Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Whether you aim to purchase new sports equipment, fund a class trip, or renovate the library, your fundraising efforts can gain a major boost through sponsorships. It is easy for a message to slip through the cracks. Lasting relationships are formed through regular communication, recognition, and follow-up.

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The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Comprehensive donor profiles with constituent timelines and other engagement metrics. This is convenient for your staff, as they have less information to comb through later— plus, your donors will appreciate the quick giving process! Learn about corporate giving programs through this Double the Donation guide.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While this is not always the case, making a good impression with grant funders through networking, community events, and your online presence are effective ways to make your grant proposal stand out. Read through the funder’s posting several times and see if any words are repeated over and over.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Our organization went through multiple staff reductions, but fortunately I got to stick around and was “asked” to take over the responsibilities as the “Grant Writer.” Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession?

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 16, 2023

Being less well-known, you need strong forms of social proof to motivate companies to pass you by for more prominent players. Crest and Oral-B are working with customers to close the "smile gap" through the end of September. ? Plus, Tom shares three metrics you can use to measure the success of your newsletter. Stop worrying.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Implement procedures to asess metrics. Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z all share an interest in engaging with organizations through peer-to-peer fundraising. They saw successes through implementing a variety of event types to engage a wider audience and recommended setting goals low to help increase participation.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

During this time, they’ll read through the provided script and respond to a variety of different “donor personas.” Let’s walk through an example of how to properly incorporate matching gifts into your script. If the answer is yes, the caller begins the donation process with the new donor and helps guide them through the experience.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

It’s important for every nonprofit to have multiple revenue streams to build a healthy, sustainable organization, and a common source of funding for nonprofits is through grants. Provide specific metrics and data you’re planning to keep track of if you can. What is a grant? Letter of inquiry, grant letters, and grant proposals.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Is it best to create a monetary goal or one based on impact metrics? They ended up passing their goal by $3000!

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To simplify this intricate process, the “5 Ps of Event Planning”—Product, Price, Place, Promotion, and People—serve as a foundational framework to guide event planners through event development and execution. Donation and Sponsorship Tools : Supports fundraising goals through streamlined donation and sponsorship management.

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Candid

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The money from French Gates is mostly being disbursed through donor-advised funds (DAFs); in the spirit of helping boys and girls, men and women, my new DAF is called Rise Together. Moving beyond a zero-sum approach There’s an opportunity for more philanthropists to consider the unique challenges facing boys and men.

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Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If you’re ready to go beyond annual giving and unlock a more sustainable future through legacy gifts, read on. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of starting a planned giving program. Bequests A bequest is simply a term for a gift made through a will.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Planned gifts are often donated through a will at an individual’s bequest so that the nonprofit receives the gift upon the donor’s death. While an organization benefits from the gift after the supporter’s passing, planning a bequest often inspires invigorated interest in making annual contributions as well.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

A nonprofit marketing plan requires you to think through your marketing goals, your audience’s communication needs, your organization’s brand, your budget, marketing channels you want to use, and what roles your team members play in your marketing strategy. Let’s walk through an example of a SMART goal.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 24, 2024

metrics related to recruiting and hiring, retention/turnover, productivity, employee satisfaction and engagement, budget/cost impacts, etc.) Focusing on leadership skills for turbulent times Organizational leaders have long been charged with guiding their teams through change, but 2024 will ask more of leaders than ever before.

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