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Hosting a Winning Kentucky Derby Fundraising Event

Greater Giving

Hats, Horses, and Hope: How to Host a Winning Kentucky Derby Event The thrill of the race, the mint juleps flowing, and the outrageous hats – there’s something undeniably fun about the Kentucky Derby event. Add a big screen to project the actual Kentucky Derby Race for the ultimate viewing experience.

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Bright Idea: Create Fundraisers Based on Major Events

Qgiv

Redwood School and Rehabilitation Center (RSBC) exists to guide children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities to achieve independence and reach their highest potential throughout their lives by providing enriching educational, therapeutic, and vocational services. What they did.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Global Fund for Children. Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. WHAS Crusade for Children. Global Fund for Children. They accept submissions from any United States-based, IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations focused on work that benefits America’s children. Funding Priority: Youth Programs.

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Bright Idea: Hybrid Scavenger Hunt Fundraiser

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We make meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 13, in communities across Central Kentucky. For more than 60 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.

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7 Spring Fundraising Ideas to Enhance Your Relationship With Current Donors

CauseVox

The daffodils are blooming, the Kentucky bluegrass is coming in, and the winter jackets are headed toward the back of the closet. A great example that I always hark back to is courtesy of the Children First/Communities in Schools program in Asheville, North Carolina. It’s spring!

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Kentucky Derby Party (first Saturday in May). Everyone loves getting dressed up and watching the Kentucky Derby. Pass the Plate at Passover (varies; usually late March/late April).

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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

Give books to needy children or build a performing arts center? It’s more than separating those who gave $500 from those who live in Kentucky. Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? We paint “nonprofits” in broad strokes. It’s almost as ridiculous as saying that every geek “works in computers.”.

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