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Fundraiser Didn’t Yield Enough Income?
Having a fundraiser that is less than successful can really bring you and your group down. You’ve all put a lot of time and effort into your project to see it succeed. When your fundraiser doesn’t...
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Our 7 Favorite Animal Shelter Fundraising Ideas!
Following are our favorite animal shelter fundraising ideas! Fun, social and lucrative! With any event that involves animals, remember to plan for extra clean up volunteers 1. Have a social “Yappy...
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Seven Criteria to Consider when Selecting Fundraising Software
If your nonprofit or community organization is hosting a fundraising event, one of your first decisions will be deciding how to manage your fundraising campaign. With the many online fundraising...
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Your Nonprofit Story: Blockbuster or Dud?
It’s no secret that effective organizations today are using skillful storytelling as a dynamic tool for communication. From filmmakers to plumbers, businesses everywhere are telling their story in some...
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Raising Funds and Raising Spirits: Keep Your Group Motivated
The goal of this article is to motivate you to think about motivation. The most brilliant Fundraising ideas can produce disappointing results if people are not motivated to implement them. There will...
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Fundraising with Confidence and without Fear
It’s unfortunate that in a world desperately in need of so much for so many, nonprofits struggle with fundraising. In a 2013 report by CompassPoint, key areas were identified where nonprofits –...
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Who to Ask for Donations
The trend is clear: if you want to raise money for your organization in today’s economy, you need to know what individuals to ask for donations. While philanthropy as a whole is on the rise in the US,...
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Start the New Year out Right: 7 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Group
It’s that classic time for new beginnings, the start of a brand new, shiny bright year. New calendars, new diaries, all those blank pages just begging to be filled. Resolutions are only positive...
View ArticlePut 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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