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9 Engaging, Event-Free Fundraisers for Teams on a Budget

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Doing event fundraisers puts a strain on small organizations and teams working with tighter budgets. Examples include text-to-give campaigns, merchandise fundraisers, and virtual contests. For example, you might challenge supporters to post videos of themselves centered around a particular theme related to your mission.

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Kickstart Your Supporters with 5 NEW Fundraising Contest Ideas

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It’s a great time to start fundraising contests if you’re managing or helping run a fall fundraising event. But as you go about your planning this season, I’d like to get you thinking about contests a little differently. What’s great about task-based contests is that you’re encouraging participants to use online tools.

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No Tricks, All Treats: 18 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraising Ideas

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Participants can download an app to submit photos, videos, and text answers proving that they’ve completed challenges or deciphered clues. Send your participants their challenges or the list of items they need to find, and ask them to send back photos or videos. Ghost story contest. Pumpkin carving party.

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Let Volunteers Shine (And Inspire Gifts) On GivingTuesday

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Like many healthy nonprofits, Marie Curie was trying to instill greater collaboration and a deeper culture of philanthropy across teams, some of which were siloed. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Staff got into the spirit with personalized doodles and videos.

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Vote for the Winners of the 2014 DoGooder Video Awards!

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We’ve been working hard the past few days and are happy to share that we’ve narrowed down this year’s DoGooder Video Award submissions to a few special finalists! We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages.

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12 Ideas for a Virtual Fundraiser or Online Event

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You could also invite various local musicians to create a video of an ensemble cover of a popular song. They could dedicate the video to your cause and let you debut the video during your event. Here’s a video on how to adapt bunco using Zoom. Online Contest: Online contests are fun, easy, and interactive.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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Check out the Team Resilience 2020 fundraiser from Erika’s Lighthouse for an example of a great way to meet your fundraisers at their comfort level. Host it over a video conferencing platform like Zoom and take advantage of features like breakout rooms to allow participants to get to know each other in a smaller setting.

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