Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Set Clear Sales Goals Establish specific goals for how much you hope to raise and how many products need to be sold to meet that target. Clear goals allow you to make more accurate inventory calculations. Consider factors such as the number of participants, your sales goals, and the size of your target audience.

Management

Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Start with an introductory email or letter outlining your fundraiser’s goals, the benefits of the partnership, and how their involvement can make a difference. Ready to take your school fundraiser to the next level? Ensure clear goals and logistics to create a successful and well-attended event.

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amplifi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Of course, this will come after you design and publish a well-branded monthly giving web page! LEARN MORE: Are you ready to launch a monthly giving program? Keep in mind, every successful monthly giving program has a brand that fits with the organization and its goals. Dont miss out on payments. This one is important.

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Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Matching Your Research with the Right Foundation Research grants from foundations work best when researchers match their goals with a funder ‘s mission. Foundations usually list their goals clearly in application calls or on their websites. You need clear goals with measurable outcomes that people can achieve and track.

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HSF House

MAY 14, 2025

My name is Lucas Gonzalez and I am a junior at FSU getting ready for my first research project abroad. Recently published studies by Freitez on Venezuelan migration patterns have really helped shape my questions. Hey everyone! I wanted to start my first blog post by sharing what I’m working on and why it matters to me.

Mentor

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 1, 2025

Whether its a sports event, a school night, or a neighborhood stroll, these bars are always ready to satisfy a sweet craving. Clarify that you want to explore the no-upfront-cost option and provide details about your group size, potential timeline, and fundraising goals. Originally published at [link].

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Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 29, 2025

At Big Fundraising Ideas, we specialize in helping schools achieve their fundraising goals with high-profit, easy-to-execute programs. Our built-in tools generate ready-to-send messages to simplify outreach. How toSucceed : Set Clear Goals : Specify how funds will be used (e.g., Originally published at [link].

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Nonprofits utilize it differently depending on their goals, audience and tools. You can plan out a week or month of content, set it to publish at the right times and track which posts get the most engagement. Before choosing a platform, it’s important to understand which features truly matter for your goals.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: March 2, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to go from Rejected to Accepted? Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants. Look no further!

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Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Youll find practical tips on planning, organizing, and engaging the community, all designed to help your school meet its goals while keeping the excitement high. On the one hand, you want to spark enthusiasm, creativity, and community spirit; on the other, you have financial goals and deadlines to meet. Theres no single best time.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: June 29, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to know how to stay on the "good" list? Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

School fundraising is more than collecting donations or selling products to meet financial goals. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals. Or is the goal to enhance school spirit while supporting multiple initiatives? Ready to start planning? Originally published at [link].

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With every shift in administration, GrantWatch continues to track and publish up-to-date grant opportunities, ensuring that you’re aware of every funding avenue available. Trump has previously emphasized vocational training, workforce readiness, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: September 8, 2021 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you how to simplify, streamline, and support your team. You've got to go deep and stay deep until you're ready to come back up.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Problogger Darren Rowse publishes three blogs with loads of content. So in 2010 these are my social media goals for Selfishgiving.com: Post three days a week. I like Jay Baer’s idea of publishing on consecutive days (he likes T, W, TH), but I can’t make any promises in the beginning. But enough about my goals.

Goals

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If your goal is to write grants, my greatest hope is that this book will teach you and become an integral part of your granting writing toolkit. After that, I teach you the secrets to how to be grant-ready and how to write grants. This section contains information gathered over the course of 13 years and the advice is solid gold.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

JUNE 4, 2024

How to Set Realistic Goals for Your School Fundraiser Blog Summary: This blog offers a comprehensive guide for school administrators, teachers, PTA members, and community stakeholders on how to set achievable SMART goals for school fundraisers. The SMART goals framework provides a practical approach to setting these objectives.

Goals

Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Program-based budgets will allow your organization to make more precise cash flow projections and more appropriate fundraising goals for the year so that your organization can plan to accomplish more, not less. A dashboard is a snapshot of the organization’s progress towards its major financial, fundraising, and mission impact goals.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

By November 1st : Set Goals And Make A Plan. Set a Goal: Hopefully, your nonprofit or charity has a clear, board-approved budget that you follow. Use the SMART Goal setting strategy to craft your fundraising goal. Use the SMART Goal setting strategy to craft your fundraising goal.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). But … be ready to do it next year. Set an Impact Goal.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Deferrers" look to others to help make decisions so be ready to share social proof. For Momentum has published a nice round-up of four back-to-school campaigns. Regardless of what your nonprofit uses for social media, your primary goal should be to get visitors back to your website and on your email list. Case studies help!

Retail

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

Whether you’re a fundraising newbie or a seasoned pro, discover how to make your event a hit, create lasting memories, and meet your financial goals with cookie dough’s universal appeal. Setting Goals and Planning Your Timeline First things first, define success for your fundraiser. Ready to start? Hello there!

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 1, 2018

I am typically not a fan of making resolutions as I outlined 4 years ago in the post “ Goals versus Resolutions “ Goal : noun ?g?l n : the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem So are you ready for me to tell you what my non-resolutions will be for 2018? Guess what?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

These donors can be a tremendous source of support for the organization once they understand its mission and are ready to become investors in its vision. Linda is also a prolific writer and Wiley Press has published her books, Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers in 2005, The Development Plan in early 2007.

Publishing

GrantNews

JULY 10, 2024

Ready to be inspired and get some valuable grant writing tips? Get ready to follow Libby’s incredible rise from a special education teacher to the top of the grant world! The website also boasts GrantNews , and fresh, engaging articles publish every day. Then tune into BYB! Learn from Mistakes Everyone makes mistakes.

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CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

So, are you ready to harness the power of social media for your fundraising efforts? Setting Goals & Identifying Your Audience Goals & Objectives of Your Social Media Content While you’re in the process of figuring out your social media fundraising goals, let’s explore some common campaign objectives.

Media

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When planning to post about these topics, make sure you are building scheduled posts into your social media editorial calendar to “tease” the event in the days or weeks leading up to it and getting your donors ready to give! Any of these goals can be accomplished with original or shared content, videos, memes, and photos. JUST for fun!

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

A strategy will keep you on top of your marketing goals and tell you when to post your social media content for the highest impact. Boosted Posts Once your Facebook page is ready to go, it’s time to create your ads. Clearly establishing your objectives will help you fine tune your ad’s details to meet your campaign’s goals.

Demographics

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As facilitators, here are some areas we focus on in preparation: Sharing goals: All participants should be clear on the goal of their time together: what is expected and what outcome they are working towards. Let’s face it—high-stakes meetings where decisions will be made require preparation.

Training

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

When your organization hasnt yet built a base of individual giving, and youre simply not ready. Do you publish a regular newsletter? Rumi In all of our talks about our visions and goals, we tend to overlook one crucial step: changing ourselves. Things like focusing solely on growing your major donor program.

AI

Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Free nonprofit resources offer your organization knowledge, strategic planning, and valuable data to help you accomplish your goals more efficiently. The goal of these free resources is to provide ways for your team to streamline day-to-day operations so you can spend more time fundraising. Nonprofit Ready. HubSpot Academy.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

There are several approaches that can be taken to achieve this goal, but it is important to remember the main issue that matters most to your organization. When it is ready to post share it on your website and across all your social media platforms and video channels. A video message can create a pathway for donors into your nonprofit.

Pass-Through

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When she’s not working to exceed development goals, you can find her hanging out with her cat, spending time outdoors, or going to the gym. . In this context, we’re focusing on information that you can gather about your constituents to help meet your organization’s goals and fulfill its mission. Who is ready to give?

Metrics

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Establish your goals up front so that each moment or slide ladders up to the goal. Now you're ready to make video magic! Publish and Share. See how CHOICE Humanitarian sets a tone with an inspirational quote that supports the organization's mission of humanitarian travel: 3. How to Create Video with Spark.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Is there a goal you must meet in this campaign? Spring is the perfect time of year to reconnect with your donors and make sure that they are engaged and ready to support your mission. If urgency is the instinct to act, purpose is the thought behind the action to give. Purpose gives your donors a reason to give. To win, of course.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Share Your Mission and Plans Nonprofits post and often articulate and demonstrate their mission and goals, which is less common for schools but can undoubtedly be beneficial. Donors like giving to a project that has been thought through and is ready to launch. Originally published at [link].

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2024

Have your fundraising mastery recognized with a CFRE Certification The CFRE certification process pushes you to achieve your goals as a fundraiser. The process of applying and becoming a successful candidate can guide you in the direction of what education and professional experience you still need to reach your goals.

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