Jeans Day

In a more formal work environment where clothing is generally business formal each day, casual days are precious commodities. Several companies have implemented Jeans Day where employees donate to wear casual for a day. The donation differs but usually it is from $5 to $10 at lowest.

Pay It Forward

If you don’t have a funding budget, you can think about using a sponsorship ask amount and split it up among different employees or departments to reach fundraising goals. Begin from the top- request the executives to offer $100 each and ask someone to give as well. If it is a bigger company and is aiming to raise $5,000, each department or division can be requested to raise $1,000 each. Suppose if there are 200 employees in each department or division, they can easily contribute $5 each and can request a colleague to do the same. If there are 100 employees, they can each contribute $10.

Oldies but Goodies

If the employees have a small amount of free time, they can organize a bake sale or car wash. These activities need some coordination among the employees but are not more time-consuming.  They are good fundraising techniques if they’re done in a highly crowded area.

Creative Motivation

People usually decline participation in these activities. So if the employees imagine that they can’t participate financially, you can ask them to do a transaction. For instance, you can ask unwilling employees to make a $5 contribution instead of their $5 morning latte. Motivating them can be an efficient way to get employees involved.

The select a good fundraising company is not very easy. Many things need to be considered while making this selection. Some important points are,

- Every fundraising project involves a product. You need to know the average sell-through rate of the company. Also, find out the average purchase made per family. The better these values, the better the company is.

-Ask for the percentage of sales that your group will receive. Enquire whether there is any additional fee like fuel surcharge, shipping cost etc.

-You should know how much time the sales representative will give to your company. These companies normally handle more than one client at the same time. In such a case there is a probability that they may not give full attention to your project.

-Sometimes it happens that some orders came after the expiration of the project also. Are they going to give you the same share of profit for these late orders?

-How the product is going to be distributed? The process of packing and delivery generally varies, depending mainly upon the location.

-What the company does if an item goes out of stock? Do they place a backorder for the item, or replace it with something else?

-How they handle the damaged good or unsatisfactory product? Are they going to impose the cost on your group, or replace it with their own cost?

Finally ask for three reference companies. If the company is a new one, then it can’t give you the proper answer.

Go for those companies which are old, in the sense that they should have experience in the company fundraising niche. There are such companies for real out there. They have a professionally hired staff to carry out all these activities. They have the knowledge and understanding on how to help you find the right kind of product which will be vital for you.

For example, you are raising funds for a school. You can get a lot of help from such company fundraising where such companies actually have a footing in the school environment. For this you can use keywords like ‘school fundraising company’ etc.

• Fairs or Get-togethers: Fund raising companies are a lot in this. Raising funds through fairs and get-togethers is comparatively easier. Fairs can be arranged according to the current festivities or which are round the corner. A good amount can be easily generated through this mode.

• Sports Events: Tournaments can be arranged which are locally preferred among the people. Remember, go for such sports activities only. The greater the love for a certain sport, the larger the number of people turning up and you know, the more the presence, the greater funds will you raise. Golf, Tennis, Softball, Basketball etc. are some of the sports that you can arrange according to the available sources and resources.

• Compatibility: This is important for your funds to climb high. You should not be looking for a company that is not in the same niche as your group is.