OneCause

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll start with our 10 favorites: Mulligans Donation Appeal Hole Sponsorship Hole-in-One Contest Putting Contest Helicopter Drop Pink Ball Contest Logo Accessories Drink Tickets Discounted Foursome Ticket Packages Once you’ve covered these, make to sure to explore the rest of our golf fundraising ideas , too.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

" AGC Coversational Case Studies: Students for a Free Tibet: A mindful social media strategy for campaigns or contests – Beth Kanter and Allison Fine are evaluating the second America's Giving Challenge and are sharing case studies from the winners.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This essay contest is one way we're expanding the conversation to include the ideas and opinions of people who are passionate about global health issues. I hope you'll forward this opportunity along to students, friends and colleagues. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Throughout the year you can connect with other donors and funders and the people we serve (artists, students, activists).”. Plug donor skills into the work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

She is second year engineering student and by supporting her education she will have better economic opportunities. By purchasing a book , you will not only help your nonprofit improve its program impact, but you will changing the lives for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia.

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OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

As you’re sitting by the fire, you can also host a scary story contest. Pumpkin Carving Contest Get your donors engaged while getting into the spirit of Halloween with a pumpkin carving contest. Halloween Costume Contest Costume contests are an October classic, so make the most of it by changing one into a fundraiser!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

At the moment they are accepting proposals for their "Change Your WATER World" Grant Contest until 11:59 pm Sep 14, 2007 EST. The winner will receive $1,000. It's a sister company of Geneva Global: Performance Philanthropy. At the end of the grant period, we tally the votes and distribute the money to the winner."

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Sports tricks contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. At the end of every presentation, they put up a slide where students can either 1) join their cause on Facebook or 2) text them to sign up. It works really well.

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

See Students for a Free Tibet and Darius Goes West.). In the Students for a Free Tibet case study, Beth highlights that the organization has to make choices. It only enters one social media contest a year. They simply don't have the staff bandwidth for more. I wonder, though, what other choices they're making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!)

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Graduating students can create donation pages for their celebrations and ask people to donate to your cause as a graduation gift. Brochure fundraiser Brochure fundraisers are a great option for schools.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2023

In private K–12 schools, foreign cybercriminals, school vendors, employees, and even students have perpetrated recent cyberattacks. Systems that hold student information should be HIPAA, LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), and OneRoster 1.1 Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. Keep work and personal accounts separate.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees. Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse. Scholastic Fundraising Ideas Scholastic events can be held for K-12 students or for major alumni associations.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

To make the process extra fun and to make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. College and high-school students are often in need of volunteer opportunities, and you’re in need of volunteers, so why not give them a call. It’s a win-win for you and the students.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I’m a grad student, after all! And being a grad student means I’ve got more than a few limitations, economically speaking. It takes only minutes to get going on the site, and there are several different options to get potential donors interested, including contests. Other reality: I don’t have the time or money for your cause.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

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. That will come later. Music videos.

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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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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

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 . Their fifth wedding anniversary would be a fun news story. .

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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

MARCH 16, 2010

Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross came up with the " Social Media for Social Good Case Study Contest " and did all the heavy lifting to make it happen. Seattle Free School , suggested by Amy Sample Ward, uses social media to organize classes and teach students. The maps are made by community members.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Earlier this year, organizations submitted their best creative works to the Show Your Impact 2010 design contest, sponsored by Adobe and TechSoup. The project, designed through a collaboration between CUP and 15 local high school students, investigated the community impact of a new housing development in East New York.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? Maybe your organization’s vehicle needs new tires, or maybe your students need headphones for school. Maybe you need to replenish your food pantry’s supply of toiletries, or maybe you need to buy subscriptions to an online math program for students in your after-school program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Here are some tips for games and giveaway contests on Facebook. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and #GivingTuesday launched #MyGivingStory – a social media campaign and contest that asks people around country to tell their giving stories: to whom they give and why it is meaningful to them. I am honored to be a judge for the contest! Students on Ice. Global Giving: Syrian Refugee Crisis.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 24, 2024

This way, you’ll only send back-to-school communications to those who have students they need to make purchases for. Leverage student marketing data. By leveraging third-party student marketing data, you can expand your reach to even more people who are likely to engage with your back-to-school campaigns. Creating blog content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

" Its purpose was to train students to experiment with, understand, and share art using social media and face-to-face interaction. Severn spearheaded a new marketing initiative for the San Francisco Ballet that used social media to grow audiences through a series of contests.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 17, 2009

Small Non-Profit Uses Social Media Win Online Fundraising Contest :: PNNOnline ::: "Critical Exposure, a small D.C.-based

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 18, 2009

It's this belief that prompted Kristof to create his Win-a-Trip contest for graduate and undergraduate students at American universities. The student reporter will blog and vlog for nytimes.com. You can watch Kristof's video reports at www.youtube.com/NicholasKristof student journalism poverty New York Times Nicholas Kristof

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

Suggestion: If you really want to maximize the number of people who purchase swag, have a contest. Between rising rents and student loans, millennials’ budgets can be tight, but they are usually happy to give their time. The results will also give you feedback on the type of designs your list generally prefers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

Unfortunately, many don't have regular Internet access (or credit cards) so their support doesn't count towards the contest. For $50, we can help adult students with their English for the whole year!! College students get typhoid immunization as well. But, there are a few wired Cambodians who have been able to contribute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Before GlobalGiving I spent a few years helping to build the Washington Area Women's Foundation - and that's when I started becoming a "student' of philanthropy. The America's Giving Challenge was by far the largest of these contests we've run or helped run - generating almost $400,000 to projects on GlobalGiving.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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!) Or a baking contest? Hold a work-a-thon. Walk-a-thons are a staple of schools and nonprofits all over the country.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. For example, a new project provides grocery store gift cards to college students coping with food insecurity. Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard?

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Schools have students and alums. Hold a recruitment contest with special perks for current members and recognition for when they recruit new members. Your nonprofit’s natural constituency is the community you work in every day. Hospitals have patients, often referred to as “grateful patients.”

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