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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Ask local bakeries to offer sweets to sell to further motivate donors to purchase a treat. Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission.

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Uncorking the Success to Fundraising with Wine

Greater Giving

Whether you are focusing an entire event around wine, or looking to include a few fun wine-themed elements in your already successful fundraiser, there is an exact science to both creating the perfect bottle, and to using this expertly-crafted beverage to raise funds that support your mission. Are you hoping to develop a new audience?

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August Awareness: National Back to School Month

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Reach out to your local schools to see if they’re looking for any specific supplies for the school year. Volunteer at your local school. Volunteer to help at back-to-school registration days or help out at any welcome back fun fests or picnics schools have planned. Teach for America. Kids in Need Foundation.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Ask advocates to send proclamation requests to their local leaders. During the times of the year when advocacy campaigns are inactive, events offer a chance for you and your team to think outside the box and help to build excitement for your cause within your local community.

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5 fundraising ideas to start the year off strong

Candid

Here are some ways you can find and get in front of new funders: Attend a “ Meet the Funders ” panel in your community or ask to take a local funder out to coffee to learn more about their organization and funding priorities. Joining the local affinity group you’ve been hearing about from your network.

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Turn your season of giving into a season of gratitude 

Candid

After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., We offered a light tea and lunch, had local craft vendors and hand-made wreaths for sale, and shared what we had accomplished for the year. Host a holiday appreciation event—not a fundraiser—in the midst of Giving Season.

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49 Simple & Successful Fundraising Ideas for Kids

Qgiv

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. For a fun twist the kids are sure to appreciate, turn your car wash into a dog wash for the furry friends in your community! Candygrams.

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