Greetings! Welcome to Step By Step Fundraising! My name is Jim Berigan. You may know me from some of the posts I have contributed here over the past couple of years. I have also written extensively for our sister site, TopSchoolFundraisers. I am very happy to announce that as of December 1, 2010, I am […]

As we’re slowly approaching the holiday season, hands down the best fundraiser season after season are gift wrap fundraisers. Every family wraps gifts, and so every family needs to buy gift wrapping paper year after year. Combined with groups that are trying to sell gift wrap as fundraisers, there really is no reason why families […]

Fundraising counselors have cited that the number one reason most fundraisers aren’t as successful as they could be is because they are not planned for properly. Group organizers either don’t plan far enough ahead in advance, or simply don’t expect for certain situations to arise. With how little time most fundraising groups have to fundraise, […]

Many non-profit groups need members and funds alike for them to function properly, host activities and give donations to charitable institutions. However, because members cannot always contribute items or money to their groups, they need to hold fundraising events and activities to gather money for their own causes. There are several fundraising activities that groups […]

A really fun and interactive way of fundraising is to sell fundraising scratch cards. These cards have little ovals that supporters can scratch off. Depending on the dollar amount scratched off is the amount they have to donate to your group. In return, they receive a gift in return for their donations. Gifts can range […]

Online donations are becoming the medium of choice to collect for different fund-a-thons. More and more schools are participating in different causes, such as AIDS walk, Relay for Life, etc. With how much of a headache storing money, collecting money, and keeping a record of those you still have to collect from, having an online […]

The best way to carry out a successful fundraising activity with a small group of people is to keep in mind the following—planning, participation and publicity. A successful fundraising activity will require a lot of planning but with a small number of people, it is easy to manage a team and directly communicate the plans […]