With these good fundrasing ideas you’re sure to get that badly needed money coming through the door in a jiffy.
Garage Sale
This one is often overlooked but is a solid fundraising idea.
In this scenario, the charity collects giveaway items and auctions them for making money 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.
The Bake Sale
Another nonprofit fundraising idea is creating an event which can generate funds is the bake-off or bake sale. Everyone loves sweet stuff right? And because the participants donate those chocolaty goodies, profitability is high and risk is zero. That’s a good combination!
Benefit Dinner
With this type of event the charity charges an entrance fee to generate the profits.
Usually there is a noteworthy speaker or some type of performance that helps draw money and people through the door.
Don’t forget that you can also use the event itself to sell products. Remember, you have all those eyes in front of you so you might as well make the most of it by trying an up-sell. Event participants should be voluntary. This helps keep down your costs and usually ensures greater success with your fundraising ideas.
Tupperware
Don’t forget about the always popular Tupperware sales event. 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.
A Rock-Solid Classic: The Pizza Drive
Selling pizzas door to door works period. Who do you know that doesn’t like a hot slice of 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 should be kept low and profits will be high.
Selling Services – A Hugely Overlooked Fundraising Idea
The bikini clad car wash 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 up sell 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 especially 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 surrounds 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 or church group has some type of talent. In reality you are not surrounded by members or fundraising participants. You’re surrounded by small engine mechanics, landscapers, accountants, teachers, carpenters, sheetrock hangers, biologists and beauticians.