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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

If you are a homeless shelter, you collect stories from those you have helped in from the cold. If you are a school, you collect parent and student stories. If you’re a hospital, you collect patient stories. These types of stories, told by those who are working to assist, are the most compelling stories you can share with your donors.

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Holding a Golf Tournament This Summer? Here are our Top Reminders!

Greater Giving

Support The Sponsors. Find sponsors for each of your hydration stations, or use the stations to advertise existing sponsors. Hydration stations are a great benefit to offer potential sponsors as part of your golf package. Now you have some exact figures to offer future golf sponsors. Center the Mission.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. A corporate sponsorship usually involves a sponsor supporting an event, donating auction items, or giving a monetary gift to help you meet a fundraising goal. Get sponsors involved in event committees.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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Partner with a corporate sponsor or a major gifts supporter to host a matching gifts drive. Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Matching gifts drive. Online tutoring.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. An alternative is to find an established organization you can partner with or who will serve as your fiscal sponsor.

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Fundraising for Education: Your Guide to Doing Virtual Fundraising Right

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Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. ” Its newest innovation is to provide cloud-based document storage for the homeless.