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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. This could be especially fun for an animal or wildlife-focused org.

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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline. At the end of every presentation, they put up a slide where students can either 1) join their cause on Facebook or 2) text them to sign up.

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9 Mother’s Day Fundraising Ideas You Won’t Want to Miss

Whole Whale

They also held a student art contest to design a special Art in Action necklace that could be purchased on the day, with an even higher percentage of proceeds going to the org. Don’t forget to sell bottles of wine at the event where a portion of proceeds go to support your org! Card Service. Wine & Paint Night.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. How many people were involved with LWB on the contest? That went to several thousand supporters.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. How many people were involved with LWB on the contest? That went to several thousand supporters.

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Nonprofits Show Technology in Action

Tech Soup

Talk to the wonderful folks at Karma Store by emailing them at info [at] karmastore [dot] org. " says Janissa Balcomb, president of Laptops to Lesotho Inc. With a new impact page, a way to send photo updates to donors, and the marketing muscle of Karma Store , GETSET-GO will continue to put technology in action.

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