About Trinity Grace Church (TGC) is a collection of neighborhood churches, or parishes, across New York City, each taking spiritual responsibility for its own neighborhood. Each city parish church is diverse in its essential nature, uniting women, men, and families from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds across the major metropolitan area. Challenges / Problem Many […]
The Adventure Project
Summary The Adventure Project, or TAP, organized a one-day fundraising campaign called TypeTAP to coincide with World Water Day, to fund a well water mechanics program in India, run by WaterAid. They exceeded their goal of raising $10,000 in 24 hours, and in doing made full use of a 10K matching grant through a partner […]
World Help
Summary The Crisis in the Horn campaign was organized by World Help. The ultimate goal was to raise $120,000 in order to send 20 containers of food to the Horn of Africa, providing 4.8 million meals to those in desperate need. A team of over 150 volunteers helped raise awareness and funds for the Crisis […]
Sexual Assault Care Centre
Summary AWARE & The Sexual Assault Care Centre raised $33,634 in just one month, exceeding their campaign goal of $30,000 raised in one month, when they had originally planned a 10-week campaign. Through peer-to-peer fundraising, social media savvy, and the help of pop-culture idols from Singapore, the organization engaged over 350 donors. About AWARE was […]
Autism Science Foundation
Summary In honor of his late father, and to help his girlfriend’s autistic son, Rikki Cabler holds a 24-hour livestream event on MechWarrior to raise money for the Autism Science Foundation. The money raised allowed the Autism Science Foundation to distribute a number of mini-grants (up to $5,000) to assist researchers in getting their results […]
Team Christian
Summary In October 2013, Frank and Riley Grun gave birth to a son named Christian. An MRI scan revealed a rare malformation in his brain, because of which he also suffered from cardiac failure and pulmonary issues. He was rushed into brain surgery at 4 days old, and was given a 7% chance of survival. […]
5 Tips In Applying For 501c3 Status
There’s a good chance that if you are just in the process of forming a nonprofit, you have yet to apply for 501c3 status. 501(c)(3) refers to the IRS tax code that allows religious, charitable, and educational organizations a federal tax exemption. By becoming a certified 501c3, your organization is not liable to pay federal […]
Is Crowdfunding Right For Your Nonprofit?
Nonprofits today rely on more than just traditional fundraising techniques to raise much-needed funds. Technology has truly brought about some fantastic options for fundraising. Yes, bulk mailings, in-person special events, and face-to-face donor cultivation are still important and highly likely to bring in a consistent stream of donations year after year. However, fundraising is not […]
Mission Trip Fundraising: How To Successfully Raise Funds From Your Community
With so many worthy causes out there, determining a specific project and destination for your mission trip isn’t the problem. Instead, it’s footing the bill that can bring up a few more issues. A mission trip is one of those common words that gets thrown around a lot, without a clear understanding of what exactly […]
5 Unique Activity-Based Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events
If you are a nonprofit, you are probably working with minimal resources, time constraints, and a limited reach. You need funds, but the idea of running a traditional giving campaign via bulk mail may seem expensive, time-consuming, and will likely eat up one-too-many work hours. The solution for you just may be peer-to-peer fundraising events. […]
