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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Free Download: Excel Fundraising Manager

The free fundraising manager below is an excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded and used to track your campaigns, budgets and goals. The spreadsheet includes a profit estimator, a budgeter, a campaign tracker, an income statement and a participant tracker.


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Friday, September 13, 2013

Benefits of Seasonal Sports Fundraisers


Has your organization or group ever considered a Seasonal Fundraiser?

Seasonal fundraisers are a great way for your group to take advantage of the increased demand for products at certain times of the year. Not only will your group be able to increase the conversion ratios of items you are selling, you can also expect a greater chance for success and increased campaign revenues. If you look at it from a supporter's point of view, it is much easier for them to pay for flowers or chocolates near Valentine's day.

Here are some great examples of Seasonal Fundraisers your group can run:

  • Hold a Pumpkin drive near Hallowe'en
  • Partner with a florist in your area to setup a valentines day flower campaign
  • Sell cookie dough close to Christmas. Your supporters will have unique homemade gifts for their friends
  • Sell flags near national holidays
  • Chocolate is always popular at Easter


Your group should be creative and imaginative, the list of ideas is potentially endless. With a seasonal fundraiser you make the sales process easier for your group and you can offer a great benefit to your supporters.

Fundraising Candy Boxes



America's Favourite

Providing Fundraising Products, Ideas And Advice since 1970.
Fast, Free Candy Delivery, Highest Profits in Candy Fundraising. Up to 50% profit! Free shipping!
http://www.americas-favorite.com/index.php

Lollipop Fundraising Companies

The Goodies Factory offers gourmet lollipops for your fundraising initiative. Friendly staff and knowledgeable sales coordinators help make your fundraiser easier and more profitable and our incentive program is designed to reward and motivate your participants with a great selection of multi-level prizes for different sales levels. Please visit our website
www.thegoodiesfactory.com/cart/lollipops

Goldrush Candy Fundraising

Find best fund raising options for candy & food. We sell candy by presale order from our colorful brochures. Offers a wide variety of candy fundraising programs and ideas for your fund raising needs.
http://www.goldrushfundraising.com/candy-food-fundraising.htm

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

6 Super Fun Pizza Fundraising Ideas




We've found 6 fun and creative ways you can use Pizza in your next fundraiser.

1. Campus Pizza Night


Where there are starving students there is an opportunity to raise money. One fundraising idea that works well on any university or high school campus is hosting a fundraising lunch. Think of how quickly students will devour cheap pizza slices. Be sure to go through the appropriate channels in order to ensure you have permission to sell food services on campus. 

The best way to set up a lunch is to post flyers around the school so everyone knows not to pack their lunch for the day you've chosen. Use announcements via the school's PA system as reminders. Don't forget about promoting to faculty and staff, they also won't mind not having to pack their lunch for a good cause.

Also look to get a volume discount from the restaurant or pizzeria that you are using to supply the food. Dominos, Pizza Pizza and Boston Pizza all make mention of fundraising discounts on their sites.

Another great tip is to make it a regular event like "$2 Tuesdays-2 slices for 2 bucks" or something to that effect. Come up with a cool name or theme that will make people more interested in showing up.

2. Boston Pizza Donations and Sponsorship Requests


Boston Pizza provides gift cards for your silent auction or charitable event and possibly even a sponsorship for your school, community group or sports team.  Contact your local Boston Pizza with your request and a franchisee or General Manager would be happy to see how they can help.

Boston Pizza does not provide sponsorship for:

Religious groups;
Political affiliates;
Book endorsements;
Underwriting films, television or video production;
For-profit organizations


3. Little Caesars Fundraising Pizza Kits

Little Caesars helps thousands of schools, sports teams, churches, day cares and other non-profit groups exceed their fundraising goals through pizza kit sales. Little Caesars fundraising pizza kits provide the quality and value from a trusted brand.
The Pizza Kits include everything needed to make delicious pizzas at home in less than 10 minutes.  All items are individually packaged, so whatever is not immediately used can be stored in your fridge or freezer.


4.  Pizza Pizza Donations

Pizza Pizza has focused on supporting our customers and the communities that they serve by offering donations in the form of money, prizes or our products.

Through these many fundraising initiatives, Pizza Pizza has been able to assist several community, health and education programs achieve their goals.

5. Sell Pizza Hut Fundraising Pizza Cards 

Wow Fundraising has teamed up with Pizza Hut to offer fundraiser cards. Each Pizza Hut has a different "deal"  but "Buy a large pizza at regular price and receive a medium pizza free!" is a popular example.

The cost per card is: $3.00
Each card sells for: $10.00
Profit: $7.00 per card
Minimum order: 100 cards and come in packs of 50

*Cards are not accepted nationally and mostly available along the East Coast

For more info on Pizza Hut Fundraising Cards:
For details on availability in your area call: (888) 203-7168

6. Dominos Dough Raiser Pizza Fundraising Cards and Pizza Parties

Groups sell "Dough Raiser" Cards for $20.00 each. The organization keeps $12.00 from each card. The cards are an awesome value for supporters as they come with two - $15.00 Gift Certificates and unlimited offers of Buy One get another Pizza Free. Many groups have been able to raise thousands in a matter of weeks.


All You Can Eat Pizza Party:
Host an All You Can Eat Pizza Party for 75 or more people on a designated night and Domino's will deliver hot pizza throughout the event. Fundraise up to $5.00/person with guidance from a Dough Raiser Specialist.




Sunday, September 8, 2013

Scratch Off & Discount Card Fundraisers

Skratchers 
Easy Fundraising Idea: Scratch Card fundraisers are unique and the most profitable, up to 100% profit! Scratch Cards for sports fundraisers, school fundraising, church groups and non-profit organizations. Better coupons than other scratch card fundraising program.
www.skratchers.com

Entertainment Fundraising
Easy ENTERTAINMENT® Book Fundraiser - No Upfront cost. High Value. Huge Profits!
www.entertainment.com/fundraising

The Discount Card
The Discount Card features 12 to 22 businesses in your town which offer discounts on products and services to cardholders in your local area
http://www.thediscountcard.com/

Green Bee Fundraising
The leader in fundraising for non-profit organizations such as fraternal clubs, athletic booster clubs, fire fighters, schools, and many more. The many organizations who participate with Green Bee fundraising use our unique Sweepstakes games to raise from $1,000 to over $1,000,000.
http://www.greenbeefundraising.com/



Saturday, September 7, 2013

Easy Fundraising Idea: Grocery Raffle


This idea comes from the Nepean Hotspurs in Ottawa, Canada. This girls soccer team raised $1200 by raffling off a gift certificate for a local grocery store...at the grocery store itself.
This creative idea worked for a number of reasons:

  • The girls worked together in shifts 
  • They were in a high traffic area (think of how many people go through a grocery store on the weekend)
  • Everyone can use a gift certificate for groceries 
  • Customers had just made a buying decision and were already in the right mindset  
The only cost involved was the purchase of the gift certificate. The grocery store had no problem giving the team space to set up a table.

50 Social Media Tactics For Nonprofits

The world of social media can be intimidating to many charities and nonprofit organizations. The free report below gives 50 tactics even an absolute beginner can use to harness the power of social media to promote awareness for your cause.