Help Stamp Out Hunger on May 10th

The nation's largest single-day food drive is this Saturday, May 10th. The United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers is conducting their annual Stamp out Hunger food drive. You can very easily participate simply by leaving a non-perishable food item in or by your mailbox.

This is the 14th year of the food drive. Since 1993 more than three-quarters of a billion pounds of food have been collected and distributed to food banks throughout the United States. 35 million people are estimated to be at risk of hunger in the United States, including 12 million children. When you donate food the letter carriers will pick it up on their delivery routes and it will ultimately be delivered to one of the foodbanks or shelters in your community.

Recycling Prom Dresses and Formal Wear Helps High School Kids Attend Their Proms

Anyone who has had a child in high school, one that goes to proms and formal affairs, knows how expensive these activities can be. The costs involved have become so high some families cannot afford for their daughter or son to attend. Fortunately, there are organizations and volunteers across America that collect gently used dresses, gowns, and formal attire and make them available for free to kids who otherwise might not be able to go to their proms.

Business Networking And Fundraising Tips - Set Up A Golf Tournament

One of the most enjoyable and stressful events that one can participate in is a golf tournament. With golf becoming a more popular sport, many businesses, charities, and private organizations are using tournaments as way to network, gain funds or celebrate events. Whatever the reason you may have in wanting to put on a tournament, there are a few things to keep in mind and some helpful hints to ensure that your event is a successful and memorable one.

Buttons of Hope Puts a Face on Fundraising

Buttons of Hope is a company that produces custom photo buttons that can be used in your fundraising efforts. You can use the buttons as a part of your fundraising campaign or the buttons themselves can be a fundraiser.

Nonprofit organizations, clubs and teams can run a Makehope button fundraiser completely online through the Buttons of Hope website. You simply upload your photograph, design your buttons, and create your own button gallery. Your supporters can visit your gallery online and order buttons that are then mailed directly to them. Your button gallery can be password protected for privacy or made public.

Small Business Capital Raising Tips - What Is SCORE

New business owners should explore all possible sources of expertise and help for the venture they're trying to get off the ground. SCORE, or the Service Corp of Retired Executives, is an excellent resource to look into. This national network of retired business owners provides, free of charge, expertise to new business owners for the entire life cycle of their business. The members donate their time and experience to help others.

Fundraising Method Revealed for the Easiest, Quickest, 100 Percent Profit Fundraiser

Are you looking for ways to help your nonprofit organization raise money for an emergency or special project?

Often the easiest or most obvious way to accomplish something is overlooked. In this post I reveal my number one fundraising method for raising money quickly and easily while yielding a one hundred percent profit.

Fundraising - Donate to Hearts and Hands and Receive a Free Copy of Joel Comm's Bestselling Adsense Book

I received an email today from Joel Comm, the "mayor" of WorldVillage.com, letting me know about a nonprofit organization called Hearts and Hands International. Hearts and Hands is an international organization that provides help to children at risk around the world. This is Joel Comm's favorite charity and to help raise money for it, when you make a donation to Hearts and Hands, Joel will give you a free copy of his bestselling book "What Google Never Told you about making money with Adsense."

Fundraising Tips to Help Raise Money for Slate Roofs on Churches and Other Buildings

Many times churches and schools have been in the same building for decades and are in historic buildings with slate roofs. Zoning and regulations may require that the roof can only be replaced with slate shingles. If your church or school is in need of a new slate roof you probably know that it is going to cost you a substantial amount of money. Well over one hundred thousand dollars possibly.

Setting-up Christmas Wreath Fundraisers

Christmas wreath fundraisers are a great way for non-profit groups to make money. Instead of the old standby of selling cookies, candy bars, or cookie dough, selling Christmas wreaths brings in more money and helps bring a festive mood into the neighborhood at the same time.

Christmas wreath fundraisers are a great way to help out your community and help your group raise funds at the same time. Oftentimes the wreaths that are made by non-profit groups have a very competitive price and are of excellent quality. There is a special something that a Christmas wreath brings with it when you know that the purchase has helped out a group you wish to support.

Fundraising Opportunity with CheapPetStore.com - Nonprofits can have their own Pet Store

My last post was about how nonprofit organizations that are involved in animal welfare can raise money by participating in the Pet Nutrition Products (PNP) Charity Program. The PNP Charity Program was most suited to organizations devoted dogs and cats because PNP is a manufacturer and retailer of health-related products for dogs and cats.

I have found another fundraising opportunity with CheapPetStore.com, an online retailer that carries products not only for dogs and cats, but also fish, birds, horses, small mammals and reptiles. In addition to having an affiliate program for nonprofits your organization can it also have your own cobranded pet store.

Fundraising Opportunities with Pet Nutrition Products

Nonprofit organizations that are involved in animal welfare can raise money for their organizations by participating in the Pet Nutrition Products Charity Program. Pet Nutrition Products (PNP) is a manufacturer and retailer of veterinarian created and endorsed vitamins, supplements and health related products for dogs and cats. PNP donates 5% of their gross sales to animal related causes.

Fundraising - eBay Auction of Harry Reid Letter on Rush Limbaugh Raises Over Two Million Dollars for Charity

I have written before about how charities and other nonprofit organizations can raise money by holding auctions on eBay. The recent auction on eBay of an original letter by US Senator Harry Reid concerning Rush Limbaugh sold to the highest bidder for over 2 million dollars. Limbaugh has said that he will match the money that the auction raises. So, four million dollars will be going to the designated charity, The Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation.

Fundraising with Online Charity Malls - Raise Money for Your Nonprofit Organization

Online Charity Malls offer a way for your nonprofit organization, school or club to earn money. You many not be familiar with this type of online shopping fundraiser, however, some of these shopping websites are well established and have been around for many years. Essentially, these shopping websites are portals that represent online retailers. When a purchase is made online through one of these charity malls your organization splits the commission that is earned by the charity mall website.

Go Pink in October for Breast Cancer Awareness

October is upon us and that means that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a consumer you'll be seeing many businesses, both online and offline, selling products with a pink theme. Pink is the color that denotes breast cancer awareness and research.

Last year, Matthew Oliphant, the webmaster of PinkforOctober.org started an initiative asking other webmasters to go "Pink for October" by either changing the color scheme of their websites to pink or by adding a pink banner to their website.

Fundraising Idea - Raise Money at Sports Events

Is your nonprofit organization located in a community that has a university with a sports program? Or, do you live in a city that is large enough to have a professional sports team? If so, there may be fundraising opportunities for your organization by working at sports events.

Fundraising -- Dining out Nights at Local Restaurants

Holding a fundraiser at a restaurant in your community is a great way to earn money for your school or nonprofit organization. This type of fundraiser appeals to families because they get to eat out and socialize while helping raise money for your cause. The restaurants appreciate the extra business and the potential for repeat customers. And your organization can earn several hundred dollars in one evening.

Fundraising - Earn Money Selling Macy's Shopping Passes

On Saturday October 13th Macy's Department stores will be holding their annual Shop for a Cause event. Last year over $9,000,000 was raised for charities across America in one day of shopping.

If there is a Macy's in your town you may want to look into this fundraising opportunity. Any organization, that is a nonprofit, with 501(c)(3) status, can apply to participate in the program.

Fundraising Ideas and Success Stories

Every so often I like to post on fundraisers that I read about. Maybe they will inspire other nonprofits or charities to have their own fundraising event. Here are some successful recent fundraisers.

A First Annual golf tournament fundraiser raised nearly $2,000 for the police and fire departments in the town of Badin, North Carolina. The $50 entry fees for players covered a golf round, a meal with a drink and range balls for warm-ups.

Fundraising -- Share Our Strength Great American Bake Sale

It's time to sign up for the annual Great American Bake Sale! Organizations across America will be holding bake sales from May 19 to August 31, 2007 to help raise money for Share our Strength's campaign to end childhood hunger in America.

Funds raised from community bake sales will directly benefit children in America at risk of hunger where they live, learn, play and worship.

Fundraising - Walk, Ride, or Run for Your Favorite Charity or Cause

Now that Spring time has finally arrived, the weather is nice enough to participate in outdoor fundraising activities. I was recently asked to join in and walk with the WalkAmerica program for the March of Dimes.

I was asked to either donate or participate in one of their walks. So, I went to the March of Dimes website and was able to donate online and find a walk in my
community. The March of Dimes walks are held throughout the United States. They are not all on the same day so the walk I am going to do is about a month after the group I am supporting is going to walk.

Fundraising - BP A+ for Energy Grants

BP, one of the world's largest energy producers, is sponsoring the A+ for Energy Program. Up to five million dollars in grants and scholarships will be awarded in 2007 to schools and teachers for innovative projects focused on energy and energy conservation. The deadline for applications is March 23, 2007, so if you are interest or know of a teacher who might be interested you need to act quickly.

Fundraising on Squidoo.com - Build a Lens on Congenital Heart Defects

In my previous post I wrote about how nonprofit organizations can do fundraising online by building a Squidoo.com lens. I would like to ask all WorldVillage Bloggers and WorldVillage Blog readers to help out any cause or charity you feel touches or inspires you and build your own lens on Squidoo.com. Ask your friends to make a lens too.

I am of the opinion that there are more internet marketers using Squidoo lenses than there are charities and nonprofit organizations. That is because a Squidoo lens is a good way to build links and bring traffic to a website. I hope that more individuals and nonprofit organizations find out about Squidoo.com and start using it for charitable purposes.

Fundraising for Nonprofits with a Squidoo Lens

Those of you who have read this blog for a while may know that I like to find ways to set up long-term fundraisers that are relatively maintenance-free. I also like to find ways to fundraise online. I feel that if a nonprofit organization or charity is not fundraising online now, it is only a matter of time until it will.

There are many ways nonprofit organizations can raise money online either with or without having a website of their own. A new and innovative way is by building a lens on the Squidoo.com website.

Fundraising - Update on Hamburger Helper Hometown Grants

At the end of October last year I posted about the grants program offered by Hamburger Helper. I hope that readers of this blog checked out this fundraising opportunity. A wide variety of nonprofit programs have been funded since I posted about the Hometown Helper Grants.

Here is a look at some of the programs that have been funded since October 2006.

Fundraising Opportunities with Valentine's Day Themes

When you are planning a fundraiser it is often a good idea to base it on a theme. Fundraisers based on holiday themes can help stimulate sales and increase
participation in your fundraising activities. In the United States Valentine's Day is one of the most popular holidays. Why not have a fundraiser based on a Valentine's Day theme and take advantage of a holiday when people are searching for things to buy loved ones and for ways to demonstrate love and affection?

Fundraising with Schwans Frozen Foods

Have you ever been a customer of Schwan's Home Service? If not, you may have seen their yellow trucks making deliveries of frozen food to homes in your neighborhood. Schwan's has been in the business of delivering frozen food for over 50 years. Busy families appreciate the convenience of Schwan's easy-to-prepare meals.

Now, Schwan's has a fundraising program for nonprofit organizations, schools and charities.

Fundraising - Raising Money for St. Jude's Hospital with Blog Comments

The internet has opened up unlimited fundraising opportunities for nonprofit organizations. I discovered a fundraiser that is being conducted by a blogger to raise funds for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. For each comment posted on the Pass the Torch blog, $1.00 will be donated to the hospital.

Fundraising Opportunities with Picateers Photo Sharing

It seems that nowdays just about everyone has a digital camera. Have you been to a school event lately where there was not a parent with a digital camera or camcorder? Another technology becoming more prevalent is online photo sharing. This enables you to share your digital photos over the internet. Wouldn't it be great if the parents at your school could share their pictures of school events?

December Fundraisers of Note

It seems there are as many ways to hold a fundraiser as there are worthy causes and organizations. I have decided to start posting some of the unique fundraising
activities that I find out about. Here are some recent fundraisers that may help inspire you in your fundraising efforts.

Fundraising with Online Shopping Raises Money for Nonprofit Organizations

One method of fundraising I like to recommend is what I call "long-term, hands-free" fundraising. This involves setting up a program that brings in money for your nonprofit organization, year-round, with little effort once it is established. Online fundraising programs are becoming more commonplace and there are many ways to raise money online. One way to raise money is by registering your organization with Bloomees.com.

Fundraising - Bicycle Grant Awards from Bikes Belong

Is your nonprofit organization or club involved with bicycle riding? If so, you should check out a grant funding opportunity from the Bikes Belong Coalition. Since 1999, Bikes Belong has funded 127 grant proposals, awarding more $1 million in cash and leveraging more than $450 million in federal, state, and private funding.

Fundraising - Hamburger Helper Hometown Helper Grants

Hamburger Helper is awarding grants every month from now until next May with the "Hometown Helper" grant program. The grants range from $500 up to $15,000 and are being given to qualified applicants who submit their applications online.

Fundraising - GrantStation.com Membership Discounts on October 25th Only

On October 25th nonprofit organizations that are interested in grant funding and grant research have the opportunity to purchase a year-long membership to GrantStation.com at a huge discount. A GrantStation.com membership includes a comprehensive set of grant research tools and provides access to a database of national, regional, and local grantmakers. both private and governmental.

Fundraising With Holiday Gift Shops

The fall and winter holiday season is a busy time for everyone, including those involved in nonprofit fundraising. Holiday times are a good time for themed fundraisers. People are in the mood for giving to others less fortunate during holiday times. At this time of year people also appreciate being able to buy fundraising products that they can use during the holidays or give as gifts.

Fund Raising Online Is It Worth The Effort?

When it comes to fund raising it’s often hard to know what is the most profitable approach. Regardless what you are fundraising for it is important not to overlook the benefits of doing some online fund raising.

For starters, fundraising online allows you to reach more people. Email is a great method of contacting supporters including family and friends from different geographic locations in addition to those close at home.

Just think of how many more fundraising dollars you could bring in if you could reach potential supporters from coast to coast and not just rely on dollars collected at arms length?

Fundraising - Free Fundraising Teleseminars

Are you interested in learning more about fundraising products and fundraising methods? There is a national fundraising company that offers a series of free teleseminars on fundraising. This Tuesday, October 17th, fundraisingteleseminars.com is presenting a teleseminar on cookie dough fundraising.

Fundraising - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Not only are many organizations promoting awareness of breast cancer, there are many fundraisers being conducted this month to raise money for breast cancer research. Many national retail stores are selling pink-themed items and donating a portion of the proceeds to various breast cancer organizations.

Fundraising -- Google Grants Program Gives Free Advertising to Nonprofits and Charities

Does your nonprofit organization or charity have a website? Hopefully it does. Do you have an advertising budget? If you do, it is probably not as large as you would like it to be. Most nonprofit organizations rely on various methods of free advertising, such as press releases, as their primary method of advertising. You may not be aware of the Google Grants program that gives free AdWords advertising, worth thousands of dollars, to nonprofit organizations and charities

Fundraising - National Quilt Pink Day September 30, 2006

Are you a quilter or do you kow someone who enjoys quilting? If you're an avid quilter you may have already heard of National Quilt Pink Day - a fundraising event to take place on September 30, 2006 at quilt shops throughout the country to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Fundraising -- Community Cookbooks Raise Money for Nonprofit Organizations

In my last post I wrote about the fundraising cookbook that the Weber Grill Company produced to raise money for injured U.S. Marines and their families. Fundraising cookbooks have been around for decades and they are still one of the most popular fundraising activities for small nonprofit organizations. The best way to produce a community cookbook is by using the resources of one of the many companies that produce cookbooks for nonprofit groups.

Fundraising -- Weber Grill's Cookbook Raises Money for U.S. Marines

Weber Grills has published a fundraising cookbook that will benefit United States Marines who have been wounded in the line of duty and the families of U.S. Marines who have been killed in the line of duty. The cookbook is titled "Command of the Grill," and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to four charities that serve Marines.

Fundraising -- Best Buy will award $3.5 Million to Schools

Is your school located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store? If so, you should look into the Teach Award program sponsored by Best Buy. Best Buy will be awarding more than $3.5 million to accredited K-12 public, private and parochial schools in the United States through the Best Buy Teach program. The online application deadline is September 30, 2006 so check it out as soon as possible.

Fundraising - Macy's Shop for a Cause Day on September 16th

Macy's Department Stores are having a special one-day shopping event throughout the nation on Saturday, September 16th. The event is called "Shop for a Cause" and is aimed at helping local nonprofit organizations and support the community wherever there is a Macy's. You can also shop online for a cause at the Macy's website

Fundraising - Nonprofits Benefit From Shopping Rewards Programs

It's back to school time and fall fundraising is beginning. This is a very busy time of year, not just for school organizations, but many nonprofit organizations are kicking off their fall fundraisers right about now. I always recommend that nonprofits have some long-term, relatively hands-free, fundraisers in place. shopping rewards programs are a good way to fundraise year-round.

Fundraising - Update on the Heart Kids Blogathon

This is an update on Dr. Mani's 24 hour Blogathon.

The blogathon is over and almost $22,000 has been raised! Last year during the 2005 Heart Kids Blogathon $7,125 was raised, so that is quite an increase over last year. You can still donate to this worthy cause. The following is a recap of the blogathon.

Fundraising - Heart Surgeon to Hold a Blogathon on September 9th

On Saturday September 9th, Indian heart surgeon Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian is conducting a blogathon to raise money for children in India who are born with heart defects. The doctor, known to many as Dr. Mani, will stay awake for a 24-hour, day-and-night blogging marathon.

Fundraising - Target to Award $800,000 in Education Grants

Target Corporation has just started accepting applications for its Target Field Trip Grants Program. Through this new program, Tatget will award more than 800 grants of up to $1,000 to education professionals throughout the United States. Taget is awarding the grants with the purpose of helping teachers enhance student understanding and increase student achievement by bringing learning to life during field trips outside of the classroom.

Fundraising Thermometers Motivate Volunteers and Donors

One of the key aspects of any fundraising activity is letting people know what your monetary goal is. Your organization should decide how much money you need to raise and what you are going to use the money for. Then you need to let your members know what part they are supposed to play in the fundraiser.

Fundraising - Dine out on August 29th with Restaurants for Relief 2

Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast region of the United States last year on August 29th. Most people are aware that the recovery is still on-going. This year on August 29th you and your family can dine out one of the 1000's of restaurants across the nation that are participating in the Share our Strength's Restaurants for Relief 2 fundraising event.

Fundraising for Nonprofits with Tupperware

Is your nonprofit organization looking for something to sell this fall to earn some money? You may want to look into Tupperware instead of the usual things like gift wrapping and candy. If you visit the Tupperware website you'll find that Tupperware offers nonprofits the opportunity to earn up to 40% of sales on their fundraising products.

Fundraising -- Forecast Calls for Blizzard Activity Today

Major blizzard activity is forecasted throughout the country today, August 10th. No, it's not the weather forecast. It's about helping children in need with fundraising for the Children's Miracle Network.

Fundraising for Nonprofits with Online Auctions

When you think of fundraising with online auctions, the first thing that probably comes to mind are eBay auctions. eBay auctions have become a popular way to raise funds for nonprofit organizations. At any given time you will find thousands of items being sold on eBay for charity.

Fundraising Resources from the Foundation Center

One of the best ways to start learning about fundraising and grants is by visiting the Foundation Center, either online, or in person. I suggest spending some time at the website of the the Foundation Center which provides a wealth of information.

Fundraising - Grant Proposals

In my last post I wrote about community foundations as sources for funds for nonprofit organizations. In order to receive a grant from a foundation you have to, of course, submit a proposal for your project along with supporting documents. Each foundation has its own requirements but they all want to see generally the same documents.

Community Foundations Provide Grants for Local Nonprofits

Most communities, if they are large enough, have a community foundation. If there is no community foundation in your town there is still probably a community foundation supporting nonprofit organizations in your geographic area.

Collaborate with other Nonprofit Organizations for Successful Fundraising

If your nonprofit organization doesn't have the resources, personnel or experience
necessary to carry out a large scale fundraising event, consider collaborating with
other groups in your community.

Fundraising for Hurricane Relief Continues

This year's hurricane season has started already but thousands of people have yet to get their lives back to normal after last year's hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast states.

Willie Crawford, a well-known internet marketer has a fundraising effort underway to raise money for a homeless shelter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Fundraising - When Volunteers Leave Your Nonprofit

A while back I wrote about why people volunteer for nonprofits and how your organization can use this information to seek out and retain volunteers. This is important because of the volunteer turnover that many organizations experience, especially at this time of year. Most of the reasons that nonprofit organizations experience turnover during the summer are obvious.

Fundraising - Lemonade Days 2006