Temple Beth Sholom has found a great way to raise extra funds for their school – by collecting ink cartridges that people would simply throw away and sending them to the Funding Factory. With just about everyone having at least one home computer, there is great potential for running a program like this. For every […]

The Giving Back Fund, a top resource in celebrity philanthropy places Oprah Winfrey at the number one spot for their Giving Back 30 List. The Giving Back 30 List ranks celebrities who have made the largest personal and public donations to charity in the past year. The top five celebrities including Ms. Winfrey are the […]

I recently got the chance to meet with Roger and Chris of FastTrack Fundraising in their Los Angeles office. (That’s me with Roger Lum in the photo at left.) After our 2+ hour discussion I was truly convinced that this company is the discount card experts! While they offer a variety of other fundraisers, custom […]

Sending your thanks to people who have helped with a fundraising campaign, including volunteers, staff and donors, is very important. Marc Pitman also advises us to be attentive and listen to what supporters say. How you respond or don’t respond to them can unintentionally communicate negative messages to them. Just taking money without thanking donors […]

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 […]

Yesterday I attended a seminar about marketing for non profit organizations. One of the topics that we discussed at length was “word of mouth” marketing. The best advertisement for your non profit are the people who care passionately about the cause and the organization. By coincidence when I got back to the office I had […]

National & Global Youth Service Day, the largest service event in the world takes place on April 20-22, 2007. National Youth Service Day 2007 is part of the Eighth Annual Global Youth Service Day Children and teens join together from school groups, faith-based organizations, sports leagues, and other clubs will lend a hand to people […]