Before I get started here I am sure that I will not be able to cover the majority of the good ideas because there is probably 100’s of wonderful ideas on how to raise money for a charity, these 4 ways are the ways that I have found to work out best for the people we have done business with in the recent past. So without further fluff lets get into it.

1. Magazine Fundraising - no inventory, around 40% of the profit goes to your charity and it is something that a lot of people want to have. Granted this is a big seller and has a lot of success, I am not a personal fan of this method. The magazines are ones where I would never have a subscription. I have nothing against the magazines, but I don’t have much time to read a lot of things I am not extremely passionate about, and celebrities lives are one of those things. Sorry for the rant, but there are a lot of people that enjoy this and in the past these have sold really well for fundraisers.

2. Coupon Books – These are beneficial to both the charity and the person getting the book. Plus these are also beneficial to the merchant that has the coupon in the book. The reason this is so successful is that it is a win win win, all the way around.

3. Silent Auctions – These tend to drawn in a lot of people that are intending to spend money at the event. Plus these can be a lot of fun, you can find items that will be donated or you can get items that come on consignment to your organization, like the items you can find here on this site.

4. Raffles – This is by far the best way to raise money for your charity. The reason is the overhead is rather low, just the paper to print the items, there is no hassling with inventory. The items that are up for raffle are quality travel or big ticket items and the price to enter is always really low. Granted we may have a little bit of bias to why we think this is the best, but we have done all the others in the past and have found that the amount of money that can be earned through this method is the most and can be the quickest.

This should give you and your board a good idea of where to start out. These ideas have all worked and it is a good idea to try them all out. Rotating them at different times throughout the years, holding them at different times that make sense. The different times are all dependent on what type of organization you are in. Schools will be on different schedules than regular charities and visa versa.