7 Fundraising Ideas for a Nonprofit Organization
Do you want to raise funds to finance an associative project or meet urgent funding needs for a nonprofit organization’s cause? Not always subsidized and often having little income, NPOs need ideas to raise funds. Here are a few different ideas that can be customized for a fundraising for nonprofits.
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Creating an Online Fundraiser
To reach a large audience and get a message across quickly, the Internet is a good tool for associations. They can, in fact, educate people about their actions through the creation of online collection on many sites dedicated to this. Once created, public pools can be shared on social networks or by email, and an association can then collect donations without consideration to finance projects. Also think of companies to get larger donations. As a thank you, give these companies visibility and communicate their donations on your platforms.
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The Organization of a Workshop or a Course
In order to mobilize as many people and therefore funds as possible, organizing a workshop, a sporting event or even a class can be a good idea. Depending on the audience you plan to target, you can organize a cycling race, a yoga class or a pottery workshop. This way, you’ll be able to gather people to participate in an activity that interests them, and whose funds raised will be donated in full for a cause. It is sometimes easier to raise funds by offering something attractive in return. Encourage everyone to invite their friends, family, acquaintances and colleagues.
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Offer Fundraising by Gift Card
Some fundraisers like the one offered by FundScrip allow everyone to pay for daily purchases with gift cards when funding a cause. How? By purchasing a gift card that offers the same amount of spending as their purchase (a card purchased for $100 allows you to spend $100, no less!), people shop and automatically donate money to the association. Because several hundred stores are partners of this gift card, people will also not have the impression of changing their consumption habits. It’s a great way to collect donations from people with all kinds of budgets and allow everyone to do charity for an association without spending more!
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Organize a Product Sale
More common is the sale of various products: pastries, second-hand items, crafts and more is sometimes a fundraising idea that works for non profits, depending on your target audience. Very trendy, garage sales allow you to get rid of stuff you no longer need and everyone appreciates the community side of this type of event. To raise funds for an association, you can then organize a garage sale on your premises or outside and make participants pay for spots in order to raise funds dedicated to the cause you wish to support. Other types of sales are possible, for example you can gather schools or community groups interested in helping you to raise funds. They could then organize a sale of objects or even pastries, collected from business owners in your area.
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Apply for a Grant From a Foundation
Another great idea as fundraising for nonprofits is to apply for a grant from one or more foundations. In order to successfully receive a grant, an nonprofit must however find and identify the foundations that can become the support for their initiative. Then you have to write a grant proposal and be as convincing as possible.
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Request Donations as a Party Gift
On a more personal note, you can request a donation for an association as a party gift through an online pool for example. Very fashionable at the moment because people are more and more committed to causes that are close to their hearts, donations of money for an association to replace material and personal gifts are effective in obtaining small to medium amounts.
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Use Google Tools
Do you know the Google tools which allow associations to make themselves known and to attract new donors on the web? Regarding free tools, you have notably: Google Grants for advertising and promoting online initiatives. When an association signs up for Google Grants, it receives almost $10,000 per month in free AdWords advertising. This allows messages to be posted on the Google search engine so people can see your link as well as the other results, when they enter a keyword and search for it on the Google search engine.