Greater Giving

MAY 28, 2021

For seven years, BBBS hosted BIG Taste of Houston, a popular annual fundraiser that celebrated the local restaurant and bar scene. They began by examining the money streams they have come to rely on during a live event, ticket sales, appeals, sponsorships, raffles, etc. Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston. The Results.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you’re worried about getting your donors to participate in your fundraisers, come up with fun, creative ideas that will get your supporters excited enough to spread the word to their friends and family. Warm your ovens up or get your paints and glitter ready for a fun cookie or ornament decorating party. Host a serve-a-thon.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Auctions are a classic fundraising event that can not only raise an impressive amount of money but also provide your supporters with a much needed night of fun. Whether you choose the Roaring 20’s or want to host an 80’s event, decade-themed fundraising auctions are some of the most fun occasions to both plan and attend.

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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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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

Participants raise money from their friends and family to support them in completing the walk or run. It’s a fun idea that ties in the organization to the activity. Plus it’s super fun. You can provide the beverages, or just rent out a room at a local bar or brewery. Need to sell tickets for your gala?

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Qgiv

JULY 26, 2021

What a fun, informative and (sometimes) stressful learning experience those times were! It makes for a fun and memorable experience for the student. Make the fee affordable, since many students struggle for money. A great example of this is at a local university here in Tampa — The University of South Florida.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

And more bids often means more money raised! Offer Outstanding Items Charity auctions are fun, engaging opportunities for donors to get cool items while supporting a great cause. While it won’t always result in you raising more money, working with corporate sponsors can cut event costs and make your event more profitable.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

"We get to be really creative, create all these really delicious things, and show people that veganism can be delicious and cute."- Fat Bottom Bakery's creators, Ashley Rowe and Carolynn Webb, describe their bakery as, "a manifestation of our desire to spread delicious, cute, cruelty-free things to the world."

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2023

No matter whether you’re a coach for a sports team or the director of an athletic program, at some point, you’ll need to host sports fundraisers to raise money for your athletes. However, you never want money to be a barrier for any of your aspiring professional athletes.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. A charity golf tournament won’t just raise money and build excitement for your cause, it can also be a pillar of your major donor recruitment plan. Foot Race These are a classic of the genre.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members. From funding mission trips to furthering the education of your youth, raising money is vital to support your church’s mission and operations. It helps prevent donor fatigue and wariness about how the money you raise is used.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Take advantage of all the delicious foods tied to the holiday for some tasty Valentine’s fundraising ideas. You can partner with a local chocolatier to host a tasting event where chocolate lovers can sample wares and purchase their favorites, with a percentage of proceeds going to your nonprofit!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These ideas are not only low-cost; they’re also fun, engaging, and—most importantly—effective. Bake Sales Sweeten the deal for your supporters by selling homemade treats at local events or high-traffic areas, appealing to people’s love for delicious goodies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

What we want is for all people to have some delicious, amazing, banging food!" When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. They were sharing food and bartering.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! in 2019 increase to $108.62

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Buy Books from Your Local, Independent Bookstore. When it comes to spending your holiday dollars, would you rather they went to Amazon and Borders, or to your local economy? Introduce the coffee lover in your life to the benefits and deliciousness of organic, Fair Trade coffee. Empower an Entrepreneur with a Kiva Loan.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 13, 2008

You can also listen to it on this little player: Those of you who are long time Big Vision Podcast listeners and/or Have Fun * Do Good readers, may remember Ari from an interview I did with him and his business partner, Eric Fenster, in 2006 about their work with Back to Earth. Ari Derfel: What inspired me to save a year of trash?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

So the first thing that we did was we started an outdoor organization, because it didn't require a lot of money. We always made delicious organic gourmet food, so someone had asked us, "Would you cater this event?" It's not about making a living meaning I do some work to get money, it's about this is my living.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

It’s always a fun handoff, right? If we’re asking people to care about the people they give money to help, then are we doing our part to speak on behalf of our animals, our planets, our beneficiaries to show our love/their love to our supporters in our communication? You’re asking them for money, right?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

They are so good and delicious. ” How many of us worked more and felt like we did more during the pandemic than we did when we were going to the office, including our commute even if the commute was trash money for the ’99 and 2000? Secrets aren’t fun. ” Everybody is not motivated by money, my friends.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

On-premise physical servers are a tremendous waste of time and money. You can always challenge a subpoena for information stored on your local network, you probably won’t have that luxury for data stored in the cloud. Just for Fun. TechSoup: What do you like to do for fun? Sam Chenkin: I really like to be outside.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Here's his definition: A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. Can help make your blog more "findable" They are lots of fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. What could I do to raise more money for you? It works in over 160 countries around the world. Somehow that's never the question I get asked.

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