Awhile back I had the pleasure of speaking with Verna Gates, a reporter doing a story about unusual fundraisers. I mentioned several ‘out there’ fundraisers that I’d heard of such as Jump for the Cause, a group that skydives to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Even with some of the odd stories I’d heard […]

There is nothing remarkable about the single pool table inside the Cavalier Store, a bar & restaurant in Lynchburg, Virginia. It’s 3 feet by 7 feet, the standard “bar table” dimensions, and owner Wells Duffy originally found it gathering dust in a rural barn. Who knew that it would one day become a prolific moneymaking […]

Ahhh the bake sale… the perennial fundraiser at schools, churches and well, just about anywhere you can put up a card table. Everyone loves cookies, cakes and pies right? So it while it may sound like a good idea to have a bake sale, I contend it’s actually one of the worst! Bake sale items […]

In the March newsletter I featured an article titled 5 Ways to Simplify School Fundraising And Raise More Funds in the Process. One of the programs that I recommended as an integrated fundraiser is Picateers. With this program your school, sports team or other group will get 50% of the sale of portrait packages. It […]

Funding Factory supplies community organizations a way to help the environment while raising money for their cause through a laser and ink jet printer cartridge and cell phone battery recycling program. We were able to catch up with a participant in the program to get some feedback. Sue, a member of the West Corner Campus […]

Don’t toss your used printer cartridges in the trash can! Recycle them instead and your group can earn a little cash back. It doesn’t take that much extra time. Instead of throwing them in the trash, just toss the cartridge in the recycle box provided by Funding Factory. Since computers and printers are so prevalent […]

Reportedly, there are over $10 Billion US in coins currently gathering dust as spare change in piggy banks and old cookie tins in homes all across America. One great way for your fundraising group to get your hands on this money is through coin collection jars and banks located around the town where your group […]