GiveSmart

JANUARY 21, 2025

Network with local freelance photographers who connect with your mission and see if theyre willing to donate some of their time and talent for your highest bidder. 1 Fan Basket $ Sports teams from high schools to colleges and professional teams are often willing to donate merchandise to create a basket for your auction.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

How to do it: Gather donations from familiesespecially those of outgoing sixth gradersbefore the previous year ends. How to do it: Suggest a sponsored Dry January, where teachers and parents give up alcohol for the month and donate what they save. How to do it: Companies like Happys Circus tour around and can be booked for a day.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Nursery workers, teenage babysitters, and members with childcare experience volunteer to watch kids for a few hours, and grownups make a donation in exchange for a few hours of childcare. Gather all of your artisans and ask them if they’d be willing to participate in a craft sale and donate part of the profits as a fundraiser.

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Fundraising Lobbying Donation Award 98

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

2 This important, nationwide law empowers nonprofits and other like-minded folks to be able to share donated food amongst people in need. Legally, donated food—like other donations—should be viewed as a gift and cannot be re-sold without being subject to huge fines. Interested in getting involved in lobbying, for example?

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Lobbying Nonprofit Liability Pass-Through 90

Sharpshooter Communications

AUGUST 13, 2021

Dana’s plain English: It’s a legit nonprofit that gets most of its operating revenues from donations - not fees for service - and doesn’t have investments that pay dividends. So let’s say someone donates a piece of land to a nonprofit. They are allowed to lobby as a primary activity but they cannot support political candidates.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

The annual week-long celebration continued until a collection of women’s groups and historians led by the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance) successfully lobbied Congress to pass Pub. Donate to the fund here. Donate to support the Women Business Collaborative here.

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Lobbying Pass-Through Education Funding 52

DoJiggy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

PTOs can cover the cost of these essential items, ranging from basic supplies like pencils and books to more specialized resources like science equipment or art materials. This includes supporting political candidates, lobbying efforts, or religious ceremonies.

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