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Reputation

Though it’s not a physical result, it’s proven that customers are more likely to support companies based on if and where the company donates. Purchases are highly motivated by how the customers feel about the company and of course, the product, so keeping up a positive reputation can only help.

You can create a crowdfunding campaign to help build on your positive reputation.

Profit

Working to better your reputation and build your philanthropic endeavors will result in more profit. You can use your reputation to solidify your branding and influence an increase in transactions. If your public perception is positive, customers will most likely respond in a similar manner.

Use your crowdfunding campaign to generate more donations, increasing your profit and expanding your customer base!

Public Relations

A company’s generous behavior will certainly be recognized by its following. Seeing as most nonprofits and charitable organizations rely heavily on social media and media in general, there will most likely be a public announcement of any corporation’s contribution.

Piggyback off the positive media recognition you receive from the successful crowdfunding campaign you’ve created.

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Benefits of Using Fundly for Corporate Fundraising

Risk-Free

When you create a crowdfunding campaign, you won’t pay anything until you receive your first donation.

Keep it All

Fundly’s keep-it-all platform means that you’ll receive whatever you raise even if you don’t meet your deadline or raise a minimum amount.

Deep Social Integration

Fundly’s social media integrations make it easy for supporters to share your campaign with their networks. Plus, any updates you make on your page will automatically post to your connected social media accounts.

Excellent Customer Service

Setting up your campaign is quick and simple, making it easy for tech-savvy fundraisers and fundraising novices alike. If you do ever run into any road blocks, Fundly’s technical team is always available to support your campaign.

Instant Fundraising

Within a matter of minutes, you can start accepting donations from your supporters, making Fundly one of the quickest fundraising ideas for corporations looking to raise money.

Low Fees

Fundly only charges a 4.9% platform fee in addition to the traditional payment processing fees that all crowdfunding websites charge.

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Direct Mail Fundraising

Direct mail fundraising is a classic corporate fundraising idea—because it works!

With carefully crafted direct mail fundraising appeals, you can send personal letters to connect with your supporters and start earning donations!

Remember to segment your supporter lists based on donors’ communication preferences. Expanding your communication channels to include email, social media, and direct mail gives your nonprofit more options to get in touch with donors and reach out to them via their preferred method.

Silent Auction

If you’re able to plan and manage a bigger event, you should think about hosting a silent auction.

Donors will enjoy getting the chance to bid on rare items and experiences while you raise a lot of money!

To host your silent auction, you’ll need plenty of volunteers to help guests place bids, a venue for your event, and, of course, items to auction off. You can look to peers and local businesses to donate in-kind gifts for your event.

Corporate fundraising ideas can be as simple as selling t-shirts to your supporters.

T-Shirts Sales

Looking for an easy way to unite your supporters as a community and raise money? Try selling t-shirts!

This is a great addition to another fundraising event because you can sell your t-shirts and have donors wear them to show their support.

You’ll need to partner with a wholesale provider to begin. Look for a one that doesn’t require you to buy a lot of merchandise to avoid getting stuck with a bunch of leftover products.

Matching Gifts

Spread the word about matching gifts! Promote matching gifts across all your communication channels so donors know about this opportunity to double the size of their gift without reaching into their wallets.

With providers like Double the Donation, you can make the process as simple and streamlined as possible. Through integrations with CSR software providers, the platform offers matching gift auto-submission that allows donors to submit a matching gift request from the donation page in just a few clicks.

By removing the cumbersome, multistep process donors typically have to follow to submit a request, your organization will earn more in matching gift revenue.

50/50 Raffle

A 50/50 raffle is an easy fundraiser to raise money with and it pairs perfectly with larger events.

With a 50/50 raffle, the prize is half of the money raised from the raffle ticket sales. The more tickets people buy, the more they might win!

Remember to let donors buy as many raffle tickets as they please. You might even think about offering bundle ticket specials to encourage more donations!

Volunteer Grants

Empower your supporters to learn about their employers’ volunteer grant opportunities.

For the donors who love volunteering with your organization, there are volunteer grant programs! These programs offer monetary donations based on how many hours the donor volunteers.

Your donors’ volunteer grant programs will vary depending on their employers. Some grants are only $300, but some are $3,000! There’s plenty of potential to capitalize on your donors’ volunteer hours.

Payroll Giving

As a popular form of workplace giving, paycheck deductions are a wonderful way to give back to charity, strengthen your company’s social responsibility, and give employees a greater sense of purpose.

Using your payroll system, enable employees to donate a portion of each paycheck to their preferred nonprofit. You’ll need to vet different organizations and provide a list of nonprofits to choose from.

This type of charitable giving is a low-effort yet highly effective way to support your chosen nonprofits, while giving employees control over where their contributions go.

For this corporate fundraising idea, challenge employees to give to charity.

Charity Challenge

Organize a donation challenge between individual employees or departments. You could take a few approaches with this one.

For example, you might pledge to donate a certain amount to charity based on participation in a fitness challenge. Alternatively, you could host a donation drive and challenge employees to give. You might collect financial donations or in-kind gifts, such as toys for children or canned food for a food bank.

Encourage employees to compete to donate more in-kind or financial gifts than their coworkers. However you go about it, the idea is to add a sense of competition to do as much good as possible.

This corporate fundraising idea involves selling special edition products and donating the proceeds of each sale.

Limited Edition Products

Create a special product or service and donate a portion of the sales to charity. The product should ideally relate to the benefitting cause.

Let’s say your footwear company partners with a health-focused charity, such as one dedicated to heart health. You can design a limited edition running shoe with unique features, such as advanced cushioning for joint support and a little heart graphic under the shoelaces. Give the shoe a fun name, collaborate with athletes to promote the sneakers, and give a portion of the proceeds of each sneaker to the charity.

Be sure to promote your charity products to your audience to maximize sales and contributions.

Try out a walkathon for your next fundraiser.

Walkathons

Host a walkathon for an active and exciting fundraiser that will involve your entire community.

To plan your walkathon, you have to pick out a date and location. Don’t forget to plan out the route so your participants have somewhere to walk!

Keep in mind, you’ll want to host your event during the spring or fall so it’s not too hot or too cold and remember to promote your event in advance. To raise funds, you’ll need to charge an admission fee to participants or ask participants to get sponsorships.

30 Hour Famine

If you’re fundraising for a charity that supports those in need in third world countries, this is an ideal fundraiser for your office.

A 30 hour famine gives your participants the feel of what it’s like to live in an impoverished country or area of the world. The participating coworkers will raise pledge money in exchange for lasting thirty hours without food. Let participants drink water and juice.

When the 30 hour period is finally over, you can throw an office pizza party to reward your participants for their efforts to raise money.

Wine Tasting

Everyone could use a relaxing wine tasting, and your donors would love to participate in this experience.

Partner with a local winery to organize and manage this event. See if they’ll even consider giving you a discounted rate or donating the proceeds to your charity of choice.

Charge a small admission fee and accept contributions throughout event. Whether it’s a sunny day sampling or a casual evening tasting fine wines in the vineyard, this event is sure to rake in donations.

Bowl-A-Thon

A bowl-a-thon is an entertaining fundraising idea that can bring your workplace and community together to help you raise funds for your charity of choice.

To host this fundraiser, you’ll need to partner with a local bowling alley. Ask them to donate a percentage of the night’s proceeds or a few lanes so that you can hold the event and keep expenses low.

Don’t forget to share your event on social media to generate interest!

Reverse Raffle

Now that you’re familiar with 50/50 raffles, why not try a reverse raffle? Here’s how it works: you can sell tickets and then draw the corresponding numbers out of the bowl. The person with the last ticket is the winner!

The reverse raffle works best when combined with another event like a walkathon or gala.

Keep this fundraiser inexpensive by using your company’s resources or asking local businesses to donate prizes for your event.

Corporate Cookbook

This is fundraiser that will let you include every generation in your office.

Ask coworkers for their favorite or go-to recipes to create a multi-generational cookbook to sell!

You can charge a small fee to submit recipes to the book and after you’ve worked with a printing company to create your cookbook, you can sell the books to your coworkers and community to raise money.

Art Show

Search your office and community for any talented artists who would be willing to create and donate work to a company charity art show! Not only will you raise money for a good cause, but you’ll give local artists a chance in the spotlight for a night.

Find a venue that suits your exhibition and put price tags on each work for sale.

On the day of the event, charge a few dollars for admission and set up a donation table or booth for general contributions. And don’t forget to keep track of which works are sold and to whom!

Office Barter and Trade Fair

A barter and trade fair is similar to a garage sale, but instead of purchasing items, you and your coworkers will trade items!

You can raise funds by charging each individual a small entry fee or a fee per item brought to trade. Plus, you can sell concessions to raise even more money!

You can make this event as small or large as you want. It can be week-long event that your coworkers can peruse during their lunch hours or it can be an event for a Saturday afternoon.

Balloon Pop Off

A balloon pop off is a great way to fundraise for the charity of your choice. Plus, coworkers can even bring their children to participate and enjoy the event, making it a family-friendly fundraiser!

First, you’ll need to fill up a room with balloons, putting a slip in each that states the prize the person wins for popping that balloon.

Charge an entry fee for those who want to participate. When you blow a horn, the race for who can pop the most balloons begins!

Penny Jar

A penny drive is an easy way to raise money without having to plan and organize a huge event. All you’ll have to do is set up a jar in a well-trafficked area, like your office lobby. Be sure to tell the workplace what you’re fundraising for.

Supporters can give all their loose change (and even bills!) when they walk in your office.

Turn your penny drive into a competition to see how fast you can fill the jar!

Casual Dress Day

This is the perfect fundraiser to entice your coworkers with!

Perfect for offices that don’t have scheduled casual dress days now and again, get your coworkers into the competitive spirit to raise enough money to wear jeans to the office.

Employees can work to raise a certain amount (for example, $50 for a day or $200 for a whole week) that will buy them time to dress however they want in the office!

Employee Soiree

Give your employees something to bond over besides the workflow!

One evening, host an employee soiree with drinks, snacks, and of course, music! You can encourage your coworkers to bring their families or make it an adults only night and hire babysitters to watch children in an adjacent room.

Charge a small entry fee and accept donations throughout the night.

Karaoke Night

Everyone loves a night filled with fun and singing! You can partner with a local restaurant or bar to host a karaoke night.

To host your event, you’ll need karaoke equipment, so see if you can rent what you need!

Hosting a karaoke night can bring your workplace and community together to help support the charity of your choosing! Throughout the event, let people know why you’re raising funds and express gratitude for their contributions.

Funny Foto Contest

Encourage your employees to bring in the funniest photos of themselves they can find to host a “Funny Foto Contest!”

Place all the photos on a bulletin board in a high-trafficked area and put a donation jar underneath each. Individuals can vote for the funniest photo by placing a donation in the corresponding jar.

Generate hype and competition by providing your coworkers with updates like who’s in the lead. At the end, add up all the donations and give your winner a prize.

Fashion Show

Here’s a great idea for a big event that’s sure to raise plenty of money!

A fashion show may take a good deal of planning so be sure to schedule your venue, DJ, and other resources in advance. You’ll need to recruit coworkers to models and find outfits, too!

Promote your event well in advance! You can sell tickets at the door and accept additional contributions over the course of the night.

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Your page’s description isn’t just a way to describe your campaign; it’s a way for donors to personally connect to your cause. Instead of stating the facts, tell the charity’s story and why your corporation is giving to them. Use photos to visualize your point!
Share Your Crowdfunding Campaign
To reach your goal, you’ll need to push every method to the max to spread the word about your fundraiser. Share your crowdfunding page on social media and spread the news through word-of-mouth.
Say Thanks
Expressing your gratitude is something that your donors will expect and it’s a great way to generate even more funds for your cause. Let your supporters know that you appreciate their support by sending personalized emails and posting shout outs on social media.

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Fundraising Campaigns for Corporate Expenses

Check out the 2nd Annual Haight Ashbury Holiday Art Light crowdfunding campaign.

Crowdfunding Campaign for a Holiday Lighting

It’s an annual holiday tradition for the merchants along Haight Street to raise funds string lights on the community’s trees. This year, they’ve opened donations to the public as well!

With just 19 donors, the Haight Ashbury Merchants Association was able to raise $9,400 and decorate 8 trees! This campaign is a great example of including a Facebook feed can help motivate others because seeing giving encourages giving.

Take a look at H & R Block' Employees for Cross-Lines Campaign.

Fundraiser to Help Low-Income Families

H&R Block raised money on Cross-Lines Community Outreach, Inc.’s behalf to support the community’s low-income families and individuals.

This campaign exceeded its goal of $1,500 by $140 with just 31 donors. This is another great example of how Facebook feeds can add to your campaign. With other donors motivating more contributions, H&R Block was sure to reach their goal!

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Share Visuals

It’s important for corporations fundraising for charities to post pictures showcasing their involvement. Photos can demonstrate your company’s passion for the charity you’re fundraising for. Plus, visuals will help supporters connect with your cause.

Learn more about shooting and posting great crowdfunding photos.

Tell Your Story

Tell your selected charity’s story and why your corporation is connected to the organization’s cause! Use your crowdfunding description to tell your and your charity’s stories so donors will know what their donations are being used for.

Check out these examples of great crowdfunding descriptions.

Get Social

Social media is the most convenient way to spread the word about your campaign. Use your online profiles to ask for donations, share updates, and thank your donors. The more exposure your campaign has, the more contributions will be made!

Learn more about sharing your crowdfunding campaign with your network.

Share Updates

Posting updates on your fundraiser’s progress keeps your campaign relevant. Plus, donors are more likely to contribute if you’re close to reaching your goal. Don’t forget that you can publicly acknowledge your supporters!

Check out these tips for writing crowdfunding updates.

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You’ve heard the stories about fundraisers surpassing their goal, but how often does that really happen?

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24+ Successful Corporate Fundraising Ideas

#1: Raise Money with a Crowdfunding Campaign for:

Benefits of Using Fundly for Corporate Fundraising

Over $330 Million Raised To Date

Other Corporate Fundraising Ideas that Tie in Perfectly with a Crowdfunding Campaign

Direct Mail Fundraising

Silent Auction

T-Shirts Sales

Matching Gifts

50/50 Raffle

Volunteer Grants

Payroll Giving

Charity Challenge

Limited Edition Products

Walkathons

30 Hour Famine

Wine Tasting

Bowl-A-Thon

Reverse Raffle

Corporate Cookbook

Art Show

Office Barter and Trade Fair

Balloon Pop Off

Penny Jar

Casual Dress Day

Employee Soiree

Karaoke Night

Funny Foto Contest

Fashion Show

Getting Started With Your Corporate Fundraising Campaign

Over $330 Million Raised To Date

Fundraising Campaigns for Corporate Expenses

Crowdfunding Campaign for a Holiday Lighting

Fundraiser to Help Low-Income Families

Best Practices for Your Crowdfunding Campaign for Corporations

See What Others Say:

Over $330 Million Raised To Date

Additional Resources for your Fundraising Success

7 Tips for Fundraising Success

10 Fundraising Examples

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