Maximize non-profit charity benefit fundraiser fundraising auction ideas
for groups, schools, PTAs, clubs, churches, associations and organizations
One-Stop Fundraising
There are many companies that are one-stop fundraising shops. They have many programs to choose from. Here are a few.3-J Fundraising
Up to 90% profit. Products include Hershey, M&M's, scratch cards, jewelry, cookie dough, candles, safety products, wreaths, cheesecakes, flower bulbs, custom printed tee shirts & more. No cost for delivery. No minimum order for most products. (www.safefundraising.com)
Campus Fundraisers
Proven, profitable fundraising programs for motivated college student groups including:MTV, Magazine subscription, linen, care packages, and online surveys. (www.campusfundraiser.com)
eFundraising.com
One of the world's leading fundraising companies, and the youngest division of QSP Reader's Digest. They offer proven fundraising programs at up to 100% profit. (www.efundraising.com)
EZFund.com
50% profit & up on lollipops, $1 chocolate bars & Smencils. Satisfaction guaranteed! Gourmet cookie dough, cheesecakes, Otis Spunkmeyer brownies & pretzels & brochures ranging from candles & cappuccino to Butterfly Garden seeds! (www.ezfund.com)
FundRaising.Com
Free samples! 50%-86% profit on 50+ high-profit fundraising products to choose from. Lollipops, scratch cards, cookie dough, candy bars, healthy fundraisers, candles, catalog, jewelry, cheesecake & personalized items. 100% guaranteed. (www.fundraising.com)
JustFundraising.com
Best selling order-takers! No money up front! We have everything from gift-wrap to first-aid kits, nuts and snacks, holiday shoppers, frozen cookie dough and pizza, flowers, aromatherapy products and much more. Earn up to 55% profit! Free brochures! Free shipping! (www.justfundraising.com)
School Mate Fundraising
Earn 50% profit selling cookbooks, scrapbook kits, journals and more. No-risk fundraiser. Order only what you pre-sell. We also offer a prize incentive program. (www.schoolmate.com/fund/features/fundraisingfeatures.asp?ref=fipc)
Phone/Cell/Communications
Blessed Hope Communications15% profit on 4.9 cent/minute rechargeable pinless phone cards or 10% on long distance services monthly service. Free website included with fundraiser! (www.lowermyphonebill.com/chambers/)
UsedCellPhones.com, LLC
Provides free classified advertising space for your charity to collect cell phones and sell them yourself, or directly to us (cash within 30 days), or let us sell them for you. (www.usedcellphones.com)
Phone Fund
This is a simple fundraiser for schools, churches and community organizations. You can execute this quickly and with no upfront cost to you! Help save the environment and give new life to old cell phones!(www.phonefund.com)
Scratch Card
Scratch cards offer 80% - 90% profit, are easier than and nearly twice as profitable as candy bars. Pocket sized booklets have with scratch off dots and a coupon pad. The front cover may have your organization name and logo imprinted. Some scratch cards come in a choice of colors so you can match your team colors and show your team sprit.Supporters scratch 2 or more dots on a card and pay (donate) the total of the amounts revealed! Most cards raise $100 when the card is completely scratched off. Cards cost about $20, so your profit is $80 per card. Profit potential is impressive.
Scratch card fundraisers are quick
and simple. There is no order-taking or delivery, and you collect on the spot.
Some companies allow you to include and sometimes customize coupons to your
local area. This gives donors a good value, for example $50 in coupon savings
from merchants they actually shop at. If you can customize coupons, include
some of your group's sponsors… or use this as an extra part of the fundraiser.
Those getting coupons could pay $50, $100, $250 or more to have their
coupon offered!
NOTE:Many of
the
One-Stop Fundraising options have scratch off programs.
Skratchers
Make 90% profit in record
time, hassle-free! America's #1 scratch card program. Best coupons for
your donors - Pizza Hut, Subway, JC Penney, Jiffy Lube, Blimpie, etc. Free
incentive prizes from BlockBuster & McDonald's. Make your next scratch card
fundraiser your best ever! Awarded most dynamic & interactive fundraising
website!(www.skratchers.com)
Scratch & Help
Scratch & Help is the fastest and
most profitable scratch card fundraiser for your team or group, profiting you a
whopping 400% ROI or 90% profit! Each Scratch & Help booklet is personalized
with your group's logo and has a coupon pad inside with great coupon offers from
Pizza Hut, TCBY, Mrs. Field's cookies, Blimpie, JC Penny, etc. (www.scratchandhelp.com)
Top Profits Fundraising.
500% profit scratch card.
With the Top Profits card, fund-raisers approach potential donors with a scratch
off donation card and ask them to scratch off one or more circular labels. The
amount they donate is the amount underneath the scratch-off label. (www.top-profits.org)
Scrip
Scrip Fundraising is a program where you purchase gift certificates or gift cards (referred to as scrip) at a discount. Donors purchase the gift cards from you at face value and use like cash or credit cards. The price difference is kept by the non-profit organization.Diamond Card™ (since 1987) is a community discount card that makes everybody happy. Profits up to $9.50 per card! Two Fundraising programs to choose from:"We Do It," and "You Do It." Cards are easy to sell. (www.thediamondcard.com)
The Discount Card - Up to 80% profit. Card features 12 to 15 businesses in your town which offer discounts on products and services to cardholders in your local area. Great discount card fundraiser! (www.thediscountcard.com)
Entertainment Publications- 50,000 groups proved Entertainment makes fundraising easy by raising $95,000,000 last year alone offering Entertainment discount coupon books and Sally Foster catalogue featuring gift-wrap, gifts, & chocolates. (http://www.fundraising.entertainment.com)
Fundraisers1 - Value Cards:2-for-1 and 50% discounts at your local restaurants and businesses! Up to 15 listings of your choice on back of the 'credit card' with your school logo or photo on the front. Sell 3 get one free. (www.valuecard.us)
Scrip.com
Buy Scrip at Fortune 1000 companies like Marriott, Carnival, supermarkets, restaurants, gasoline, department stores, restaurants. 100+ well-known businesses to choose from. (www.scrip.com)
Silent Auctions
Run silent auctions in conjunction with major events, where you have a lot of attendance and most of the people will be there most of the duration of the event. Silent auctions operate throughout the evening and do not interfere with the evening the way a public auction can.First secure prizes. Schools may be able to get many donations from businesses owned by parents, local business and sport organizations. Sports memorabilia is always a very popular item. It’s a big incentive to give publicity to those donating prizes.
Set aside one section of the room where most of the traffic will be (if possible), and use this area to display the prizes. Make the display colorful and eye appealing.
Place BID CARDS in front of each item displayed. Indicate starting bids anywhere from 25% - 50% of the retail value. Set starting bids higher with wealthy audiences. You may wish to have a large board on display in your auction area showing the current highest bid. Make sure to announce a few minutes before the auction is about to close and encourage bidders to check that they still have the highest bid.
At the end of the auction, the highest bidder wins. Collect payment and give prizes and gift certificates before everyone leaves.
Smencils
Smencils look and feel like wooden pencils, but they are manufactured from newspaper. This is a great way to help the environment since it’s a recycled product. Smencils come in several fun gourmet scents! You actually see the layers of newspaper when you sharpen them! They sharpen the same as wood pencils, and they smell delightful!Smencils look great too. Each has a colorfully designed wrapping on it that coordinates with the scent and comes in its own freshness tube. This great fundraising product offers profit margins around 50%. They are easy to sell and make a wonderful alterative to chocolates.
NOTE:Many of the One-Stop Fundraising options have Smencils.
Smencils.com
Raise thousands of dollars in your community with the most reliable fundraiser there is. Not only are you raising money, you're also doing something good for the environment at the same time. This is fundraising with a purpose. (smencils.com/fundraising.html)
Street Numbers
Visit homes in your local area and paint street numbers on the curb! This safety move is appreciated by police and fire departments. It is an easy fundraiser. All you need is a:set of stencil numbers, square stencil cutout, can of white reflective paint, and can of black paint.Use the square stencil to guide you while spray painting a large white square in reflective paint. Then use the black paint to paint the house number in stencils. It’s done in only takes a few minutes. You can charge $15, $20 or $25. You know your clientele!
Surveys
Conduct on-line surveys. Ask your members to complete an on line survey. You receive payment for each survey completed. This is an easy way to earn large sums of money.NOTE:Many of the One-Stop Fundraising options have online survey fundraisers.
