10 expert tips for finding and winning corporate sponsors for your organization. If you’re in a mega-hurry, here’s the full list. So let’s get started!

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Community foundations sponsor many donor-advised funds (DAFs) which are like mini-foundations but they are not public. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Help identify event sponsors, media sponsors, or other support for an event.

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Unique Nonprofit Fundraising Event Ideas to Stand Out

DipJar

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. A cooking contest or bake-off might attract local foodies and aspiring chefs to share their best dishes. A road race.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? When I began writing proposals, storytelling was the only way I knew to convey the problems my organization faced and what we were doing to overcome those problems. Some Winning Stories.

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Deconstructing An Angry Crowd: What Can We Learn?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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49 Simple & Successful Fundraising Ideas for Kids

Qgiv

Costume contest. If it’s getting close to Halloween, take costumes to the next level with a peer-to-peer costume contest. Cookie-decorating contest. Show off your family’s creative baking skills with a cookie-decorating contest. Set a theme for your contest, whether you’re making cookies for Santa or a few spooky treats.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. I hope you’ll also vote for my panel proposal, Nonprofits and Free Agents in A Networked World and while you’re there vote for the other awesome nonprofit panel proposals (I’ve shared a list below). Nonprofits use them to rally supporters.

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