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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Schedule groups of volunteers at different times to wash cars for a fixed donation amount and make sure signage pointing to the car wash is clearly visible from the road.

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Pandemic-Proofing: 30 Fundraising Ideas During COVID

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It’s no secret that fundraising in the time of COVID looks very different. Encouraging kids to read isn’t always easy, but with an added element of competition, you might just turn students into avid bibliophiles! Set aside a day or designate a period of time where your students attempt to read as many books as they can.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . When you write a thorough press release, you make the journalist’s life easier.

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How to Win the Game of Facebook Fundraising

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If you use a slightly different name on your bank account, Facebook will kick your application out. A Facebook campaign isn’t all that different from any other campaign. Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? Be direct and specific, and focus on how the donor’s gift will impact a life. Ask me how I know!).

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

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The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change.

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Month at the Museum, Part 1: A Video Contest that Delivers

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Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Two very different ones from Davin and Kerry.

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25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas | A Guide for 2021

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Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. Continue to let them know about their past gift’s impact to confirm they’re making a difference and inspire them to give again. In your own calls with donors, try and steer away from direct asks.

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