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 needs some new ideas, you’re sure to find yourself wondering where to start.
More than any other piece of [...]
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 than ideal family situations mean that children have to go without things or activities that their classmates receive, and later life opportunities [...]
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 utilization of the statistics available.
Today’s Fundraising Demographics
Fundraising demographics are wide and varied and, like every year, come with some changes and surprises:
According to the U.S. Department of the [...]
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 of course 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 and have decided to start compiling a list of our favorite fundraising books and share it with you! You’ll find books with [...]
Should 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 high membership fees and dues; in short, being an independent PTO is often found to be a more profitable choice.
The [...]
Start 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 benefit from setting other goals as well.
Setting Dollar-Figure Fundraising Goals
It is best if your financial fundraising goal is a definite [...]
