Fundraising Ideas

As if organizing events weren't hard enough, it can be even harder to come up with ideas for fundraisers for your cause that are both fun and successful. CITGO has compiled a list of events and ideas you can use to help raise money and awareness for your organization.

Sales

Garage sales, bake and craft sales, silent auctions and door to door cook book sales - Sales tend to require participation by the community and corporate sponsors to supply items. If you are afraid of bad weather, online auctions have yet to be rained out.

Donations

Donation letters, community groups, matching funds, grants, donation containers, and engraved donor plaques - Many organizations have money set aside for grants or matching for other charitable causes. Creating a Facebook profile for your charity is good way of connecting with a larger audience as well as using tools such as PayPal that allow you to accept donations directly through the profile.

Events

Car wash, carnivals and spaghetti dinners - Round up enough volunteers and put on an entertaining and memorable event.

Drives

Aluminum can, glass bottle, recyclable paper, phones and coupons - Some items collected have direct benefit to your organization; and others have redeemable value that can help.