When first choosing a way to raise money for charity think about the time you have available to spend on this project. Take into consideration the amount of man power you will need to carry out a fund raiser successfully. . These quick fundraising ideas will raise money with very little time and effort in comparison to traditional ways that take months of planning. Check with local authorities regarding any permits you might need.
The boxes that are left for donating your change on the counters of stores and restaurants can really add up quickly when it is placed in a busy place. You would need a few people to run around town to the different businesses to ask permission to leave these boxes on the counters. You will also need to collect the money in these boxes on a fairly regular basis. This is a fund raiser that takes minimal time to run. This can be profitable if it is kept up for a long enough period of time.
A quick auction at a place where a large gathering of people are expected can make your charity a few extra dollars. If there is a country fair or outside concert coming to your area you can contact the promoters and ask if you can hold an auction for your organization. Make a lottery tree and sell tickets to auction it off. For a lottery tree you can use any potted house tree, such as a ficus. With a small wire attach fifty to one hundred dollars in scratch tickets to it. Ask a local business to sponsor this by donating the money for the tree and tickets. Another option would be to ask five businesses to donate twenty five dollars each and have multi sponsors. You can have your volunteers aggressively sell tickets at this gathering for about four hours and then pull the winner. What ever you sold is profit for your charity.
A 50/50 lottery day at your towns fair can be profitable. You can hold a drawing every hour. Sell tickets and every hour on the hour have a drawing. The person whose number is pulled wins half of the collected proceeds for that hour. The other half is put away for your charity and then you start over from scratch for the next hour. You can do this for the duration of the fair. This can really rake it in if it is a large enough gathering. Festivals and flea markets would also make a great spot to sell this game of luck. You can do a single drawing 50/50 raffle at smaller events.
A bake sale is a traditional fund raiser. This is a one day event held in a high foot traffic area of town and you sell donated home made baked goods. If your organization has many members this might be a good fund raiser for you. You would need to get as many people as you can to donate the baked goods on the date of the bake sale. You will also need volunteers to run the sale. This is usually done in two to four hour shifts with two to three people manning each shift. This fund raiser also takes minimal time. This will bring in a limited amount of money in comparison with other venue choices for fund raising.
