6 More Non-profit Fundraising Ideas - From a Donor's Perspective PART 2


by Ian Robert Anderson - Date: 2007-03-21 - Word Count: 613 Share This!

After reading PART 1, I'm sure that you are hungry for more. Here it is. Below are the latest fundraising ideas from non-profits in my area. Each non-profit fundraising technique includes the price it was offered to me at, the price I think is reasonable AND what goes through the mind when I am being pitched with the technique (and some suggestions for nonprofits to increase their donation potential).

Like last time - If you are a non-profit and you read this, please understand that I am a normal guy. I can also tell you that a lot of other people think like me.

1. Non-profit Tree Planting
Price: $75 to plant one tree
Reasonable Price: $50 to plant one tree
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: I'm all for protecting the environment and all that Al Gore stuff, so this is a good idea. I did hear that this particular non-profit was going to sell these little trees instead. Bad idea. I live in an apartment in the city, where would I plant a tree?

2. 501c3 Cookbook
Price: $10 per cookbook
Reasonable Price: $10 per cookbook
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: I normally would NOT buy a cookbook (because I eat Subway 7 days a week and there are plenty of free recipe websites on the net) but this one was different. It had things that I could realistically make. I didn't need to go to shopping for some rare $30 herb or bake something for 8 hours. I'm 26, I need instant gratification. The whole cookbook was full of interesting things to do with regular stuff that was already in my kitchen. Good job.

3. Charity Greeting Cards
Price: $20 for a pack of 10 charity greeting cards
Reasonable Price: $0 for a pack of 10 charity greeting cards
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: I never send cards, come on. I consistently buy cards on the way to people's birthdays. Don't lie you know you do it too!

4. Non-profit Personalized BBQ Sauce
Price: $15 for one bottle of personalized BBQ sauce
Reasonable Price: $10 for one bottle of personalized BBQ sauce
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: Kind of pricey, but I took 3 bottles. Obviously don't try to get me to buy BBQ sauce in the winter.

5. Charity Donation Scratch-off Cards
Price: $0 charity donation scratch-off card
Reasonable Price: $0 charity donation scratch-off card
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: Ok, I know what you're thinking "you wrote about this in PART 1" - no this is different. This is stupid, really stupid. So this nonprofit wanted to give me a card "for free" and then I would scratch off 1 space and I would donate that amount to the charity in exchange for the lousy coupons that were on the back of the card. This is dumb. What if I was the one "Luck Winner" and scratched off the $500 donation? No thanks, I'll pass.

6. Charity Golf Tournament
Price: $75 for a team of 3
Reasonable Price: $150 for a team of 3
Donor Thoughts/Suggestions: I don't play golf but this seems like fun. This included a buffet and a round of golf. The winning team gets $500. Not a bad deal! If you are planning on doing this just make sure it's on a weekend (preferable afternoon time). It wouldn't hurt if my business could get a little promotion at the event also.

That wraps up PART 2. You should have enough information to make your fundraising efforts GREAT fundraising efforts. Listen to these suggestions and you will have a better offer for charity donors to consider. Along with these techniques you should also be collecting donations on your website. Your non-profit website is available to the public 24/7 and should be collecting donations, memberships and selling tickets to your fundraising events.


Related Tags: fundraising, nonprofit, donations, intersection360, charityhelper360, webedit360, 501c3, impress360

Ian Anderson is co-founder of Intersection360. Ian specializes in hosted application architecture and GUI design. Intersection360 offers a wide range of non-branded web applications for the small business/non-profit markets. Some of Intersection360 products include: CharityHelper360 - secure forms processing for non-profits, WebEdit360 - an online website editor and more.

Learn more about how you can sell Intersection360 products as your own with the Intersection360 Partner Program at http://www.intersection360.com/partners/index.htm.

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