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  • We've done a little remodeling…
    In order to make our site easier to use we’ve added two new sections to our site:
  • Fundraising Planners And Checklists Are Here!
    Have you seen the latest addition to FundraisingIP.com? Our site now offers 10 great fundraising checklists and planners to help you through each phase of your fundraiser!
  • Is It Time For A Fundraising Change?
    It's easy for groups to get stuck in a fundraising rut, especially when a fundraiser has consistently proven successful. There is danger in running the same fundraiser over and over, or in never making changes within the organization to improve fundraising. Over time, the same old same old breeds stagnation, disorganization, disinterest, and unrest – and fundraising profits begin to suffer.
  • Steps To Starting A Successful Non-Profit
    There are a number of steps involved in the successful and legal creation of a new non-profit organization. Here, we've listed the basic steps for starting a non-profit. These steps are somewhat generalized as requirements can vary from state to state and from organization to organization, but they are useful as a guide through the process, as a preparation for things to come, and as a reference when consulting legal help and professionals.
  • Unique College Fundraisers
    College students represent a much more mature population of fundraisers, and their fundraising projects should be reflective of that. College is about moving beyond high school and having fun (and sure - learning, too). So what fundraising college students need is bigger, better, more mature fun and unique ways to raise funds. Down with the cookies and coffee – it's time to put some fun back into college fundraising!
  • Raise Money Online Through The Internet And With E-Mail Campaigns!
    Whether your group has a website or not, there are several different ways to raise money online:
  • Using Demographics To Target Fundraising Supporters
    Demographics – statistics and summations of fundraising populations – can be very useful tools for targeting fundraising efforts. Making the most of fundraising demographics entails research and effective utilization of the statistics available.
  • Maintaining Respect And Compassion When Fundraising For An Individual
    When a person is stricken with a serious illness, friends and family want to do anything they can to ease the burden on the individual and his or her family. But fundraising for an individual presents some unique issues that other fundraisers do not; at all costs any fundraising efforts done for the benefit of an individual must be handled with compassion and respect.
  • Deciding How To Spend Fundraiser Profits
    Most fundraising groups go into fundraisers knowing what they want (or need) to spend their funds on. Having that goal is very helpful to boosting the success of the fundraiser. When it is all said and done though, and it comes time to disperse and spend fundraiser funds, fundraising committees sometimes find themselves a little ill-at-ease and unsure of where to start.
  • Should Our PTO File For Non-Profit Status
    More than 75,000 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 high membership fees and dues; in short, being an independent PTO is often found to be a more profitable choice.
  • Advice For Increasing Fundraiser Media Coverage
    Media coverage is a powerful tool for advertising both your organization, your need, and your group's fundraising efforts. Press releases are powerful tools used to inform interested media of upcoming and ongoing fundraising events.
  • Finding Fundraiser Tax Information On The Web
    Managing state sales and use taxes during fundraisers is one of the most confusing aspects of running a fundraising campaign. Most volunteers do not have a lot of experience dealing with the various state sales taxes for fundraisers, and are unsure where help is available.
  • Tips For Running A Successful Online Magazine Fundraiser
    Online magazine fundraisers boast a number of advantages; online magazine fundraisers are cheap, easy, profitable, and ongoing, bringing in significant profits both at first launch and for many months beyond. They also have the advantage of being boundless - your group can cheaply and easily outreach to people anywhere in the country, and benefit from sales of friends and relatives anywhere.
  • Automate Your Fundraiser With An Online Magazine Fundraising Campaign
    Magazine fundraisers are big successes because they provide a product that people are already buying; but online magazine fundraisers take that appeal a step further, presenting some great benefits.
  • How To Apply For The Google AdWords Grant
    The Google AdWords grant can be an excellent tool for certified non-profit organizations; through free AdWords advertising, non-profits can increase website traffic so that they can increase their group's exposure for the purpose of education, recruiting, and fundraising.
  • Google AdWords' Google Grant: Free Advertising For Non-Profit Organizations
    Google is showing that they care about bettering the world we live in through the recent development and ongoing expansion of their grant program for non-profit organizations, the Google AdWords Google Grant.
  • Ongoing Fundraisers Make Fundraising Easy
    Ongoing fundraisers - those that continue on with little administrative effort required - can add up to big fundraising dollars over time, and often with very little expense.
  • What Is Scrip And How Can You Fundraise With It?
    In general, the term "scrip" refers to "substitute money". With the right partner, a scrip fundraiser can be a very good fundraising tool!
  • Loyalty Programs Help You Raise Funds With Everyday Purchases
    You can turn your everyday purchases into fundraising profits by taking advantage of loyalty programs offered by different retailers and fundraising companies.
  • Motivating Volunteers & Donors: Show What You're About
    General fundraising information like brochures and order-takers tell volunteers that there is a fundraiser ongoing, and shows donors what they can buy or give. But order takers and product catalogs do little to motivate volunteers to participate and sell or donors to buy. Sometimes, volunteers and donors need you to take it a step further and show them why you are worth their time and money.
  • Motivating Volunteers & Donors: Get The Word Out And Increase Profits
    The key to successful fundraisers is obvious—get your volunteers to sell more, and get donors to spend more. Obvious, sure, but easier said than done. So what can your group do to make the most of your fundraising efforts and increase fundraiser profits?
  • Recycle Ink Cartridges - Tips For Success
    Ink cartridge recycling fundraisers are very popular because they are super easy and keep millions of useful cartridges out of landfills. There are several things your organization can do to make your ink cartridge recycling program even more successful.
  • Time And Timing
    An essential part of good fundraiser planning is determining time-factors; time for organization and campaigning, and timing to maximize fundraiser impact. Time and timing are included on every fundraising company's list of considerations when choosing fundraiser products, services, and/or methods.
  • Start Your Fundraiser Right By Setting Clear Goals
    The first thing that should be done at the start of each fundraising season or campaign is to set fundraising goals. The most prominent of fundraising goals will be a dollar figure, but your organization may benefit from setting others goals for improvement as well.
  • Do You Know Who Your Fundraising Volunteers Are?
    Fundraising depends on the hard work of volunteers; and hardly a fundraising article is written without mention of the elusive fundraising volunteer. But do you really know who your fundraising volunteers are? What populations comprise this essential group that is to be your money-making fund raisers? Your group's volunteer fundraising base may be much larger than you originally anticipated!
  • Troubleshooting Difficulties With Fundraising Volunteers
    In a perfect fundraising world, volunteers would flock to your aid and always do what they've promised to do. Unfortunately, the world of fundraising is far from perfect, and problems with volunteers are inevitable. When difficulties do arise, the best way to deal with them is to be prepared with a plan in place.
  • Tapping 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 limit the scope of fundraising efforts, and in turn the amount of funds raised.
  • Preventing Volunteer Burnout
    A big problem for fundraising groups is that volunteers either fail to step forward and participate, or quit on the group midway through. This happens even with highly-motivated volunteers who started out with the best of intentions.
  • The Power Of A Press Release
    A fundraising press release can be a powerful, free marketing tool that can gain your organization big exposure.
  • How You Can Run A Clean And Green Fundraising Campaign
    Fundraisers are run for the benefit of worthwhile groups, so it seems natural that there should be a sense of responsibility and philanthropy attached to them. More and more these days what is responsible and philanthropic is to save the world we live in by practicing green-living and working.
  • Drafting 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 job descriptions let people know exactly what is required of them if they sign up for a specific fundraising job, so volunteers can plan accordingly and only take jobs they are confident they can complete.
  • How Communities Are Benefiting From Clean And Green Fundraising Campaigns
    Environment, environment, environment. Our world's environment is on the top of our minds—for very good reason. Environmental responsibility is not just for the home, however, greener living is for every life task—home, school, recreation, and work. And that includes what we're talking about here—fundraising.
  • Low Cost And No Cost Fundraiser Marketing Tools
    An organization in need of funding via a fundraising campaign is not in a position to waste money marketing; yet, effective marketing is fundamental to the success of fundraising campaigns. Fundraiser marketing is the only way to let volunteers, sellers, and customers know that you have a need and you have a way to fill it.
  • Cashing In - Recycle Ink Jet Cartridges And Cell Phones
    Bottle and can collection drives have been used as environmentally friendly fundraisers since states started paying for redeemed bottles and cans, but today fundraising groups can take it a step further to rid the world of carelessly tossed phone and office equipment as well.
  • Good For The Earth: Collecting Bottles And Cans For Recycling
    One option to raise funds consciously is to organize a bottle and can collection drive. Bottle and can collection drives are simple and profitable, and do lots to help the earth while cleaning up your local landscape. Can drives can be run by groups of any age, and teach their members a bit about responsibility in the meantime.
  • Beyond Product Fundraising
    Product fundraisers seem to be the obvious choice for new fundraising boards. To be sure, product fundraisers do have a lot of ease and convenience to offer, and potential for profitability because the companies offering product-based fundraisers have done as much of the work for their customers as possible. But product fundraisers can become stale and repetitive, and sometimes it can be difficult to find enough supporters in want or need of the products offered to turn a respectable profit.
  • Angling In On Fundraiser Marketing
    Fundraiser marketing can present unique challenges because fundraisers are everywhere, particularly during the months school is in session. The most important aspect of fundraiser marketing is getting the word out; but the most successful fundraisers (regardless of the organization type or group size) are those that set themselves apart from the rest of the fundraising crowd.
  • Affordability - Can You Afford Your Fundraiser
    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…and the answer is different for every organization given their budget, resources, personnel, and money needs. But one of the most important considerations of all is one of the big "A's" of fundraising—Affordability.
  • Snack Attack! Selling Snacks As Fundraisers
    Everyone eats snacks, most on a daily basis; that is why snack fundraisers can be such a fast and effective way to raise money.
  • Fundraisers To Raise Funds And Team Spirit
    Spirit fundraisers are the ideal fit for fundraisers for schools, sports teams, dance groups, boosters clubs, youth groups, and more.
  • Who's Who In Fundraising: Big Names In Quality Fundraising
    Most fundraising campaigns require the assistance of a national fundraising and supply company for product and services. But there are many prospective fundraising companies to choose from. So how do you know where to start?
  • This Age In Fundraising: High School Fundraisers
    The benefactors and participants in a high school fundraiser are not quite kids anymore, and not quite adults yet. That can make choosing and running a high school fundraising campaign tricky. There is just no one fundraiser that is sure to fit all high school groups' needs and resources.
  • When Volunteers Aren't Enough: Hiring Fundraising Help
    Organizations large and small often find themselves at a point where hiring a professional fundraising consultant seems like the best avenue for their campaign. If your organization is at such a cross-road, there are several things you'll want to consider before contracting with a professional fundraiser.
  • Read On! Magazine Fundraisers
    Magazine sale drives have become increasingly popular over the last several years as fundraisers. Why is that? Because magazine subscriptions are something people are already investing in anyway, and a useful product for consumers.
  • Scratching Up Funds…Fundraising With Scratch Cards
    Fast, simple, fun, and profitable – if you think these are great attributes of a fundraising product, you need to know about fundraising with scratch cards.
  • Help Me Write: Fundraising Donation Request Letters
    Donation request letters can be used as just one part of a fundraising campaign, or they can be the fundraising campaign in its entirety. Many organizations prefer to go the route of fundraising entirely through donation request letters because they
  • All Wrapped Up: Fundraising With Gift Wraps And Greeting Cards
    There comes a time when everyone is in need of gift wrap and greeting cards; your next fundraiser can be their year-round supply train.
  • Setting Yourself Up For Great Fundraising: Fundraiser Booths & Shows
    Fundraising booths are elemental in fundraising; and there are plenty of opportunities to set up a fundraising booth of any kind.
  • Why Fundraisers Fail: Common Fundraising Mistakes
    The intentions of volunteer fundraisers are honorable, but as many small organization's fundraisers are run by people with little or no previous fundraising experience, sometimes their best efforts are misplaced. That can mean disaster for a fundraising campaign.

    Many organizations' best efforts end in failure for some very common and predictable reasons. These are things that are quite avoidable if you know to look for them ahead of time.
  • Great Deals! Discount Card Fundraisers
    Want a fundraiser that supports local businesses, keeps money in your community, has the publicity and support of area merchants, is welcomed by supporters and raises big funds fast? Sound impossible? Read on and learn about Discount Card fundraisers…
  • Let It Be Known…Recognizing Charitable Donors
    There is no worse feeling for a donor than to feel unappreciated for the money or in-kind donations they have generously donated to a fundraising organization. At the very least, a heartfelt 'Thank You' letter is in order. No doubt, however, that your organization can do even better. And you should. Because a little appreciation can go a very long way toward building lasting fundraising support. Not to mention, it's just the right thing to do.
  • 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 beginning with keeping good fundraiser records. Accurate fundraiser recordkeeping ensures not only that the current campaign will proceed as smoothly as possible, but also that future campaigns will flow easily as well.
  • 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 floundering fundraising campaign for years, you're sure to find yourself wondering where to start.
  • A Reason To Sell – Incentive Ideas For Fundraising Projects
    In a perfect world, all benefactors of your fundraising campaign and those who care about them would step up all the time, every time, to do their part in your fundraising campaign. Not being citizens of a perfect world, that's just not going to happen. To make the most of your fundraiser, you'll have to give your volunteers a good reason to sign up and then follow through with their responsibilities.
  • Help Me Write: Fundraiser Thank You Letters
    Fundraising does not stop when the drive is over, or when you've reached your financial goal. No good fundraiser is ever over until you've said your heartfelt 'Thanks' to all of those who made your objective a reality. Showing, saying, and putting your thanks in writing is good public relations for you and for your generous donors; it shows donors you appreciate their gift, and that your organization is thoughtful enough to be appreciative.
  • Wanted – Volunteers: Recruiting Volunteers For Your Fundraiser
    For obvious reasons, unpaid volunteers are essential to the success and profitability of any fundraising campaign. After all, if your organization is in need of funds, it doesn't have an excess to pay someone else to do the dirty work. But finding willing and able volunteers can be a tricky thing; sure, every parent or member of your group should want to see your organization succeed and meet its fundraising goals, but people are busy and good volunteers are often overloaded with requests.
  • Why Fundraising is Important
    In an ideal world, fundraising activities would never be necessary. No one would be in need, and no one would go without some of the basic needs and services in life. Children would have the resources they need to have a rich range of experiences and opportunities in their childhood and adults would never question the value of providing them with these things.
  • Increase Online Income By Avoiding Fees And Through E-Mail Campaigns
    In the age of the internet, moving many, if not all of your fundraising efforts onto the World Wide Web is an intelligent choice. But there are a number of things that you should be aware of when you make this transition.
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