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A power of the t-shirt! It’s a mighty power, not to be messed with. You can screen print your church logo for cheap on t-shirts, hoodies, muumuus, loincloths, whatever you like and sell them to the public and congregation. Or let your creative juices flow and put favorite quotes or funny pictures on them, anything you think might resonate with your community and represent the voice and personality of the church. Everybody loves a t-shirt! And don’t think your consumer base is limited to churchgoers – you’ll make a killing on “ironic” sales from the disenchanted, hipster population of your community (every community has one  – check your local Urban Outfitters).

Calendars

First let me say, get your mind out of the gutter. Not “CALENDAR” calendars, unless the 85-year-old organist has lived with a secret desire to be known as “Miss January” (then who are you to deny an old woman her dream?). People love calendars almost as much as they love t-shirts, and since they’re composed of pictures they offer the same freedom for creativity. If you’re catering to churchgoers who have a personal attachment to the church, then fill them with pictures of the congregation, funny photos from past events and so on. If your church fundraising campaign is meant for a wider audience, then the world is your oyster! Fill them with pictures of oysters if you want. (Disclaimer: do not fill them with pictures of oysters as that is weird and nobody will buy them.)

Concerts

You know there’s this whole genre of gospel music and Christian rock with a massive cult following and tons of artists? Oh you did? Yeah I was just sayin’. There’s no doubt a local group with built-in fans in your community that would love to be part of a church fundraising concert. They get a sweet venue, you get a cool band and everyone’s scratching each others’ backs until they need your hands free since they can’t really play guitar without them (you can pick it back up later). If you’re looking to go big or go home (in which case, stay! Go big!) then it’s worth it to try and reach out to bigger acts in your area. It’s for a good cause! They could be willing to help out if you ask.

Cookbooks

This is like the bake sale on steroids (not literally, please). While the bake sale route is nice and yummy and great for finally fitting into those pesky jeans that are just WAY too big for you (thanks cupcakes!) they’re pretty labor intensive and don’t generate a lot of revenue. Instead, you can whip up a cookbook with favorite recipes from churchgoers and sell them for $10 or $15 a pop instead of watching your profit go up in 50 cent increments with each disappearing cookie. There are tons of sites where you can make your own cookbooks, complete with pictures and customized designs. It takes your church fundraising bake sale to the next level – and everyone will just EAT. IT. UP. (So sorry. Couldn’t resist.)

Online Donation Drives

Speaking of taking things to the next level, every ounce of effort you put into your church fundraiser offline can be maximized by incorporating an online campaign. This is the best way to reach your audience and increase your donor base, and the most efficient source of donations. You can sign up for an online fundraising platform that allows you to reach people through email, Facebook and Twitter and lets people donate to your church with the click of a mouse. It’s an incredibly simple way of spreading the word and reaping the biggest rewards for your church fundraising efforts. Maybe we should start a list of the church fundraising commandments: 1) Thou Shalt Not Be Lame, and 2) Get Online!

There are of course tons of ways to raise money for your church fundraiser – car washes, rummage sales, and the always popular and gut-busting pancake breakfast. Just make sure to be a little creative with whatever you choose to stand out from the crowd – and at the very least, use the web! It’s the easiest way to get a lot of bang for your buck. No, wait – a lot of buck for no bang. Bang is effort. You get the drift.

 

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Mon, 23 May 2011 11:28:00 -0700 Church Fundraising Online with Free Fundraising Tools http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-online-with-free-fundraisi http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-online-with-free-fundraisi

 Churches need money for its operation, maintenance, renovation, charity, and mission trips. They are able to get money through communion services and offerings from parishioners and churchgoers.  Church fundraising is often necessary so that the church’s needs are met. They also solicit for help from the neighborhood or community they are situated in. There are times that the money raised is not enough therefore they constantly need to think of ways to generate cash for other necessities.

Nowadays, many churches have used online fundraising platforms to raise money for their needs. They have discovered that in having their own website, they can reach many people and solicit for their support. Their website serves as their virtual office and very minimal expenses are spent. They no longer have to incur communication expenses such as phone and fax bills and they can use the money saved for other charitable purposes. People, especially those who are located in other cities, states or countries, can still visit the church via its website and acquire information or make a donation with just a click of the mouse.

Church fundraisers can also be conducted online. They can hold a live auction in certain websites that do auctioneering and ask their supporters to donate some items to be bid in these online auctions. Many people from all over can participate in this event and they can donate at their convenient time as the auction can run 27/7 for a year or so. In traditional fundraising activities, much time is spent on planning and these can also be very expensive. Churches have to rent a venue for the event, get additional staff, and spend on advertising and invitation.

The use of the Internet for fundraising activities breaks all geographical boundaries as people from the United States can correspond with individuals, organizations and governments from Asia in seconds. The Internet allows massive exposure of the church and its activities. Social media sites have millions of members and when the church has its account on such sites, its mission and objectives will reach many quickly. An online church fundraising campaign for an orphanage does not only reach a nearby community but a global level.

Most of the time, church fundraisers end up spending a lot of money for advertisements and other expenses. They make banners to be placed in specific locations. These banners however will not be used again once the activity they are promoting is finished. Sometimes, churches also advertise on local dailies and radio and TV programs to get support for their causes and this can be very expensive. With online advertising, such expenses are eliminated. There are even search engines that pay for ads of charities and place the link to the church’s website on their pages, as long as they are a registered 501 c 3 non profit.   

Donors can also make online donations to the church fundraisers using their credit cards. They no longer need to travel all the way to the church and give their donations. In just seconds, they can give to their favorite churches to support their causes.  Fees for credit card transactions online are paperless and less expensive and hectic than depositing money through a bank.

Using multiple channels for church fundraising online is indeed very convenient, traceable, and economical.

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Tue, 10 May 2011 15:22:00 -0700 Church Fundraising Events To Raise Money For Spiritual Causes http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-events-to-raise-money-for http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-events-to-raise-money-for

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Churches need funds for construction projects, provide aid forpeople, extend support to conduct various activities, mission trips and much more. So it is required to raise money to fulfil the financial needs. Raising funds require church fundraisers and different fundraising ideas. Organizers can find an array of ideas to raise the required amount of money. However, choosing the appropriate method is highly important. The amount of money that needs to be raised, resources available in the Church, location of church fundraisers and volunteers, etc. all influence the selection of the appropriate method or church fundraising.

Fundraising at the church is one of the easiest fundraising options. The church gets a regular attendance on Sundays and it is common for church-goers to offer their assistance by means of donation and any other possible way.

It’s important to assemble a team of volunteers who will spearhead the fundraiser. Some of the fundraising events that interest you may involve selling a range of products for a specific period of time, or it may happen on any specific day. Some of the ideas require detailed planning and might be hard to organise, while some fundraising ideas can be implemented very easily.

The very simplest church fundraising idea to raise funds is by placing fundraising collection boxes in the Church. Churches can find few companies that offer religious products to sell through the church fundraisers. From the overall profits earned by the fundraisers, a specific percentage of amounts will be offered to the fundraisers. Selling candles with great quotes and inspirational messages, t-shirts, religious books and magazines, etc contributes great towards earning funds. Regular worshippers of Church, their family members and friends will buy the products sold through fundraising events.

Church fundraising ideas can include several events. For instance, it can include an auction, car wash fundraiser, race/walkathon, dinner, or even a game. In addition events can also include selling baked goods, hot food, crafts, etc. Silent auctions in churches have proven to be successful in collectingdonations for a spiritual cause. However, planning is required to make any kind of event successful.

Another option as church fundraising idea is publishing a cookbook. It is a time consuming fundraising event which requires more effort and hard work. Fortunately, its results are great and worth the effort and hard work. You can ask the church members contribute their favourite recipes and compile all the recipes to publish a cookbook. This type of church fundraiser is ideal during festive seasons such as Christmas and Easter and often will attract a lot of people who will want to buy a copy of the cookbook as a sign of support to the church or out of their own culinary interest.

Similarly, you can choose to host a dinner as your church fundraising event. You need to sell the tickets in advance to collect money as well as to know the quantity of food that needs to be cooked. Often, the congregation donates the food for the church fundraiser and allows church to utilize the entire amount collected on ticket sales.

Fundraising requires a lot of planning ahead but church fundraisers can be a successful way to attract more donors and to raise funds for causes that are supported by the church.

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Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:44:00 -0700 Church Fundraising – Tips for Earning More Money at Church Fundraisers http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-tips-for-earning-more-mone-0 http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-tips-for-earning-more-mone-0

The only way that churches can raise money is through communion services and church fundraising. When there are mission trips to plan or renovations required for the church, it takes extra effort on everyone’s part to complete as many successful church fundraisers as possible. Some of these events do turn out to be a success, but many of them fall short of the funds needed for the mission, renovation, or other needs for the church. If you want to guarantee that you will get money from your church fundraising efforts, consider some of the tips below.

You have to think about ways to market your church fundraisers. In some cases that may just mean talking about the church fundraising at a Sunday service, but in other cases, you need to think about widespread marketing. Flyers and posters will help a little, but if you really want to reach out to people nowadays, you need to think about doing online fundraising. You can promote your church fundraiser on your social network pages and the church’s website to reach out to as many people as you possibly can. The results if your church fundraising should be much better after that.

Church fundraising online will make it easier for you to keep track of the money that is going in and out of the church, and it will also help you process the money collected from the church fundraising. This makes everything much simpler because you can do it from a computer, and it gives donors a convenient way of contributing to church fundraisers. All they have to do is go online and upload a payment. They are much more likely to give you money if they are able to do it quickly at home.

Successful church fundraising is all about reaching the right people at the right time. You can do that easily on the web, and it will not cost you much money at all. If you are set on having a live fundraiser though, at least make sure that you do it in a place where you can reach potential donors. Make sure you have the right church fundraisers for your community. Hopefully, with strategic planning and some help from a marketing team you will be able to get all the funding you need through online church fundraising and live church fundraisers. Your church will be set for the future.

For free fundraising tools that will help you effectively raise money online for your church fundraisers, you can create, manage, and track the success of an unlimited amount of church fundraising campaigns today by using a robust online fundraising platform. Fundraise with ease for your church fundraiser now by using these free and easy to use, church fundraising tools.

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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:24:00 -0700 Church Fundraising Online Helps Churches to Help Out Others http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/causes-they-are-everywhere-and-you-can-donate http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/causes-they-are-everywhere-and-you-can-donate

Church fundraising has been seen as a noble and wonderful past time that has launched careers of many different humanitarians around the world. Collecting for the betterment of a church and its parishioners is one of the best and most original forms of fundraising for a cause. Most religious groups have been running church fundraising campaigns since their inception as a religion. There are very few religious groups within the world who do not recognize the need to help their fellow man with works of charity to the less fortunate. These works raise millions of dollars every year to help not only the charity that would directly benefits from the church fundraising but also other people across the globe who may also be in similar circumstances.

Church fundraisers have been at the center of trying to help people through some of the roughest parts of their lives. Fundraising for churches has been around for hundreds of years and has been present all over the world at one point or another. These days, most of the church fundraising has been centered on North America and has helped people all across the world.

However, some of the best church fundraising campaigns have been the work that has been accomplished online. To raise money online, religious groups really need to be cognizant of the audience that you wish to reach out to and raise money from. Now, this audience may not just be limited to the people in your city or town. As it may be a cause that affects people across the entire world and therefore it would be a good idea to broaden the search for donators to the entire world rather than just your own city or town. To do this you will want to try to use larger medium to raise money online.

These mediums will most likely include a website, blogs, Facebook, YouTube and twitter. You may be familiar with one or even all of these mediums; however they can be used to great effect in raising money online for your church. With these channels, someone around the world from you can hear your message and understand the cause that you are trying to raise money online for. These mediums can help you to reach across the world and broaden your exposure to people and places that you would not be able to on a regular basis. Church fundraising online typically uses some or all of these programs in their quest to raise money over the Internet and the world.

Church fundraisers may be happening right now in your own town. Go and check your local paper, you would be hard pressed to find an issue that some sort of religious group was not trying to raise money for some sort of charity or group. Church fundraising has a wonderful history of kindness and humility that should be considered the next time you try to either raise money for a religious organization or when you may think about giving back to a church fundraiser. These church fundraisers seek to help people do things that they could not do before hand, better the common man.

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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:51:00 -0700 Church Fundraising – Tips for Earning More Money at Church Fundraisers http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-tips-for-earning-more-mone http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-tips-for-earning-more-mone

The only way that churches can raise money is through communion services and church fundraising. When there are mission trips to plan or renovations required for the church, it takes extra effort on everyone’s part to complete as many successful church fundraisers as possible. Some of these events do turn out to be a success, but many of them fall short of the funds needed for the mission, renovation, or other needs for the church. If you want to guarantee that you will get money from your church fundraising efforts, consider some of the tips below.

You have to think about ways to market your church fundraisers. In some cases that may just mean talking about the church fundraising at a Sunday service, but in other cases, you need to think about widespread marketing. Flyers and posters will help a little, but if you really want to reach out to people nowadays, you need to think about doing online fundraising. You can promote your church fundraiser on your social network pages and the church’s website to reach out to as many people as you possibly can. The results if your church fundraising should be much better after that.

Church fundraising online will make it easier for you to keep track of the money that is going in and out of the church, and it will also help you process the money collected from the church fundraising. This makes everything much simpler because you can do it from a computer, and it gives donors a convenient way of contributing to church fundraisers. All they have to do is go online and upload a payment. They are much more likely to give you money if they are able to do it quickly at home.

Successful church fundraising is all about reaching the right people at the right time. You can do that easily on the web, and it will not cost you much money at all. If you are set on having a live fundraiser though, at least make sure that you do it in a place where you can reach potential donors. Make sure you have the right church fundraisers for your community. Hopefully, with strategic planning and some help from a marketing team you will be able to get all the funding you need through online church fundraising and live church fundraisers. Your church will be set for the future.

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Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:34:00 -0700 Church Fundraising Ideas – Boost Your Churches Donations Online http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-ideas-boost-your-churches http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-ideas-boost-your-churches

Church fundrasing activities are noble and worth supporting. The fundraiser must be equipped with what we call church fundraising ideas that would ensure support and donations. Church Fundraising ideas must be feasible and not overly dramatic. They must be convenient, easy, accessible and not painstaking.

Piryx, has revolutionized church fundraising ideas by the use of the internet. The company now provides a solution to the prolonged agony of waiting responses from benefactors to just a few clicks away. Piryx’s answer to the new age is the creation of an online account for church fundraising that would benefit a chosen church or one that the fundraiser is associated with. Setting up the account is in the same manner as creating a Facebook account or signing up for a webmail account. This way, a web page is developed and designed for a certain church fundraising activity or several pages for different set of goals.

Piryx encourages the use of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Multiply, StumbleUpon and the like as sharing hubs for the dissemination of the cause that a church seeks to support. Sharing on these social networks has become a hobby for most users. Current events, social updates, weblogs, celebrity fallouts and the like have been shared one too many times in all of these social sites. People with common goals can easily share one link to others and so it eliminates the hassle of going around and informing other people one by one, door to door. The process allows for a contact to share the link on her wall, and others who become interested can share it too, hence a rapid widespread approach. Link sharing is one of the best church fundraising ideas because it not only utilizes the social network to affect a worthy cause, but it also builds a useful connection to the outside world. Long before the advent of computers, church fundraising has been shown to be very rampant and tiring. Now, with Piryx, fundraising has never been fun.

It does not stop there, the account created is amped with social network features that are set to reinvent and reintegrate your account when necessary. It has personalization features that would allow you to design your page and make it look better. It gives you the freedom to update the status of your cause just like the social networks. It also safeguards the information and progress of your cause. It has an analytical tool that helps you determine which approach is best to further gain recognition and perk up your supporters. Amplify your web page by knowing what needs adjusting, conversion rates, useful gadgets that indicate growth and overwhelming support. What more can you ask from Piryx?

Last but not the least, the establishment of character in social networks can also be applied here. The maintenance of the webpage, the success of the cause and the growth in the number of supporters will reflect on the wellness of the campaign. One way of ensuring growth is to persuade your supporters with the updates, to share the link of the cause to their other networks. This is in a way reaching out to the community without wasting words. Rather, just by accessing your page from the shared links, prospective supporters and benefactors will surely appear right at your doorstep.

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Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:46:00 -0700 Church Fundraising Online Helps Churches Raise Money Fast http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-online-helps-churches-rais http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-online-helps-churches-rais
Some people feel that church fundraising is somehow paradoxical in a sense because having the Supreme Being in their presence means not having any need. However, statistics shows that the church, just like any other organization needs financial help to be able to realize their goals as a group.

The church has a lot of projects that help the poorest of the poor and their members who are in need.  With this, the Bible has different passages that emphasize the need to carry on with helping others because it is a sign of a good member of the church.  The ancient times are a witness to the charitable efforts that are able to bring more benefit to the whole society. This only proves that church fundraising is a legitimate activity that can spawn favorable results not only for the church but also for the society as a whole.

Of course, one of the biggest questions in church fundraising is – how?  It is important to note that it does not have to be a materialistic manner.  There can be a lot of ways possible to have church fundraisers to help them with their causes.  Church-goers can voluntarily give a tithe of their income to the church as a contribution.  They can also opt to donate money every Sunday during mass.  There can also be seasonal events such as Christmas and Lent, which can be great avenues for church fundraisers.  The members of the church organizations can also hold contests, raffles, bake sales or garage sales.  They can raise money through these events and also able to promote togetherness of the community.

These church fundraisers can be difficult to organize and they can take time and effort so that they can be executed well. The best alternative is having online church fundraising.  With the advent of the Internet today and the number of computer literates, it can be a viable alternative to the traditional church fundraisers.

Church fundraising online can help bring together people in the same religion, that are living in other areas.  By bringing them together, you can harness the potential of being in a big group and all rallying to work together for the same cause.  You will never know that someone from another state who is in the same church would want to help you out.  There is strength in numbers and online church fundraising can definitely be the best place for that.

Online church fundraising is taking church fundraisers to a whole new level. Helping the less fortunate has now become easier and more convenient because you can organize everything quickly online and wait for people and their donations to flood in.  Online church fundraising will give the same satisfaction to the donors just as they do their charitable work knowing that they are able to help someone in need.

The Church is an important entity in our society so learn more about how you can help raise funds through an online church fundraising platform today!

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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:16:00 -0700 Church Fundraising: Ideas to Increase Your Donations Online http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-ideas-to-increase-your-don http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/church-fundraising-ideas-to-increase-your-don

Most churches need to fundraise for specific events or assist with charitable causes without using it’s member contributions, or offerings. This is where church fundraising comes into play. By holding a church fundraiser, you can raise money by selling or auctioning off goods that have been donated to your church from other supporters.

So what type of church fundraisers should you have? Quality and faith are necessary components in determining what is best for your congregation and the recipient of the money that will be brought in. A quality fundraising event with quality products will bring, not only more people, but bigger spenders. And faith in what the event is supporting will show buyers that you support the cause and make it easier for them to spend their money with an end goal of helping others.

Quick church fundraisers are fine, but make sure your product is of excellent quality. However, church fundraising online is probably the most convenient way to hold this type of fundraising event. With the massive popularity of social networks, the word can get out to massive amounts of people very quickly, as the web's social communities will allow your chruch to transcend space, time, and geographical boundaries that may limit your chruch's fundraising efforts. And usually this is the most cost effective route to follow.

What is great about using online fundraising platforms to host and promote church fundraisers is the fact that a lack of finances will not keep you from moving forward. Specifically, you don’t necessarily have to have a product to give in exchange for monies. Church fundraising efforts could be aimed more towards a donation model. However, it is always nice for those donating their hard earned money to get something in return.

By promoting your church fundraisers online with your online fundraising platform via email, facebook, and twitter - in that order of importance, in terms of reach, highest conversions on average by your contacts, etc. You will be on your way to minimizing your time and effort that goes into fundraising for your church, while raising the money you need to gain from your community. Share, share, share, and then share some more! Encourage your community to share the links to your church fundraiser with their own social networks and you will succeed with your church's fundraising goals.

So if you do choose to go with an online church fundraising platform and want to provide a quality product in return, then it is easy to have your brochure available for buyers to browse and pledge their purchases. But it is also easy to set up church fundraisers to except donations online. Or perhaps you want to be able to do both. Some may prefer to get a product while other may simply just want to donate to your church. However, most people would not want to feel pressured into buying something, especially if they have no need or use for it, yet would prefer to just give money to the causes they care about. And always, just a little bit of recognition goes a long way for those that do give.

 

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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:23:00 -0700 Raise Money Online With Your Charity Fundraising Efforts http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/raise-money-online-with-your-charity-fundrais http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/raise-money-online-with-your-charity-fundrais

If you are running out of innovative and interesting ideas for your next charity fundraising event, you’ve come to the right place: the internet! Where else can you reach millions of people quickly and effortlessly with just a click of your mouse... and little bits of other efforts? If the thought of running a charity fundraiser online has you confused, don’t worry. With a quality online fundraising platform, all of your fundraising efforts can be quick and painless, and allow you to raise money with ease. 

By using an online fundraising platform, you can create an unlimited amount of fundraising campaigns, share your cause with your supporters, along with thier individual social networks, with the many free tools and resources they provide for you. Not mention, you'll be able raise money using the many social media outlets available on the internet today such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more. You can even manage multiple campaigns for each of these unique outlets.

When using free fundraising tools, it is free and easy to sign up; you can register in just a few minutes. There is no long-term commitment, no set up fee, and no monthly fee. The only charge you may incur is a fee for donation processing. From your dashboard, you will be able to see at a glance how much you’ve raised so far, where the donations are coming from, how much each person donated to your charity fundraiser, and much more. You will be able to analyze and optimize your fundraising campaigns from the valuable information you gather.

When you take your charity fundraising efforts online, you can have a much more effective and successful campaign than all of your offline methods combined. No more baking cookies, or canvassing door-to-door; and no more picking up the phone and calling people who just hang up on you. It can be quite defeating and most likely never produce the results you desire with your fundraising needs. You can streamline your activities and run a more efficient campaign.

Once you start your online fundraising campaign you will be amazed by how many people become aware of your cause and how many donations will start pouring in. The power of the Internet is amazing and if your campaign goes viral, as it does for many causes, millions of people will know about you, your mission, and your charity fundraiser. There is no better way to get the word out about your cause than the using the Internet as your go-to vehicle.

Online fundraising is gaining more popularity as more and more people are getting on the web and tuning in to social media. Facebook is no longer for the college crowd; it has become a way for young and old alike to share information and connect with each other, as it transcends time, space, geographical, and other boundaries that tend to limit human interaction. Think of anyone of your charity fundraisers as just one more thing to share with your friends and family online. 

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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:26:00 -0700 Common Causes for Fundraising http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/47764885 http://fundraisingonline.posterous.com/47764885

 In order for certain causes to continue thriving, financial assistance is almost always required. In most cases, fundraising is the most common and effective solution to help provide ongoing support for a particular group, organization or program. When their financial needs are met, this makes it possible for the cause to remain successful. The most common reasons people donate to causes are to support a local church, school, sports league or non-profit organization, amongst others.

Church Fundraising

Regardless of denomination, many people tend to agree that their local churches are great causes to support because of the programs and services they provide that benefit the parishoners and community. Maintaining and running a church fundraising campaign can be very expensive and because they are typically a non-profit organization, this makes it even more important for individuals to donate to causes that allow a church to keep its doors open. Often times regular donations received by the church are not enough. Many churches hold fundraiser events such as food and clothing drives and even after-school programs for students. When a church’s financial needs are not met, this could result in a loss of such programs and lack of resources.

School Fundraising

It goes without saying that school fundraising campaigns are among the most important causes that people should support. These days, schools require additional assistance with obtaining certain necessities, such as new textbooks, renovating classrooms and purchasing computers and supplies for classes. Fundraisers give the community a chance to donate to school fundraising campaigns that will give those schools the opportunity to ensure that their students receive a fair education that is equipped with the proper resources and items they need to be successful in life.

Sports Fundraising

From local youth sports to adult recreational sports leagues, there are plenty of costs involved that are necessary for a successful and productive seasons. This includes paying for uniforms, travel, referees, and sports equipment. Sports fundraising related causes gives a team a fair shot at providing a positive, team building experience through their favorite sport (i.e. baseball, softball, football, soccer, etc.). When people donate to causes that support their local sports team, they also make it possible for recreational sports programs to continue giving both adults and children alike the chance to participate in an activity that will increase their likelihood of staying out of trouble, build character, leadership, and much more that is gained by being a part of a team.

Non-Profit Fundraising

Out of the many causes in need of financial help, non-profit organizations are among one of the most important to make donations to, for the simple fact that they require these funds in not to just keep their lights on, but to fund projects, and other activities that they care about. As the name implies, non-profit groups do not receive regular payments for their services or programs. Because of this, it is vital that they get donations not only at the state and/or federal level but from wherever they can find such funds. Anytime a financial goal is not reached, this increases the odds of having a non-profit shut its doors for good.

If one of your goals is to donate to a cause or non-profit fundraising for a project and/or operations costs, be sure to support those that are central to your community and are in the greatest need of funds. Not only can you make a financial contribution to benefit your favorite causes, you can also volunteer your efforts to help ensure each fundraising event is successful. 

Free Fundraising Tools

No matter how small or large your cause is, there are a variety online fundraising tools available, yet only a small select few of companies that offer completely free fundraising tools that will allow you raise money online, yet only charge a small transaction fee to cover credit card processing and operating costs, such as company called Piryx.

Instead of paying set up fees, monthly, annual, and/or licensing and consulting fees, you can simply use all the online fundraising tools that will help your cause raise money, yet only pay a small fee based on the performance of using that fundraising platform to process donations, help you manage and grow your donor base, while reviewing analytics to make sense of what would be rather complex information in a simple and intuitive dashboard in order to measure your fundraising campaigns successes and more.

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