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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Purim is a Jewish holiday that brings a community together — and gives everyone an excuse to dress up on a day that isn’t Halloween. Host a Passover seder as an alternative to the rubber chicken dinner or spaghetti supper. Get the whole neighborhood or local community involved and create a Garage Sale Trail of your own.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Not ready to step back into a movie theater yet? Virtual tours for museums. Viewing party.

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Museum Work Today: All the Feels All the Time

Museum 2.0

And another person stopping to share tough things on some crazy thread about movies. We've morphed ourselves into an alternate history. The museums of the world are collaborating to bring you #MuseumGames every Sunday, with a new crossword puzzle each week featuring clues from all sorts of museums. ??:

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Should Museums Be Happiness Engines?

Museum 2.0

What role does “promoting human happiness” play in the mission statements and actions of museums? That’s the question I’m pondering thanks to Jane McGonigal and the Center for the Future of Museums (CFM). Earlier today, the CFM offered a free webcast of Jane McGonigal’s talk on gaming, happiness, and museums.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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The Lab at Belmar: Museums Coming Soon to a Mall Near You?

Museum 2.0

Start an exploratory project to open a small, probably struggling, museum? Forget your grand dreams and try to weave awesome strangeness into your regular museum job? It involves an exotic museum bedfellow, the suburban real estate developer. At the time, I was Master Teacher of Modern and Contemporary Art at the museum.

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Could You Split Your Membership?

Museum 2.0

While value membership focuses on free admission and discounts, affinity membership focuses on building relationships and supporting a community of highly invested visitors. Families like the idea that museum memberships offer a low-cost alternative to recreational activities like the movies, which cost money every time you go.

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