Additional Fundraising Articles

Here are some more fundraising articles that will help you in your next fundraising effort:

• Fundraising Letter Templates Harm Your Non-Profit's Reputation and Response Rates
  
  Fundraising letter templates are a mistake. They
  insult donors. They mislead fundraisers. And they
  dont work. You cannot generate sustainable income,
  build relationships and retain loyal donors by...

• 10 Tips to Protect Yourself From Charity Scams
  
  Charity scammers are very clever -- they know exactly what heartstrings to tug and how to make you think the scam is real. Here are 10 tips to help spot charity scams: 1. Ask for the name, address,...

• What Are The Best Fundraising Strategies To Use?
  
  Fundraising strategies are as numerous as the funds that will come in when they are in place. There are so many different fundraising strategies that you will be hard pressed to choose the one thats best...

• Profitable Fundraisers Require Organizational Skills
  
  Fundraising has become an integral part of our society and non-profit groups are continually searching for new and unique ways of raising money. There are a multitude of fundraising products on the market...

• Recruiting and Training Fundraiser Volunteers
  
  Volunteers are an essential part of your fundraising group. They should help you motivate and inspire people to participate in your cause and help you organize your event. But how do you approach a new...

• Fair Trade Fundraisers
  
  Organizations everywhere are starting to see the benefits of staging certain types of fundraisers. As you may have discovered through trial-and-error, some fundraisers are simply more successful than others....

• School Fundraising Ideas -There's Lot's Of Them.
  
  In todays world school fundraising is a necessity, but to come up with new school fundraising ideas can be a task for anyone. If you go on the Internet you will find many neat school fundraising ideas...

• 10 important items for developing a successful fundraising plan
  
  Having a good fundraising plan will ensure that everyone has a job - and that their job corresponds to their abilities and resources and that time-sensitive materials and events take place in an orderly...

• Support School Fundraisers Even Though There May Seem To Be Many Of Them
  
  School fundraisers are necessary even though many people and parents complain that the local school is always fund raising. The money raised through school fundraisers goes into such things as field trips...

• Make The Money You Need With Candle Fundraisers
  
  If youre thinking of a fundraiser what could be better than candle fundraisers? This product is as popular as cookies and cakes - maybe more so. Selling candles will make a very successful fundraiser...

• Brick Fundraising - Easy Fundraising that Keeps on Giving
  
  Brick fundraising is an easy way to raise money for schools, hospitals, religious institutions, non-profits, government buildings, or any worthwhile project.
  Its easy to start a brick fundraising project...

• Charity Golf Tournaments
  
  If you are involved with a non-profit organization, chances are you have been approached by people who specialize in hosting charity golf tournaments. Charity golf tournaments are extremely popular ways...

• Dear Friend: Dont Start Your Non-For-Profit Fundraising Letters As A Stranger
  
  Dear Friend:Dont do it.Dont start your fundraising letters with "Dear Friend."After all, when was the last time you received a letter from someone dear to you, addressing you as "Dear Friend?" Never, right?...

• Improve Your Donation Thank-You Letters, Cards and Notes: Make Your Donor The Hero.
  
  One temptation in writing fundraising thank-you letters is to make your organization the star of the letter. You feel pressure to tell your donors how terrific you are, how cost-effective you are or how...

• 7 Ways to Avoid Charity Fraud
  
  Hurricane Katrina hit and now charities are asking for your help, primarily in monetary form.
  Here are seven ways to keep from harm against a con artist who wants to take advantage of your good will.
  You...

• Easy Fundraisers
  
  You are probably here searching for information on fundraisers and fundraiser ideas. We want to make your fundraiser easy for you, it doesnt have to be a difficult task setting up your fundraiser, and...

• Should You Give Your Car Away?
  
  You can give your car to charity and deduct the gross proceeds from the sale if the proceeds are for more than $500.
  If the claimed value of the donated motor vehicle, boat or plane exceeds $500 and the...

• Send Donation Thank-You Letters, Cards and Notes Quickly.
  
  The most important thing about your donation thank-you letters is not what you say or how you say it but how quickly you say it. According to Stephen Hitchcock in Open Immediately!, for many donors, a...

• Being Creative With Your Fundraising Ideas
  
  Have you realized just how much fundraising is going on these days? There is fundraising for little league, school fundraisers, and the college fundraiser, as well as  church fundraisers. Day cares need...

• Fundraising: Art, Skill And Work
  
  If you have attended school in the last 50 years, you are well acquainted with the word "fundraiser". It would seem in this age of corporate sponsorship, advertising, and community involvement, fundraising...