Church Fundraising Resources
DoJiggy is dedicated to helping churches and communities of faith better plan, manage and execute fundraising campaigns and events. With our Church Fundraising Resource Center, we strive to provide the best collection of resources to make your fundraising efforts more successful. Our goal is that these fundraising resources, used with our fundraising software platform, will save your organization valuable staff and volunteer time and allow you to raise more money for your cause with less hassle. Why reinvent the wheel when DoJiggy brings these proven fundraising church fundraising resources to your congregation?
An Overview of Church Fundraising
Church fundraising has become popular for church congregations and groups to raise money and help supplement operating income. You may wonder where to start if you’ve been chosen to organize a church fundraising program. To help you in your planning efforts, we’ve curated some useful guidelines for organizing church fundraisers.
Guidelines to Assist in Planning a Successful Church Fundraiser
- Create a Plan and Establish Goals: Discuss your goals with the congregation or planning committee. Determine how much money your church needs to accomplish your goals when it’s needed, and estimate costs for fundraising initiatives. What resources are available to help you achieve these goals?
- Identify Potential Fundraising Sources: Create a list of potential donors and approach them for support. This list can include local businesses, church members, friends, and family.
- Define your Messaging: What is the purpose of your fundraising event and how is your message connected to the Gospel and church? Messaging is especially important to churches.
- Promote Your Fundraiser:
- Announce the fundraising initiative on your church website along with a link for how to donate.
- Post an announcement in your church calendar of events or on community bulletins.
- Utilize community gatherings. Make announcements at your weekly church services and use gatherings to recruit volunteers, gather donations, and build excitement.
- Encourage members of your church to spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors.
- Create a Timeline and Checklist: Start planning months in advance (if possible). There are a number of items that should be included on your checklist such as:
- Recruiting volunteers.
- Producing communications, flyers, posters for bulletins, and more.
- Determine fundraising event logistics (date, location, vendor needs, etc.)
- Implement systems for collecting donations, managing money, and tracking performance.
- DoJiggy provides Church Contributions Software to assist with processing and tracking donations and managing the details of your church fundraising initiatives. Use it for free with optional tips from your supporters.
Church Fundraising Resources
- DoJiggy provides Church Contributions Software to assist with processing and tracking donations and managing the details of your church fundraising initiatives. Use it for free with optional tips from your supporters.
Church Donation Software
Our Church donation software provides a secure online tithing and donations website for your church or community of faith. Church members can make one-time or recurring donations. Donors can easily track their tithing history by viewing and managing their accounts online. Learn more about automating your church donations.
Mission Trip Fundraising
Mission trips provide great cultural experiences and make a difference in people’s lives. Donations raised through mission trip fundraising go towards travel costs, supplies, and funding for missionaries’ needs while on a mission. Read on to learn the best ways to raise donations for missions.
Church Fundraising Ideas
Great church fundraising ideas make for successful campaigns and are a fantastic way to support your faith and community. We have compiled creative church fundraising ideas to help your group organize a successful church fundraising campaign while not losing track of your mission.
Church Fundraising Templates & Letters
Donation Request & Thank You Letters: We’ve provided guidelines and sample letters to help start your church fundraising efforts. Download the documents below, customize them for your church, and share them with fundraisers to kick-start your organization’s efforts.
Donation Request Writing Guidelines Sample Donation Request Letter Sample Thank You Letter
Fundraising Event Budget
Financial tracking and planning are key ingredients to a church’s fundraising success. Whatever size of church fundraising event you are hosting, this budget template will help predict and estimate costs and monitor income and expenses throughout the planning stages. The budget can be reviewed with a committee or consultant to help with product ordering, fundraising, and profitability goals.
Community-Based Fundraising
Community-based fundraisers are an excellent option for church fundraisers and provide a great opportunity to grow your congregation and build relationships with other community groups. Plan events and activities that require cooperation and encourage involvement from the congregation. We’ve put together the best community-based fundraising events to get you started.
Benefits of Church Fundraising
Church fundraising is about more than just raising money. While that may be your primary goal, remember that your efforts are also working to do the following:
- Strengthening your faith.
- Raise funds for further development of church resources and educational programs.
- Bringing people and talents together in new, fun ways outside of typical worship.
- Providing great opportunities to socialize and get to know members of the congregation.
Before taking on any church fundraising initiatives, consider praying together as a congregation or group and asking God to guide your efforts. With Him helping, your church is sure to take the right path. See Church Fundraising Ideas for more detail on our favorite fundraising events.
