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32 Ways to Reduce Fundraising Expenses by Hope Primas
Fund-raising is a way of life in the nonprofit world. In fact, it IS life, because your programs will not survive without some form of funding.
No matter what program or service you offer, you must raise money to support it.
Think about it for a minute. How many fund-raising letters do you send? How many hours do you spend on grant writing? How much money do you spend on staff, brochures and pledge cards? Postage? Supplies? Office equipment? Donor awards? Food? Travel? How much did it cost you to run your last special event? You have the picture. Now let's get to the savings.
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End of Summer Fire Run
Stay Classy, Yelp & Kathy Loper Events present the End of Summer Fire Run, a gorgeous 5K coastal run from La Jolla to Pacific Beach. Like all Stay Classy events that Yelp supports, a portion of proceeds from the event will go to benefit a local charity. The Fire Run benefits the San Diego Fire Rescue Foundation.
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Free Grant Writing Training
HUD is offering 60 free Grant Writing Training workshops in 2008 from March - September. The sessions are FREE and open to the public. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Register early for the wonderful learning opportunity!
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Guaranteed Sponsors for Any Event by Sylvia Allen
Sometimes it's hard to know where to start when soliciting sponsorships. Here is a list of the top 20 potential sponsors you can approach for almost any event.
Millions of companies and corporations annually distribute billions of newsletters to their customers/clients. Most deal, in whole or in part, with industry-specific issues. Many of these vendor-to-customer newsletters have been around for a decade or longer. Smart marketers have discovered that distributing a high quality newsletter can be an effective tool for reaching their target markets. Compared to other marketing mediums (TV, radio, or print media such as magazine ads), newsletters are very cost effective.
Each month we take a look at what fundraising opportunities the holidays and other seasonal events present for the future month.
June 14th - Flag Day
Dress days like all good fundraisers are easy and simple to organise and fun to participate in. The point to a dress day is to have a change in the dress code for a day, either dressing up or down depending on the where the activity is taking place. Dress days are great activities for work places or at a picnic type event.
When selecting a product fundraising program, the first and foremost consideration should be the quality of the product because:
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