Fundraising Ideas

This week I attended the Museum Fundraising Summit, a brilliant conference for museum about how to boost their donations. The event highlighted the many different ways that cultural institutions are fundraising, from donor circles to memberships to more unique initiatives. This talk from the Tank Museum sharing how they’re now earning 30% of their revenue…

Not every fundraising idea is a winner for every kind of charity. Even so, there are many fundraising ideas that go beyond the standard ones that every charity has tried from time to time, such as auctions or sponsored coffee mornings. Although such events certainly have their place, there are many more original ways to…

In a bid to capture the imagination of the public just as much as to raise funds, the Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) decided to launch a new project in February that was designed to put the ‘fun’ back into the charity. The fundraising scheme involved the animal rescue charity asking for donations of $15 from…