Put The Fun Back Into Your Fundraiser!
Giving of your time as a fundraising volunteer is effort enough without having to participate in a stale, no fun, dead-end fundraiser. Fortunately, fixing a fundraiser like that is one of the easiest...
View ArticleGreen Fundraising: Recycle Ink Cartridges
Maybe you don’t know that only about 10% of ink cartridges are turned in for recycling. Maybe you don’t know that it can take up to 3,5 qts of oil to produce just one ink cartridge. Maybe you don’t...
View ArticleSo Many Choices: Tips For Choosing The Right Fundraiser
Any fundraising organizer or committee can tell you that there are more fundraising choices than you could imagine; so choosing the best product and process for fundraising can be a chore. But with a...
View ArticleStructure And Motivation – Fundraising Rewards Programs
Rewards programs and incentives are the most commonly used forms of fundraiser motivation – because they work! Take the time before your fundraiser kicks off to structure a great rewards program, and...
View ArticleThe Fundraising Pyramid
The “Fundraising Pyramid” refers to a fundraising strategy that can be used by organizations with limited funds and resources so that they can achieve larger, seemingly unreachable fundraising goals....
View ArticleCommon Fundraising Mistakes
A group’s best efforts can end in failure for some very common and predictable reasons. Some of the most common mistakes in fundraising campaigns include: Insufficient planning: – Be sure to thoroughly...
View ArticleStart Your Fundraiser Right By Setting Clear Goals
The first item on your group’s agenda at the start of each fundraising season or campaign should be to set goals. The most prominent fundraising goal will be a dollar figure, but your organization may...
View ArticleShould Our PTO File For Non-Profit Status?
Most parent-teacher groups operating in the U.S. today are not affiliated with the national PTA. In large part, these groups have decided to remain independent of the national PTA in order to avoid...
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Fundraising Books
Over the years we’ve come upon lots of useful fundraising information that we’ve been sharing with you through our website. We’ve also come across some great books on different aspects of raising funds...
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Accounting For Fundraising Efforts: Keeping Good Fundraising Records
Executing a good fundraising campaign is only half the battle; the behind-the-scenes management of the fundraising campaign constitutes the other half. Good fundraiser management starts from the very...
View ArticleDrafting Volunteer Job Descriptions
Job descriptions for volunteers are recommended by many fundraising consultants and industry experts as an aid to volunteers, an organizational tool, and a preventative for volunteer burnout. Volunteer...
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Deciding How To Spend Fundraising Profits
Most fundraising groups go into fundraisers knowing exactly what they want or need to spend their profit on. Having that goal is of course very helpful to boosting the success of the fundraiser. When...
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Using Demographics To Target Fundraising Supporters
Demographics – statistics and summations of fundraising populations – can be useful tools for targeting fundraising efforts. Making the most of fundraising demographics entails research and effective...
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Why Fundraising Is Important
It seems obvious why fundraising is important: to raise funds for needed items, services and programs. Yet, raising funds has so many other benefits besides the obvious. Often, budgets get cut, or less...
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Plan For Big Profits: Planning Tips For Fundraisers
Having the reins of the fundraising wagon passed on to you can be a daunting and overwhelming task. If you are new to the position, or even if you have been involved in a fundraising campaign that...
View ArticleFundraising And Affordabilty
There’s a lot to be considered when planning a fundraising campaign: what to sell (if anything), how to sell it, when, and what supporter interest in a product or service will be. The answer is...
View ArticleGet The FundraisingIP.com Fundraising Widget!
Do you or does your group have a website? Now you can keep your visitors easily up-to-date with the latest fundraising information by placing our fundraising widget on your website! The widget...
View ArticleHiring A Fundraising Consultant
Fundraising consultants are hired by large and small organizations to help with their campaigns. If you think your organization may benefit from working with a fundraising consultant, there are several...
View ArticleTapping Community Volunteer Resources
Small fundraising organizations often suffer from a lack of available volunteer resources; even large organizations have difficulty finding enough volunteers at times. A lack of volunteers can severely...
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Resources For Starting Your Fall Fundraising Season
Maybe you’re already knee deep into your Fall fundraising activities, or you’re still in the beginning stages lining up volunteers and deciding on fundraising products and strategies. In any case we...
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