Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate. Hosting a contest can be an effective way to raise funds and encourage participation, but it’s important to remember that friendly competition isn’t for everyone. If you registered for the dog surf contest, a fundraising page was automatically created for you.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it – geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media. Most every device can send a text message. Mobile Roadmap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. Funds can be raised through pledge campaigns, entry fees, and other donation efforts. Offer a prize to the winner and ask everyone to pay a small entrance fee which will be donated to your charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest and I donated 50 bucks to his cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest (details to be announced in early 2008), I caught this post. So, I went over and pledged some support. Last year, Alan won the Beth 5.0 As I was casually planning the Beth 5.1

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Encourage your participants to create dance teams and host contests to see who can come up with the most fun routines. At the same time, they’ll solicit donations and pledges from their networks of family and friends for each service project they complete or hour of volunteer service they complete.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Organizations can gain funds through entry fees and individual pledges. So a participant may pay $12 to participate and then have friends or family pledge a certain amount for every mile they complete. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

For example, signing petitions, pledges, sharing your petitions or content on social networks and with their friends, family, and colleagues. You can also plan photo and caption contests on Facebook, Pinit contests on Pinterest, organize protests, and house parties, Fundraising appeals.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Our staff and clients are excited by the Obama administration's pledge to promote transparency in government, as well as the DC government's recent innovations with public data. Third, we're participating in the Apps for America Contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. This is a free event.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Show how many people are pledging to participate! The difference, like with communications, is that when you launch a crowd-sourcing contest or campaign, you are trying to get ideas or submissions from the network, the crowd – from people or organizations you don’t know. Show how much money is being raised!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. come judge the contest. Organize age-appropriate carnival games, incorporate a pumpkin carving contest, rent a bouncy house, and have your most artistic staff member or volunteer paint faces. Pledge Now, Pay Later. Tis the season to get pumped about pumpkins.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Click and Pledge, a company that does SaaS for nonprofits, released a new product, called “Trio&#. Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their Extend Firefox2 contest – the best Firefox add-ons. But first, of course, you must be “verified&# as a Kintera Connect partner.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Accept Pledges. Photo Contest. Or, offer an all-day auction, contests, and other activities for them to get involved and help you raise funds. . Accept Pledges. Offering the option for donors to pledge to your nonprofit will help engage them for Giving Tuesday and boost your year-end giving campaign. .

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Online Voting Contest. An online voting contest is the perfect holiday fundraising idea because it encourages your staff, supporters, or colleagues to get into the festive mindset! This mobile bidding option means that even if an attendee is unable to log on to the virtual event, they are still able to participate. .

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

They combine putting and chipping contests with silent and live auctions, dinner, an open bar, and the opportunity to win a ton of fun prizes, all while raising money for their mission. May the 4th Be With You Costume Contest. A May the 4th Be With You Costume Contest is perfect for a completely virtual, social media-focused campaign.

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2022

We will invite communities to submit ideas for projects, events, contests, giving, almost anything you can think of to bring people together for inspiration and delight,” the company said in its announcement. Projects can ask for between $1,000 and $50,000, and Reddit will start issuing grants in June. Image: Reddit.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 6, 2024

Peer-to-Peer: Encourage students to collect pledges for completing a fun challenge, like jumping rope or building a tower. 3 Strategies for Middle School Fundraising Contests & Challenges: Organize a school-wide competition or a talent show with a small entry fee. Challenges: Shifting interests, pre-teen independence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Instagram Contests and Hashtags. As part of this campaign, they held a photo contest on Instagram featuring the hashtag #keepemwet. As the campaign took off, other companies wanted to host their own Keep ‘Em Wet photo contests. Have you used a contest? It was called the Keep ‘Em Wet campaign.

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Qgiv

JULY 5, 2023

Pere-to-peer fundraising is more than just a physical event, and there are many campaign ideas your organization to test out, including: Contests Challenges Crowdfunding DIY fundraising A-thon events Network fundraising Virtual storefronts Giving days And more! Read-a-thon participants gather pledges for reaching their specified reading goal.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

But instead of asking for a monetary sponsorship, enhance your relationship by adding a fun twist to the collaboration, such as a friendly competition or contest. In addition to recurring giving, we also offer a Pledge Now, Pay Later feature, making any size donation available to your donors.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

Research has also shown that people who pledge to make a donation will likely will follow through on that promise. For example, the American Diabetes Association has a micro site around making a pledge to stop diabetes. Photo Contests. People joining this list are likely to support the organization by volunteering or donating.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Encourage them to set reading goals and reach out to their friends and family to collect pledges for when they meet their goals. Sports tricks contest. Give artists in your community a chance to submit their own designs for your next team shirt and turn it into a contest. Virtual holiday lights tour and contest.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Register walkers and have them seek pledges for completion or per lap. Focus on gathering people together and including fun side events or contests. Collect gold since it is selling at a high rate and you can ask your community to donate what they haven't worn in years. Family-Friendly Fundraising Ideas. Hold a music related event.

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Neon CRM

MARCH 21, 2025

Participating teams can raise money online leading up to the -thon (through a peer-to-peer fundraising page, for example) or collect pledges based on the distance or time they complete. These teams can accept donations throughout their read-a-thon or collect pledges per book or page read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

It's important to have a challenge grant or contest or something that gives both urgency and some confidence that others believe in your cause. Tara Hunt pledged a variety of t-shirts from Valley Schwag, thanks! Next thing I know I got an email letting me know that Larry Lessig pledged 14 Creative Commons T-shirts.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2012

Nonprofits will be able to ask Cause members to make a pledge, create a quiz, and launch a voting contest on their page. NTEN would like to congratulate our member Mark Oliphant of Global Impact on being selected as a 2012 SmartCXO by SmartCEO magazine! Causes is prepping some new fundraising tools on their website!

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it - geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media. SMS/Text Most every device can send a text message.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

For instance, the Washington Post reports that more than 90% of the $5 billion that public companies and their foundations pledged for this work has been allocated as loans or investments from which they will profit. [2] Development 3: A VC firm operating a grant contest supporting Black women entrepreneurs has been sued for discrimination.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Donations can be in the form of pay-to-play or from pledges, such as $10 a mile, which your supporters collect from their contacts who can participate from anywhere in the world.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

collect pledges in return for participating in a big community service day. Or a baking contest? If your town is famous for its strawberries, for example, you could consider having a contest where cooks’ recipes must feature that ingredient. Hold a work-a-thon. But work-a-thons are a little different. A 50/50 raffle.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Gingerbread house decorating contest. Put your supporters’ creative cookie construction skills to the test with a gingerbread house decorating contest. Spice your party up with a contest where supporters can win prizes for wearing the most creative or ugliest sweater, among other categories. Winter Wonderland carnival.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participants can collect pledges based on the number of books they read for the duration of the campaign to raise money for your cause. Nowruz poetry contest Nowruz, also known as the Persian New Year, is another opportunity to celebrate with your community if you serve a Persian community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. Several of her regular readers including Deb Roby have pledged to match her donations to their favorite charity. And, yes they did !

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pet Fundraisers Host events like dog walks, pet parades, dog washes, or pet costume contests and charge admission/entry fees. Photo Contest Organize a low-cost photo contest, charging entry fees and showcasing winning photos through an exhibition or calendar sale (either of which could end up being another way to raise funds).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

A dance-a-thon is a type of peer-to-peer fundraiser where fundraisers commit to dancing for a certain number of hours in exchange for donations and pledges from sponsors. Help fundraisers secure pledges. Run dance contests throughout your event so your fundraisers can show off their moves and win special prizes or swag.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Pet Photo Contest Capture the community’s love for their furry friends by organizing a pet photo contest, with participants paying an entry fee for a chance to showcase their pets and win prizes. These can be indoor or outdoor events, and you can invite some local vendors to show up and sell tasty movie treats.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A cooking contest or bake-off might attract local foodies and aspiring chefs to share their best dishes. This peer-to-peer style fundraiser asks participants to collect pledges from their family, friends, or colleagues for achieving certain milestones, such as a pledge of $20 for every mile walked or hour danced.

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