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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. If you host the event at a restaurant or local pub, offer a gift certificate to the establishment as a prize for the trivia winners. You can also use pies to help teach kids in your community more about math for the day!

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An Interview with Jessica Rauch about The Generation Project: Passionate about Teaching Young People

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Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

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You may save some of these options for major donors, or sustainers, those who have given at least three years in a row, or donors who helped with a high stakes campaign like establishing a matching gift, putting the organization in their will, helping with a capital campaign or doing something else spectacular. Do this without a solicitation.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

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Why DonorsChoose.org is a Fundraising Game Changer: Charles Best started Donorschoose.org in 2000 out of his own frustrations of being a teacher in the Bronx who didn’t have the supplies he needed to teach effectively. This includes some of the most basic student essentials. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding.

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Pandemic-Proofing: 30 Fundraising Ideas During COVID

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From giving days to matching gift drives, there are many kinds of basic online fundraisers that are perfect for your organization. Matching gift drive. Consider hosting a matching gift drive. You can also get in contact with any chefs at beloved local restaurants to see if they’d be willing to teach as well.

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31 Unique Ideas for Small Church Fundraisers

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This idea can also be paired with a number of other fundraising event possibilities like movie nights, lock-ins (for older students), and other childcare activities. Workers (they don’t have to be students!) Work-a-thons make for a great way for your congregants to raise funds while sharing their gifts with others in your community!

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GivingTuesday 2018 Scales Generosity and Kindness to New Highs

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The mean gift size was $105. We know from the early online giving contests that making nonprofits play the hunger games isn’t the best way, buy neither is the big boom of a big match dispersed all at once. Why did they release $7 million match all at once? ” or too many emails.

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