Sending out a special thank you to our September premium sponsors:
eTapestry works with nonprofits to streamline their donor management system.  They also offer an online giving,  specialized email tools and event registration that are all tied together in a web-based environment. View this recent post for a case study: eTapestry Helps Food Bank Recover [...]

If you are someone that loves books, chances are you have been to a used book sale. They are popular with the community, with some of the larger ones drawing people from fifty miles away – or from other states!
A used book sale can be a terrific fundraiser for a library, and an excellent way [...]

Awareness bracelets are still going strong as a fundraising and advocacy item.  You can find bracelets in every color of the rainbow to represent various causes.
In particular, pink is instantly recognizable as the color for breast cancer.  Many nonprofits that advocate for those effected by breast cancer have a lot of publicity and events going [...]

Need some inspiration?  New fundraising ideas from other successful fundraisers?  Here’s a list of great fundraising success stories and case studies.  These range from huge formal balls to small house parties and one-on-one donation requests.
I challenge you to find at least one strategy from these stories that can make a big impact for your group, [...]

I’d like to extend a thank you to our July premium sponsors. They provide terrific services for nonprofits and those wishing to raise funds for a good cause, so be sure to visit their websites.
Starfish Marketing offers a complete, professionally written and laid out mail package.  They provide a basic framework, which you customize with [...]

I just wanted to extend a thank you to our June premium sponsors. They provide terrific services for nonprofits and anyone wishing to raise funds for a good cause, so be sure to visit their websites.
Raise The Funds works with nonprofits to create an exciting, and unusual, fundraising event.  Michael C. Anthony performs his [...]

I recently returned from a trip to El Paso where a group of eight from our church did volunteer work at Lydia Patterson Institute.  It’s a great high school that primarily serves English as a second language students, most of whom live across the border in Juarez.
Late June in West Texas — it’s hot without [...]