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My Kids attend a catholic school that is funded only by tuition and fund raisers. The problem is they have 30 fundraiser a year that make minimal money. There are so many that they become less and less efective. How many rolls of wrapping paper can you convince people to buy.....?
I need direction on finding bigger and better fund raisers..something that works and will actually get people excited about being a part of....
Thanks you fredg for the link, the problem we are having is that all the ones they have listed we are doing or have failed at before. We need something original that can raise some serious dough so we shorten the amount of fundraising time each parent must spend
Have food sales in some local event (fair, city event)
One group had a "non fund raising" fund raiser they actually sent letters to people who normally buy items and the such and merely asked them to dontae money. Idea, you buy 15 dollar item to help church, only 5 goes to church normally, Just give us 10 you save 5 dollars and we make more money.
Have you ever tried writing funding proposals to local charitable foundations, companies or corporations such as banks? If your school is a registered non-profit and/or charity, you should be able to get some cash grants that way, or at least grants to fund certain school activities. There may even be government grants for this.
In order to do this effectively, you will need to find someone who knows how to write a grant proposal. I used to write such proposals for a living. Here is a website I found useful:
Not only does it list all the possible foundations which grant money and what kind of charities they grant to, but it also gives tips on how to write a good letter of intent, proposal, etc... The site is Canadian but it also includes many foundations and organizations in other countries. Good luck!
You might try doing fewer fund raisers, but do larger ones. They will take more involvement, organization but you might all have more fun doing it, making new friends and probably would generate more revenue thus resulting in fewer fund raisers a year.
Such as holding an annual carnival. One with games made and manned by different groups of your congregation. Charge to play games. Maybe have popcorn, hot dogs, lemonade, etc. If you have a large congregation you could limit attendance to them and their guests.
If you have the room available you might consider putting on a play, this will take some planning. But could advertise and open to the public to attend and charge a small fee.
Have a kitchen? Have members volunteer to organize and donate the ingredients for a Spaggetti Dinner, maybe include a small tossed salad, bread and ask for a small donation
($5.00)? a plate??
Have committee in charge of marketing the event.
Open your mind to ideas that could get the children and adults excited to participate. Selling candy bars, gift wrap, etc is ok but not a lot of fun and most people only buy to support the child selling it. Gets old.
This may sound unholy to you, but many people who donate money, do it to be noticed as a good person. If someone donates cash, any amount, have them thanked on stage for their wonderful donation and make them look like a hero for keeping the school going. After that, things will get competitive.
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