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FUNDRAISING IDEAS FOR CHURCH Fundraising Ideas for Church

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In the past, churches would take up offerings on a Sunday morning by passing around collection plates. Members would toss in their cash or check contributions

20 FUNDRAISING IDEAS FOR CHURCHES

1 ONE FOR ONE

The famous “Buy One, Give One� concept, popularized by TOMS, is a straightforward and inspirational way online donations for churches

2 GIVE IT UP

Nonprofits and churches from around the world have used this effective fundraising technique for years

“GIVE IT UP” FUNDRAISER ORGANIZED

BY NEUROBLASTOMA UK I gave up my daily cappuccinos and texted to donate £3 each day I walked straight past the coffee shop! It was a great feeling. In total I gave £42 plus Gift Aid to save children’s lives. Who needs caffeine when you can get a kick from supporting such an amazing cause?

3 TEXT TO GIVE

Mobile fundraising is a simple way to receive donations as a faith-based organization

Atpay.com has a detailed guide on text-to-give method

4 THE DIGITAL OFFERING PLATE

Offering plates have been used by churches and other faith-based organizations as a primary way to receive donations ever since the early 19th century

5 CROWD FUNDING

Crowdfunding is a term that refers to any effort to raise money with donations from a large number of people, and it was initially used as a way to attract small-scale investments to forprofit organizations

6 PEER-TO-PEER​ ​

FUNDRAISING

Peer-to-peer fundraising features multiple individuals creating individual crowdfunding pages and linking them to your church. Here is the difference

7 GIVING TUESDAY

GivingTuesday, a global day for giving, powered by collaboration and social media, falls on November 28th this year. In 2016, $177 million were raised for #givingtuesday, which was a 44% increase compared to the previous year

8 FESTIVITIES, FESTIVITIES

Holidays are a great time to reach out to your local community and fundraise. People are in the spirit of giving, and they also somewhat expect to be solicited

9 AUCTIONS

Get the local businesses to donate a variety of items. Hire an auctioneer, promote the event, and cater some food and drinks. Make sure everyone is aware of the rules beforehand

10 STUFF​ ​FOR​ ​ BUCKS

Your church can use congregants’ unwanted goods to raise money and give the unwanted stuff a new home (yay for sustainability)! These work similarly to yard sales

OTHER​ ​CHURCH​ FUNDRAISING​ IDEAS

11 PAY TO PLAY SPORTS DAY

Host sports events, such as a day of tournament play or pay-to-play sports challenges

12 COFFEE​ ​ MORNING

Assemble a coffee stand in front of the church or on the street on Sunday morning and sell coffee to congregants

13 HOST​ ​A​ ​SHOW

Talent Show, Bingo or Trivia Night are fun and child-friendly church fundraising ideas

14 ​HOST​ ​A​ ​FOOD​ ​ EVENT​

Host a popular chilli cook off or organize a World Food Day, especially if your community includes members from various world cultures

15 THREADS​ ​OF​ ​ HOPE​

Keep the other 50% of the sales You send 50% of the sales

Contact Threads of Hope They even cover the shipping cost They’ll ship you their product

16 DOG​ ​DAY​ ​SAT URDAY

Choose a Saturday and provide doggie care for half the day

17 PARENTS​ ​ NIGHT​ ​OUT

Choose a night where you will keep the children department at your church open for the night

18 ​A​ ​RED​ ​LETTER​ ​ DAY​

Simply send out personalized, heartfelt letters to members of your community asking them to donate for the repair

19 BAKE​ ​SALE​ ​ OR​ ​BAKE​ ​OFF

For a bake sale, you just need volunteers to bake the goods and some more volunteers to sell the cookies and cupcakes

20 MOVIE​ ​NIGHT

A real crowd pleaser, for this church fundraising idea you need a familyfriendly movie, a projector and a screen, and some comfy seats

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