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A fundraiser is an event or campaign whose primary purpose is to raise money for a cause. See also: fundraising. A fundraiser can also be an individual or company whose primary job it is to raise money for a specific charity or non-profit organization. Fundraisers often benefit charitable, non-profit, religious, or non-governmental organizations, though there are also fundraisers that benefit for-profit companies and individuals. Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... Fundraising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in-kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Look up event in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... “Electioneering” redirects here. ... Fundraising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in-kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ... This article is about charitable organizations. ... This article is about charitable organizations. ...

Individuals who raise funds for charities are often directly employed by the charitable organization and are called directors of development. More often, charities rely on individuals and companies who are expert in the complex field of fundraising. For other uses, see Organization (disambiguation). ...

Fundraisers are just like any other money-making operation in that they work by exploiting the difference between the cost of producing the event or campaign and the amount of revenue it takes in. Successful fundraisers generally have a wide gap between the production costs and revenue, and unsuccessful fundraisers have a small gap or no gap. Fundraisers may actually lose money when their costs exceed projected revenues.

Because the main purpose of a fundraiser is usually to raise as much money as possible, they commonly employ techniques to keep their costs as low as possible. Costs are kept low by using one or more of these techniques:

• Charging inflated prices for products (usually: goods, services, entertainment, or affiliation).
• Charging competitive prices for products that are secured at low-cost or no-cost.
• Encouraging individuals or corporations to give money without receiving anything material in return.
• Using volunteer labor.

There are many common kinds of fundraiser events. All of these events employ one or more of the techniques above:

• Meals and Entertainment (e.g. campaign dinner)
• Sales Drive (e.g. product sales)
• Capital Campaign (e.g. campaign to finance new building)
• Membership Campaign (format of low dollars - high participation to bring in new donors)
• Competitive or Sporting Events (e.g. golf tournament, walkathon)
• Services (e.g. partnering with a carwash company on a specific day)
• Online Fundraisers (e.g., charitable web-search Freelanthropy and online product sales)
• Person-to-Person Fundraising Page
• auctions (e.g. silent auctions of donated items, often accompanying a charity event such as a black-tie dinner)
• Sponsored walk

In addition to fundraising events, schools, sports leagues, and community groups often sell products to raise money. Hundreds of types of products are sold to raise money. Popular product fundraisers include: This article is about the sport. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Freelanthropy was started in 2004 to help non-profit organizations raise money online. ... An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sponsored walk. ...

• Bottled Water Fundraisers
• Candy Fundraisers
• Candle Fundraisers
• Catalog Fundraisers
• Coffee Fundraisers
• Cookbook Fundraisers
• Cookie Dough Fundraisers
• Custom Imprinted Item Fundraisers
• Discount Card Fundraisers
• Donor Brick Fundraisers
• Flowers & Bulb Fundraisers
• Frozen Pizza Fundraisers
• Magazine Fundraisers
• Recycling Fundraisers
• Scratch Card fundraisers
• Wrist Band fundraisers (popularized by Lance Armstrong's famous yellow Livestrong bracelet)

Such product fundraisers by IRC 501(c)(3) educational, charitable or religious organizations in the United States are not subject to Unrelated Business Income Tax unless a business is regularly carried on. Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... The Live Strong Band The Live Strong Yellow Band is a yellow wristband developed by cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong in summer 2004. ... Unrelated Business Income Tax in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code is the tax on unrelated business income, which comes from an activity engaged in by a tax-exempt 26 USCA 501 organization that is not related to the tax-exempt purpose of that organization. ...

See also

Look up fundraiser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Campaign finance
• Photography Fundraisers
• Community organization
• Donor recognition
• Harambee
• Fundraising
• Online fundraising
• Charity sale

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Political campaign Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for election campaigns. ... Community organizations are nonprofits that operate within a single local community. ... With origins in the early 20th century, a donor recognition wall (also known as a donor wall or donor display) is typically a wall-mounted display found in a centralized location of a hospital, university, museum, library, worship facility, or other nonprofit institution. ... Harambee is Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, eg. ... Fundraising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in-kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ... Fundraising for Non-profit organizations and membership organizations has traditionally required a combination of personal requests, direct-mail asks, telephone solicitations and special events. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... In modern usage, the practice of charity means the giving of help to those in need. ... Philanthropy is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective. ... Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ... Tzedakah (Hebrew: צדקה) in Judaism, is the Hebrew term most commonly translated as charity, though it is based on a root meaning justice .(צדק). Judaism is very tied to the concept of tzedakah, or charity, and the nature of Jewish giving has created a North American Jewish community that is very philanthropic. ... This is a sub-article of Islamic economical jurisprudence. ... For the ethical doctrine, see Altruism (ethics). ... Love gift Man presents a cut of meat to a youth with a hoop. ... A Donation is a gift given, typically to a cause or/and for charitable purposes. ... Alternative giving or virtual giving is a form of gift giving where the donor, instead of buying a gift for the recipient, makes a donation to a charitable organization in the recipient’s name and the organization provides a certificate or card for the recipient. ... NGO redirects here. ... A charitable trust is a trust established for charitable purposes. ... A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations. ... A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nonprofit. ... Charity Navigator is an independent, non-profit organization that evaluates American charities. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Charity badge - a widget used on web-sites, blogs, social networks or e-mail for promotion of some humanitarian initiative, mainly gathering donation for charity projects. ... For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation). ... A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ... Charitable contribution deductions for United States Federal Income Tax purposes are defined in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code as contributions to or for the use of certain listed nonprofit enterprises. ...

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