Easy Fundraising Ideas

Make your fundraiser stand out from the rest with unique fundraising ideas. Here’s your guide to tried-and-tested ideas that breaks down how to get donors’ attention, inspire donations and boost social shares in your community.

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Fundraising ideas that spark creativity

Medical

Raise funds to cover out-of-pocket expenses for private healthcare needs like operations, medicine and even loss of earnings due to time off from work. Raise funds for family or friends facing illness or medical debt.

Funeral and memorial

Reduce the financial burden of a loved one’s funeral by fundraising for a memorial service or raise money to honour their memory with a scholarship fund.

Pets and animals

Raise funds for your pet’s veterinary care, treatments or operations. Animal lovers can also fundraise for animal shelters or support the preservation of endangered species.

Education and schools

This is a perfect gift for the holidays! The best fundraisers plug into existing trends and excitement. Offer your wreaths in exchange for donations to your fundraiser.

  • Make them yourself, or find a wholesale supplier who’s willing to donate fresh wreaths or raw materials to your cause.
  • If you assemble the wreaths yourself, add flourishes like dried berries, succulents, flowers, chili peppers, corn husks, herb, or ribbons—especially if they visually or symbolically relate to your cause.
  • If one wreath is selling out, recreate it to meet to supply the demand.
  • Create a delivery process and make sure to schedule out your deliveries.

Non-profit organisations and charities

Whether you’re fundraising for a non-profit organisation or you want to support the work of your favourite charity, create a GoFundMe fundraiser to support the causes you’re passionate about. Raise funds to help ill or disadvantaged people; provide bursaries and training to those in need. Create positive change on a local and a global scale.

Churches and faith

Raise funds for education, training, missionary trips and other projects and community activities.

Sports

Support amateur athletes by raising funds for equipment, facilities, team-related expenses, activities, tournaments, travel and more. Run a fundraising tournament to support your team or another good cause.

More fundraising ideas

There’s no shortage of creative fundraising ideas to help you raise meaningful donations. An original and well-executed idea can be the key to fundraising success.

Fundraising essentials

Set up your fundraiser

Add your fundraising goal, photos, videos and a detailed fundraiser story.

Increase awareness and build your community

Share your fundraiser via our integrated links to your Facebook, Twitter and email accounts.

Keep it current with fundraiser updates

Write several updates, add new photos and send thank you notes to your donors.

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Fundraising strategy ideas

Set up your fundraiser

This is your chance to tell a unique story. Make it stand out by choosing a memorable and descriptive name, add high-quality photos and offer a heartfelt description of your financial needs.

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Connect with images and video

A visual resource is a powerful thing. Fundraisers with compelling visuals raise more money than those without. Add high-quality photos and videos to your fundraiser page to help potential donors connect with – and share – your cause with the world.

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Raise awareness and build community

Contact media

Getting your fundraiser featured in the news is a surefire way to get your story out into the world. And it isn’t as hard as you might think… Check out these great ideas for shining a spotlight on your fundraiser.

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Use social media

Social media is one of your most important fundraising tools. Use your social networks to spread awareness among family, friends and even strangers to reach as many potential donors as you can.

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Fundraising tips

Easy ways to maximize donations to your fundraiser.