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How to find the best fundraising ideas for your non-profit?
On the surface, finding fundraising ideas is easy.  Get together a group of co-workers or co-volunteers into a brainstorming session, and you will likely get a list of  fundraising ideas ranging from jumble sales to door-to-door selling to a direct mail campaign.  It is not simply a matter of picking an idea, any idea. To be successful at fundraising, you carefully need to consider which fundraising ideas work well for your group. Choosing the wrong ideas is disastrous: you will waste time, money, and effort to get little or no financial return and the failure to raise funds may well ruin the morale and motivation of your group. Getting out of the financial
hole left by a bad fundraising campaign can also be quite difficult, especially for small non-profits.There are a few things that separate a good fundraising idea from a bad one:

•Cost of getting going should be what you can afford to spend
•Good use of resources and talents
•You have enough people power - or can get enough for it
•It is a theme-appropriate idea for your group
•It is appropriate for the size of your group
•It does not require expensive resources you do not have
•It is likely to appeal to donors
•It gives added value to your donors - your donors will feel that they are getting something from the experience
•It will bring in the required money.

You will need to consider these requirements against every idea you consider making sure that you are choosing a fundraising idea with some legs.
However, we did all the hard work for you to find fundraising ideas by starting with our ready list of  "good fundraising ideas" rather than starting with brainstorming.

So consider the many ways that non-profits raise money for their programs and groups and choose your fundraising ideas carefully.

Sales:
Gardening Sales
Craft Sales
Children’s Sales
Bake Sales
Book Sales
Jumble Sales
Home or Arts Sales
Auctions Sales

Marathons:
Dance-a-thons
Sew-a-thons
Exercise-a-thons
Clean-a-thons
Kiss-a-thons
Marathon fasts
Cook-a-thons
Eating contests
Sit-ins
Read-a-thon

Drives:
Blood drives
Food drives
Toy and gift drives
Book drives
Housewares drives
Clothing drives
Volunteer drives

Events:
Fairs or bazaars
Entertainments
Dances
Movie Nights
shows
Bingo/casino
Dinners
Holiday events
Tours
Hay rides

More easy fundraising Ideas:
Fundraising Company Sales
Door to door appeal
Direct Mail
Donation boxes
Group cooperation
Services for hire
Grants
Telethons
Telemarketing
E-mail campaign
Lotteries and raffles