Fundraising Idea: Recycle Electronics For Cash

Raising cash by recycling electronics doesn’t just help your group, it also helps prevent e-waste by keeping millions of TVs, computers etc. out of landfills. But more electronics recycling programs have become available recently, not just for cell phones, but for many different types of ...

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Accept Online Donations

With the internet being as popular as ever and continuing to grow, it makes sense to use it not just for conveying your message and creating awareness for your cause, but to also solicit and accept online donations. Accepting donations online is an excellent way ...

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Our Fundraising Mobile App is Live!

Note: our mobile app is not available anymore. A while back we have written about creating a free app with Appmakr.com. After getting some basic graphics done, deciding what content should be available through the app, getting advice from a programmer, taking a break, an ...

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In-Kind Donations and Low Cost Products and Services For Your Group – Part 2

To read more about in-kind donations and ideas on where to get them, click over to part 1. Raising funds in the form of in-kind donations may not be as straight forward as simply asking for cash, but can be lucrative and help your group ...

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In-Kind Donations and Low Cost Products and Services for Your Group – Part 1

When you’re working or volunteering for a charitable group, you’re used to asking for cash. But there will be times when cash simply doesn’t flow freely, be it because of a national recession, or local factors like high unemployment, or simply because people are overwhelmed ...

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How to Write a Donation Request Letter for an After School Program

An important consideration for a donation request letter to members of your community for an after school program is to keep its audience in mind: Not everyone who receives your letter has children and not everyone who receives your letters is going to understand the ...

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Google For Non-Profits, Mobile App, and Other Updates

Following a few updates and news we thought you might like to know about, including Google’s enhanced products suite for non-profits, an update on our first mobile app and our new Facebook page: Google’s updated non-profit suite of products Google has re-launched a suite of ...

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Fundraising Idea: Ways To Make Money With A Poker Fundraiser

Have you considered holding a poker fundraiser? Poker fundraisers are becoming increasingly popular and are a fun way to raise money for many causes. Depending on how creative you get, this type of fundraiser can earn your group more funds than you might think. Following ...

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What Donors Want to Know Before They Give

A friendly smile, and a few words about your group’s cause may be enough when it comes to selling products at a fair or offering a gift wrapping service around the holidays. But how can you convince donors to give more than just a few ...

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Ideas For Mini Fundraisers

What is a mini fundraiser? It is a fundraiser that can be done quickly and generally doesn’t yield huge profits. So why hold one? Individually mini fundraisers may not yield large sums of income, but collectively these fundraisers can make quite a difference in your ...

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Mobile App On A Small Budget

Yes, we’re doing it! Since we’ll be writing more about mobile apps, we’ve decided it’s best to actually have one made ourselves. More and more businesses and non-profits are creating mobile apps and making them available for free or a low price. If you’re part ...

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The Secret Source for Grant Money

So often, nonprofit organizations are looking to “hit it big” with large grants from big, well-known foundations. The competition for those grants is fierce and an organization can spend countless hours tracking and applying for these grants that they may have little chance of getting. ...

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Are You Considering a Mobile App for Your Non-profit?

Will online fundraising move from desktop PCs to mobile? Will fundraising itself move from selling candy to selling digital products? Maybe even mobile apps? The world of fundraising has been changing drastically with donations declining and groups looking for new ways to raise funds. With ...

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2010 Recap: New Opportunities Arise Out Of A Challenging Year For Raising Funds

As 2010 comes to an end, we’d like to thank you, our readers, for your continued interest and support of FundraisingIP.com! We appreciate your comments and suggestions and will continue to provide you with useful fundraising information and uncover new fundraising ideas in the coming ...

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End Of Year Fundraising Appeal

Waiting till the end of the year to send your end of year fundraising appeal isn’t always procrastination – it can actually help you raise more money! That is due to the fact that about half of all donations and about 40% of online donations ...

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