Fundraising Ideas  Fundraising Ideas, Fundraiser Event Ideas

Want to raise money, have lots of fun, and get everyone in your organization involved all at the same time? Hold a carnival fundraiser! A carnival fundraiser doesn’t have to include expensive rides, as long as you have plenty of fun games to offer. Besides booth games, consider sure hits like a dunk tank and [...]

We’ve come across this fundraising event idea through friends of ours in Southern Germany. It looks like this kind of event requires quite a bit of planning, but when you look at the website for this car rally fundraiser (some pages are available in English) you can see that they’re having so much fun – [...]

Hosting a car wash is a great way to raise funds. Plus, a car wash is a great way for members of your organization to get to know each other and have fun. A car wash fund raiser is particularly suited to teen school groups and organizations. To host a car wash, you’ll need just [...]

School or community dances are great fun for middle and high school aged kids. And, they also happen to be a great way to raise funds, because they’re high on appeal and low on cost and effort. Valentine’s Day and spring are the two most popular times to host a dance; though it’s not necessarily [...]

Silent auctions make great, low cost fundraisers. They are also great social events, since you’ll usually generate a crowd, who’ll often stay around until the end for the very last sale. Following are some tips for hosting a silent auction for your organization. Solicit donations Ask local businesses and individuals to donate items for auction. [...]

To keep you up-to-date on creative and innovative fundraising ideas, we will occasionally inform you about how others raise funds for their groups and how you can apply their fundraising strategies to your own fundraiser: With all the buzz about raising money online these days, you’d think that the only money to be found is [...]

Valentine’s Day is one of the best times of year to hold a fundraiser. A Valentine’s Day fundraiser offers the advantages of • Decreased competition – particularly as opposed to the busy times of year for fundraising like Christmas and the Fall • Demand for novelty products and candy • Opportunity for entertaining event-based fundraisers [...]

To keep you up-to-date on creative and innovative fundraising ideas, we will occasionally inform you about how others raise funds for their groups and how you can apply their fundraising strategies to your own fundraiser: Are some of your fundraising profits spent on things like designing or printing marketing materials like flyers and posters? With [...]

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 [...]

There is some work involved in organizing and maintaining a successful online auction fundraiser, but once your group has the basics down, you’ll find that online auction fundraisers virtually run themselves, and are easily repeated. How to Get Started With An Online Auction Fundraiser The basic things your group will need to host a fee-based [...]