Fundraising Basics
Four Internet Strategies For Fundraising
The Internet offers a platform and set of communications tools that are valuable to all nonprofit organizations in your fundraising activities. Your donors and potential donors often use the Internet to check up on organizations before they make a commitment. Your Internet communications plan can include multiple points of entry – your website, Facebook page, [...]
6 Mistakes Fundraisers Make and How to Avoid Them
Make Sure You’re Asking for the Right Amount Keep Track of Your Success Rate Learn the Rules, Then Break Them Keep in Touch with Your Grantors, Even When You Aren’t Asking for Money Participate in Grant Review Committees and Learn How Proposals Are Scored First Hand If You Get Declined, Find Out Why A Closer [...]
How Your Next Fundraiser Can Be a Success
One of the very key points for success from a fundraiser is to be able to generate excitement about it. Excitement can be quite infectious and it should spread throughout your group and out onto your supporters. You need to answer these questions below before you launch your next fundraiser: 1. How much money do [...]
Raise More Donations With Fundraising Letters by Making it Convenient For Donors to Respond
I had a client who wanted to drive prospective customers to his online store using a postcard. Great idea, I thought, and cost effective. He had a terrific product, a compelling offer, and a sound business model. He had just one problem. He wanted to make all website visitors register before they could browse his [...]
Friendly Fundraising Letters – Six Easy Ways to Warm Up Your Next Donation Request
Which would you read first (and right to the end): a typed, generic fundraising letter from the Red Cross or a hand-written letter from your grandma Hostetler in Muleshoe, TX? I’d choose the personal letter over the impersonal every time. And so would your donors. The secret to making your impersonal fundraising letter personal is [...]
Five Fundraising Ideas For Profitable School Fundraisers
Five ideas for ensuring that your next fundraiser (and the one after that) is as successful as it can be.
Fundraisers Made Easy
So you know that you want to host this fundraiser but aren’t sure how to set in into motion. It could be for your school or a company or an organization that you know. Well, this article is written to help you get things rolling and to plan this fundraising event in a way that’s [...]
Fundraising by Professionals Or Should I Do it Myself?
The first thing you need to know is just what a professional fundraiser is. They are companies skilled in organizing fundraiser events. The rate for their services will vary from company to company as they do with most any other service oriented companies. They usually will have a pre-set figure for their payment. They then [...]
Fundraising Can Be Fun and Exciting
Which is best, fundraising or donation solicitation? Well, let’s have a close look at both. The fundraising events are put together by different groups and individuals, or by organizations. The organizations can be non-profits or even multi-million dollar companies. The main concept here is for the revenues collected not to be used for personal gain. [...]
3 Golden Tips For a Successful School Fundraiser
Communication is a very big key. A long time before your event is started, you should have certain things already in place. Then you’ll be prepared for kicking off your big first day. The best thing that your PTA can do pre-fundraiser is make sure all the parents are informed about the fundraiser, and know [...]