7 Steps to your Fundraising Success

Fundraising has become an essential element to schools, scouts, sports and cheerleading teams, youth sports leagues, and other community groups in both small towns and major urban areas. The need for fundraising has become of greater importance than ever before for a variety of needs ranging from playground equipment, uniforms, and trips, to primary funding to support and maintain many types of programs and curriculum.

Robinn Lange of Custom Fundraising Programs has enjoyed fundraising success for over twenty five years and says he has noticed the changes in the fundraising landscape. “Fundraising used to be a means to offer or support for supplemental programs or activities, but in today’s world fundraising is being depended on more and more for the survival and primary support for more and more groups, activities, events and programs.

This importance of fundraising in today’s marketplace has created the need for stronger and more successful fundraising programs than can generate impact and results. Fundraising is no longer just a fun activity, but rather an entrepreneurial enterprise – a business.

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November 15th, 2010 by admin
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How To Make More Money With A Tupperware Fundraiser

Tupperware? That was my initial thought, too. I pictured the Tupperware parties of which I’d heard so often – and the sole party I intended. How could you raise money with a Tupperware fundraiser if everyone had to attend a party somewhere? And who would host all those parties?!

No Party Needed!

Then I learned that a Tupperware fundraiser is not based on parties. A Tupperware fundraiser is run much like any other fundraiser, except that you offer a quality, durable product instead of cheap consumables.

Think back to the last fundraiser you had. Maybe you offered an array of candles – or coupon books. Many of your workers felt they were pushing products people neither wanted nor needed. Instead of appealing to the buyer, they were trying to sell products that were easy to get at low prices.

It all boiled down to a basic feeling that you were dealing with mediocre products, which produced mediocre sales efforts.

Tupperware Fundraisers Are Successful

The Tupperware company offers Tupperware fundraisers for non-profit organizations and schools – and a Tupperware fundraiser is likely to be highly successful.

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October 3rd, 2010 by admin
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Tupperware Fundraiser Catalog

Tupperware fundraisers provide non-profit groups with an unusual, durable product for raising money for a project. Tupperware fundraisers are not to be confused with Tupperware parties. No party is used for a Tupperware fundraiser. Instead, products are offered in the usual fundraiser manner, with fundraiser coordination done by a Tupperware consultant.

Thinking back to the last fundraiser you had, you may have memories of cookies or candy bars, chocolates or pizza. Maybe you tried to sell cookie dough or honey. Whatever your customers ordered is long since gone and forgotten. It may have tasted good, or it may not. Either way, it was a consumable.

Tupperware fundraisers are not like that. These fundraisers offer durable products – products that are not available at the local supermarket.

Tupperware Fundraiser Catalog

Tupperware fundraiser catalogs are different from the company’s normal catalogs. Many items in the Tupperware fundraiser catalog are new and exciting.

The Tupperware fundraiser catalog itself is an exclusive catalog for nonprofit groups, such as schools, that want to use a Tupperware fundraiser. It is not available to those who shop Tupperware online or attend a party. The Tupperware fundraiser catalog currently (circa 2007) offers 65 different items. Most items are available only through a Tupperware fundraiser.

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July 28th, 2010 by admin
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How Can Nonprofit Fundraising Programs Help You?

Nonprofit fundraising is an old and traditional concept. It has helped in innumerable social and religious causes of the society for long. In addition, with the growing number of the non-governmental organizations and other non-profit social associations, fundraising programs have become a regular practice in fighting for certain social, economic or religious causes.

There are various fundraising ideas, which can be organized to make any cause related movement a good success. Fundraising programs can be organized in various ways. It will however depend upon the cause of fundraising, strength of the association, targeted donators and the media through which the fundraising will be convenient. It has to be remembered that individuals are the major source of funding for nonprofit organizations. Thus while arranging and organizing a fundraising program, the association must target individuals for the prime contributions.

Various fundraising tools or products are coming up every year and some great fundraiser ideas have been implemented to make fundraising a success. Some of the most common available fundraising products are various types of fundraising cards, lollipops, candies, cookie dough, creative cooking kits and even popcorn. There are also scented candles, silicone bracelets, Tulsack gift bags and many other innovative things, which are widely used for fundraising programs these days.

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June 10th, 2010 by admin
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From the Donor?s Perspective: Why Some Fundraisers Succeed While Others Fail

In order to get their valuable perspectives on fundraising, I interviewed more than 30 donors of the highest caliber who have given millions and millions of dollars to various charities, ministries, and organizations. I asked them why some fundraisers succeed while others fail.

 

These are the qualities and characteristics the donors felt made successful fundraisers:

Sincere relationship — Above all, successful fundraisers are sincere.

Personal integrity — Successful fundraisers are upfront, genuine, and always operate with integrity.

Knowledge of their charity — Successful fundraisers are well informed.

Clearly defined goals — Successful fundraisers clearly state the mission, needs, and opportunity a donor has to help accomplish the mission.

Regular communication — Successful fundraisers keep donors in the loop.

Assurance of cost effectiveness — Successful fundraisers show donors that their money is doing what was promised.

Credibility — Successful fundraisers use donors’ funds for the intended purpose only.

Matching gifts — Successful fundraisers think about lead gifts or matching gifts so donors’ gifts are multiplied.

Deserving cause — Successful fundraisers help donors feel that they are making a worthwhile contribution to a worthwhile cause.

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May 31st, 2010 by admin
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The Top Ten School Fundraising Mistakes

School fundraising is important. We all know that. Few school projects can take flight without the critically funding provided by the various fundraising initiatives launched by school PTAs or school PTOs. There are many types of fundraising initiatives and can be differentiated between product and non-product fundraisers. This article focuses on product sale fundraisers.

The reason why I feel an article like this is so critical is that turnover is so high in PTAs. With membership turning over almost entirely every year, mistakes and the lessons learned are rarely passed along. In order to help make all our school fundraisers more successful and launch all our necessary projects, I hope in creating this list that schools will better achieve their goals. So enough blabbering, here is the top ten list on the mistakes you ought to avoid and be successful from knowing it.

1) Promotion or the lack thereof
School fundraisers that are well planned and researched often fall short in promotion. Marketing is critical for all successful businesses and is preached to all those in the business community. Making something is worthless if no one knows what you are doing. The message here is you definitely have to make a plan to promote your school fundraiser. Choose not to and you may as well not run one at all. A few ideas are letters sent home to parents or an email blast.

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May 19th, 2010 by admin
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