Optimizing Your Donation Page’s Giving Potential
Major gifts, planned gifts, and recurring gifts are all essential to your nonprofit’s ability to operate and fulfill its mission. Nonprofits appropriately focus their efforts on cultivating relationships with current donors who have the potential to increase their giving. However, keep in mind that each of these valuable relationships often starts with a relatively humble… Read More »
Best School Spirit Wear Ideas and Fundraisers to Boost Sales
With school starting, it’s time to think about school spirit wear fundraisers! School spirit wear is a great opportunity to show unity and togetherness while raising valuable funds for your school and school groups. If you’re looking to collect money for school supplies, tech equipment upgrades, or enrichment programs, selling school spirit wear could be… Read More »
Best Inclusive Fundraising Ideas for Everyone
Now’s the time for organizations and nonprofits to highlight inclusivity through their fundraising practices to push for equality, diversity, and inclusion. Create exciting fundraisers and opportunities to include everyone, regardless of their abilities. Whether your supporters have physical, visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities, they are suffering hidden disabilities such as PTSD or depression, or people… Read More »
Best Fundraising Ideas For Kids In The UK
Times have changed drastically in the last two years and fundraising activities and ideas have had to adapt to our current situation. This said, there are some fantastic charity campaigns out there and by thinking outside the box due to Covid, the world has become even more creative with innovative fundraising ideas for kids. We’ve… Read More »
What is the Principal’s Role in School Fundraising?
In a school setting, the principal is the one who provides guidance and oversight for all fundraising campaigns. Students, teachers, school administrators, and PTO groups respond and follow the actions of the principal, so a positive tone is essential. This rings especially true for school fundraising campaigns. Setting the Fundraising Agenda This first order of… Read More »
Your Fundraising Event Reflects Your Brand
Most nonprofit organizations host fundraising events to raise money and awareness for their cause. There are several good reasons to host fundraising events. But your organization may not realize that the type of fundraiser you choose says a lot about your brand and organization. Therefore, consider how your fundraiser can help you communicate your mission and… Read More »
Yard Sale Fundraisers for your Community
Community yard sale fundraisers are common events in the spring and summer months. Spring is the season for cleaning out closets, basements, garages, and storage units to discover things that are accumulating dust. Why not take this great opportunity and not only provide a reason for people to get started on their spring cleaning, but… Read More »
The Best Gymnastics Fundraisers for Teams
Gymnastics is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is a fun sport that supports agility and muscular development, along with building self-confidence. Many children start classes at a young age in schools, community centers, and private training centers. Gymnasts need to think about uniforms, equipment, competition travel, and expenses involved with… Read More »
Beer Fundraising Ideas for Charities
Is your organization looking for a unique fundraising event to set your nonprofit apart from the rest and attract a big crowd? Well, look no further than a beer fundraiser! Beer fundraisers are a great way to build community spirit, boost exposure for your organization’s cause, and pull in valuable donations. So why not sit… Read More »
Building Effective Committees for Nonprofit Events
We’ve talked about the many reasons why nonprofit events are a great fundraising strategy. But running successful fundraising events is not easy. Nonprofits need a strong framework to pull off a successful fundraising event. Creating an effective nonprofit fundraising committee is most often the first step to success. Create an Effective Framework for Fundraising Ideas… Read More »
6 Innovative Ways to Fundraise for Your Student Organization
When the time comes for your student organization to plan and carry out your next fundraiser, do your members’ faces light up? Are they eager to participate and vie for leadership positions? If so, it’s likely that your organization has found a unique fundraising strategy that’s engaging for both your members and your supporters. However,… Read More »
How to Run a Chili Cook Off Fundraiser
Charitable organizations always look for new and better ways to find and motivate new supporters and donors. The best way to get people excited is often to host events or competitions that attract a large crowd. This is why chili cook off fundraisers are popular. They give participants a good opportunity to have fun and… Read More »
5 Good Reasons to Host Fundraising Events
While the primary mission of hosting nonprofit events is generally to fundraise, there are other essential reasons why fundraising events are so important for organizations. Let’s discuss other benefits and reasons why hosting fundraising events is a vital lifeline for any nonprofit or charitable organization. 5 Reasons to Host Fundraising Events, Beyond Raising Money Hosting… Read More »
The Best Fundraising Platforms to Raise Money in the UK
If you’re like many charity organizations, you’re looking to reassess your online fundraising campaigns in light of COVID. Many organizations are looking for new fundraising ideas and platforms that work in a post-COVID world, where events are often virtual or hybrid in nature. How do you choose the best online fundraising platform to raise money… Read More »
Hosting a Topgolf Fundraiser
Many organizations and corporations are ready to think about fundraising golf tournaments now that COVID numbers are down in many areas, and we’re finding ways to host tournaments safely. It could be a good time to try Topgolf for your fundraiser this year. What is Topgolf? Ever heard of Topgolf? Topgolf is “a game that… Read More »
Top 5 Easy, Last Minute Easter Fundraising Ideas
Easter is just around the corner and with the weather starting to heat up, there’s no better time to hop into the fundraising spirit and raise money for a good cause. With Easter only a few weeks away, we’ve come up with a great list of 5 simple, last-minute Easter fundraising ideas for churches and… Read More »
Evaluating the Success of Fundraising Events
You’ve hosted a fundraising event and want to determine how successful the event was for your charitable cause. As with any marketing program, there is not one solid metric or indicator that tells you if your event was a success. Nor is there one stakeholder that determines whether or not the event was successful. There… Read More »
Hosting Successful Farm to Table Fundraisers
Food lovers have been relishing the latest trend of farm to table dining. Farm to table is as clean and straightforward as the concept cooks themselves use, of creating fresh meals using ingredients and resources from local farms. Ingredients are healthier, as they are not processed and contain fewer additives than most foods purchased at… Read More »
3 Necessary Qualities to Look for in a Nonprofit Accountant
If you were around when your nonprofit got its start, you probably remember the times when accounting was fairly simple and straightforward. There were fewer projects, donations were probably smaller, and recording everything in a spreadsheet was perfectly reasonable. However, as your organization grew, things got more and more complicated. This also means that your… Read More »
Pricing Your Virtual, Hybrid, or In-Person Fundraising Event
Whether you are planning an in-person, virtual, or hybrid fundraising event, one thing they all have in common is making them profitable to benefit your cause. So how do you decide on fundraising event pricing? It’s essential to strike the right balance when calculating costs for your charity events. You don’t want to charge too… Read More »
What To Expect From 2022 Fundraising Events
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the way we fundraise. As in-person events have been postponed or canceled, nonprofits and individuals have had to adapt and acquire more technical skills to create digital charity campaigns to survive. So now that Covid-19 restrictions are finally easing, will the future of charity events be physical gatherings,… Read More »
How To Plan A Successful Virtual 5K For Charity
Since the start of Covid-19, the face of fundraising has been forever changed. Finding new ways to provide services, work with individuals and communities, and spread awareness have been vital to the survival of many charities and nonprofits. Going digital has become a lifesaver for many organizations with virtual and hybrid fundraisers now being an… Read More »
What Your University’s Website Design Says to Major Donors
Your major donors provide your university with invaluable support, enabling you to enhance your academics and improve your campus all around. To create highly effective major donation appeals, relationships with your major donors must be slowly built over time through a series of one-on-one interactions. Outside of these conversations, your major donors undoubtedly research your… Read More »
Gamification Tools to Boost Your Fundraising Success
Schools and nonprofits can benefit greatly by applying gamification tools to their fundraising campaigns. Heightened levels of supporter engagement and more generous donations are just two of the benefits of incorporating gaming features into a fundraiser. Gamification strategies are a great way to get your supporters to have fun in the fundraising process and stir… Read More »
How to Run a Successful Fund-A-Need Campaign
Fund-A-Need campaigns go by many names, such as Paddles Raises, Special Appeals, and Fund-A-Causes. If your fundraising goal is to raise as much money as possible for a specific cause, a Fund-A-Need campaign could be exactly what you’re looking for. These cash appeals are a great way to engage your supporters and get them inspired… Read More »
How To Run a Tricky Tray or Penny Social Fundraiser
Tricky Trays, also known as Penny Socials, Penny Sales, Lucky Number Dinners, Chance Auctions, and Chinese Auctions combine aspects of fundraising raffles and silent auctions. Supporters buy tickets to participate in the charitable event and each ticket is equivalent to one bid. Attendees can bid on auction items and prizes with these tickets but the… Read More »
Host A Fun And Successful Move-a-Thon Fundraiser
Organizing a fun and engaging move-a-thon fundraiser is a great way to raise funds and build awareness for your school or cause. It’s time to start moving and encourage people to get outside in the fresh air this summer. Read our simple guide on how to host a successful move-a-thon and check out our free… Read More »
The Best Summer Fundraising Ideas in the UK
It’s time to start brainstorming your summer fundraising ideas, now that the government’s lockdown strategy is finally easing up. Be responsible, but also have fun, raise money and bring people together again for a good cause. Take a look at our top summer fundraising ideas in the UK to get you started. Game, Set, Match… Read More »
Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2021
First off, congratulations! We made it through 2020 together. We had to learn a lot as fundraisers and find new ways to engage donors and share our message. A big part of that was moving to virtual fundraising campaigns. Many of our client organizations successfully did that and raised a lot of money for year-end… Read More »
Top 7 Features of Our New Fundraising Platform
We are excited to announce the launch of our new, improved online and virtual fundraising platform. As with so many nonprofits and businesses, COVID hit us hard here at DoJiggy. We needed to make some major changes at a time when so many fundraising events were and continue to be canceled or postponed. We responded… Read More »
