Successful Fundraisers
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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
Event Fundraising – Pricing Tickets and Soliciting Donations
By Rose Wang Chin and Carlton Chin The main purpose of the article is to present an analysis of a fundraiser’s numbers, but we also learned some good lessons along the way. Get the Support of Others to Build a Good Foundation We were fortunate to have the support of much of our town for [...]
Vote for Your Favorite Animal Shelter
Two contests will be donating money to the animal shelters receiving the most votes. It doesn’t cost you anything, just choose a shelter and vote!
The Yearlings, a Northern Kentucky Volunteer Organization
The Yearlings, a Northern Kentucky volunteer organization, has raised over $600,000 in the past 23 years.