We've got one year to raise 30,000 dollars for a non-profit. Any new ideas versus the tried and true?

Question

In the past we've done spagetti feeds,car washes, lawn maintenence and even door to door. Just thought that someone might have an incredible new way to go. Thanks!

Answer 1

50/50 raffle I know of a volunteer fire company that raises about $15,000 a month doing this.

Answer 2

You could put together a car raffle. Do a deal with a car dealership to either donate a car to you or sell it to you at cost in exchange for promoting them in your raffle materials. Then sell 1000 tickets at $100 each. This gives each ticket a 1 in 1000 chance at a car which is pretty good odds when you think of it (better than the lottery and how much money do people spend on that every month) and it will raise $100,000 gross.

Subtract the cost of the car (assuming its not donated and is a decent car) at say $50k plus another $10k for printing, marketing and promotions and other expenses and you'll net $40k for your charity. Think big! Even if you fail, you'll usually end up ahead of where you would have been otherwise.

Answer 3

Have a beach party or something like that. Hold dunking booths, volleyball, limbo, barbecue, etc. Hope that will help! Simple Ideas: Type Papers, Teach Swimming, Take Pet Pictures, Buy and Sell Used Bikes, Wrap Gifts, Shovel Snow, Take Kids Pictures, Teach Computers, Make Greeting Cards, Tutor/Teach, Make Beaded Lizards, Babysit, Petsit, Walk Dogs, Sell Lemonade/Koolaid/Juice/Sodas, Clean Houses, Deliver Papers, Face Paint, Auction on Ebay, Take Surveys that pay online, and Yard Saling.

Answer 4

Don't know what your nonprofit is for, so I have to be a little vague, but you might want to check the websites of various big companies that have a presence in your neighborhood to see their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilty) statement or if they offer grants to local nonprofits.

If your needs are inline with their giving policy, you apply at the right time of the giving cycle, and you properly submit the required documents, you can quite possibly get up to $5000.

Note - Corporations have very specific requirements (i.e. childrens's services, education, etc.) for grants so it may take some research to find one that supports your type of nonprofit.

Also remember - you can ask every individual that you get to donate to your cause if their company has a policy that meets all or a portion of their donation - many companies have such a policy.

Answer 5

Depends on the non-profit. If you could co-operate with another non-profit that might help. Joint auction. Sell some art related to your cause.

Send your spare change. There was a high school student who asked everyone in the state to send some change - I forget precisely what - he didn't raise enough to go to Harvard but he had plenty for college.

Answer 6

Auctions through MissionFish and ebay, or a company called CMarket is great.
Try a bingo with prizes donated by local companies. Charge $5 per card or more to play. If you have some great prizes, people will buy multiple cards.

Answer 7

Motorcycle Run. Combined with a Raffle of donated prizes. I know of one held a week ago which was not a large one of only 87 Motorcycles raised $13,000

Answer 8

Why not just sit people down, explain what you will do with the money, and ask them to donate? Simple, low to no cost, and you can raise a lot of money.

Look at the 17-minute video at www.benevon.com to see how this works.

Answer 9

meet some wealthy people

we are having a golf fund raising
it even beat car washing

Answer 10

sell krispy kreme donuts they will sell 2 u for a big discount but only if u are non profit