Fundraising Ideas That Work
With these sure-fire fundrasing ideas you’re sure to get that badly needed money coming through the door in a jiffy.
Yard Sale
This is commonly overlooked but is rock-solid fundraiser.
Here the organization collects giveaway items and sell or auction them for generating funds for their cause. Because participants are donating the merchandise running the campaign is really cost effective. The sky is the limit for what you can sell, clothes, baby items, lawnmowers you name it.
Bake Sale
Another nonprofit fundraising idea is creating an event which can generate funds is the bake-off or bake sale. Most everyone loves sweet stuff like cookies right? Don’t forget that because the event attendees themselves donate those goodies, profitabiltiy is sky-high and your risk is zero. That’s a good combination!
The Benefit Dinner
With this type of event the charity charges an entrance fee to generate the profits.
Generally you use a noteworthy speaker or a well-known perfomanceto draw money and people to the event.
In addition, and often overlooked is the possibility of selling products at the event. Since you have all those people right in front of you an up-sell isn’t just a possibility it’s a real no-brainer. Event participants should be voluntary. This helps keep down your costs and usually ensures greater success with your fundraising ideas.
Tupperware
Tupperware sales are another possibility. Do you know anyone who doesn’t have at least a few leftovers in their fridge? This one works well but you do limit the participants to mostly women.
Pancake Breakfast
Pan cakes, people are crazy about them and they’re a good choice, provided you have kitchen facilities
at your disposal.
Bikini Clad Girls and a Carwash
In summer season, bikini clad pretty girls washing cars for $4 a car can bring in a surprising amount of money and all you need are chicks, soap and water.
Pizza Drive
Selling pizzas in your local neighborhood flat-out works. Everyone loves a slice of hot pizza? The pizza is delivered frozen so you don’t run into any spoilage issues and because the barrier to the sale ie. the price is usually low, profitability is high.
Selling Services - A Hugely Overlooked Fundraising Idea
The bikini clad carwash mentioned earlier in this article is an example of selling a service instead of a product. This has to got to be the most overlooked fundraising idea ever. It’s often overlooked because, everyone focuses so heavily on product sales that this gem never even enters their minds.) If you have a fairly large and active community that you draw from to fuel your fundraising drive then a classic service upsell is a good idea. What you do is have fundraiser participants sell their services to people in the community. They can rake clean up lawns and trim lawns, clean gutters, clean up garages, clean-up and detail wash cars, or do any other household job that someone might need done. This is great esecially if there are a lot of senior citizens in your community who cannot do these things on their own. This is really just the tip of the ice-berg for what you can do service selling wise. Seriously folks, these are just a few ideas.
Fundraising - Is Just Like an Iceberg
Just like an iceberg in which the majority of it’s mass remains hidden from view, so is the “hidden” talents in the community that sorrounds your fundraising efforts. If you haven’t taken inventory of what talents your members have that can be marketed you’re selling your fundraising effort short and are leaving a lot of money on the table.
Everyone in your community has some type of talent. In reality you are not sorrouned by members or fundraising participants. You’re sorrouned by small engine mechanics, landscapers, accountants, teachers, carpenters, sheetrock hangers, biologists and beauticians.