Fundraising Ideas

Read a news story about a cute idea for a school fundraiser.
In this one, students get pledges from sponsors to donate a certain amount for each A grade they get on their report card. The middle school students are using the concept of good grades to raise money to help students in Africa.
A’s For […]

It seems like every day there’s a new story about scammers taking people’s money by pretending to be helping a charitable group or worthy cause. This morning I read a disturbing article about a new scam using the death of a California Highway Patrol officer to steal money.
It got me wondering just how big a […]

I get a lot of questions about school fundraising - what works best, which fundraiser should we do, how can we do better with our next one, etc.
Well, there isn’t any one answer that applies to all situations, but there are some generalities that do apply.

Parents need to be motivated
You can’t fundraise all the […]

Just posted a new article on school fundraising success.
You have to decide which approach you want to take:
1 - Sell products
2 - Organize an event
3 - Sell raffle tickets
For elementary schools, I always recommend that you do at least two events a year and one product fundraiser.
Do some sort of athletic-based event […]