Index to Ideas:

Click the links below for ideas that will help you double your fundraising dollars

• Amazon aStore for Your Website
• Auto Fair for Charity
• Bachelor Auction for Charity (Video)
• Baseball with the Stars for Charity (Video)
  
• Black Tie Gala Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Car and Vehicle Donations (Video)
  
• Caribbean Dance Festival (Video)
  
• Casino Night (Video)
• Celebrity and Sports Autographs Fundraisers (Video)
  
• Celebrity Waiters & Waitresses Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Charity Cheesecake (as in 'Naked') Calendar (Video)
  
• Charity Toll Booth Fundraiser
  
• Charity Valet Parking Fundraiser
• Chinese Auction Fundraiser
• Community Garage Sale Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Community Olympic Fundraiser (Videos)
  
• Cooking Class Fundraisers (Video)
  
• Cookie Dough Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Dollar Bookstore Fundraisers
• Donation Boxes
• Door-To-Door Penny Drive Fundraiser (Video)
  
• eScrip Fundraising (Video)
  
• Facebook Community Page, Fan Page, and Cause Page (Videos)
  
• Farmers’ Market Fundraiser (Video - Great for Churches and Schools)
• Festival of Trees for Charity (Videos)
  
• Fifty-Fifty (50/50) Raffle (Video)
  
• Flea Market Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Golf Ball Drop Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Google AdSense Fundraising for Your Website (Videos)
  
• Google & YouTube Grants For Your Non-Profit (3 Videos)
  
• Haunted House & Village Fundraisers (Video)
  
• High-Income Cause Book for Attracting Donations
• Holiday Gift Wrapping Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Holiday Home Tours for Charity (Video)
  
• Holiday Wreaths & Poinsettias for Fundraising (Video)
  
• Honor Boxes for Fundraising
• House of Magic Fundraiser (Video)
  
•  Live Auctions (Video of Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel doing a live auction)
  
• Macaroni and Cheese Social Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Mayors’ Ball Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Microbrewery Tasting Event (Video)
  
• Medieval Fair Fundraiser (Video)
• MissionFish/eBay Giving Works for Fundraising (Video)
  
• Mobile Fundraising (Text2Give & Text2Pledge) (Video Workshop)
  
• Naming Opportunities for Fundraising (Video)
  
• PayPal Donate Button for Your Website (Video)
  
• Pet Parade Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Poker Tournament Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Puppy Cause-Bands for Fundraising (Video)
  
• Road Rally Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Relay Fundraisers (Video)
  
• Restaurant Dinner Tours for Charity
• Rubber Duck Regatta Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Selling Donated Books Online for Charity (Videos)
  
• Selling Charity Logo Items
• Silent Auction Fundraisers
• Speaker/Performer Series for Charity
• The Non-Event Charity Event
• Using QR Codes
• Walkathons for Charity
• Wal-Mart Community Grants
• Wine Tasting Fundraiser
• Wine Tour Fundraiser
• Wishing Wells for Fundraising

• Auction Fundraiser
• Autumn Harvest Fair Fundraiser
• Bake Sale Fundraiser
• Barbeque Party Fundraiser
• Battle of the Schools Fundraiser
• Beverage/Food Stand Fundraiser
• Book of Stories/Photos as a Fundraiser
• Calendars as a Fundraiser
• Candy Sale Fundraiser
• Car Wash Fundraiser
• Dance-a-Thon Fundraiser
• Fashion Show Fundraiser (Video)
  
• Fountain Donations
• Free Car Wash Fundraiser
• Garage Sale Fundraiser
• Good Deeds Day Fundraiser
• Goodie Raffle Fundraiser
• Greeting Cards Fundraiser
• Haunted Schoolhouse Fundraiser
• Holiday Egg Hunt Fundraiser
• House Party Fundraiser
• Ice Cream Social Fundraiser
• It’s Raining Cats and Dogs Fundraiser
• Jump-a-Thon Fundraiser
• Lawn Mowing Party Fundraiser
• Leap of Faith Fundraiser
• Miniature Golf Putting Challenge Fundraiser
• Multi-Cultural Festival Fundraiser
• Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
• Penny War Fundraiser
• Photography Trip Fundraiser
• Pizza By The Slice Fundraiser
• Private Movie Party Fundraiser
• Pumpkin Carving Party Fundraiser
• Restaurant Wait Staff Fundraiser
• Sports Challenge Event Fundraiser
• Talent Show and Competition Fundraiser
• Waiter Person for a Day Fundraiser
• Walk/Run-a-thon Fundraisers
• Youth Donation Boxes

• Sample letter of inquiry
• Co-Labeled Wristbands Fundraiser
• Free Gas for Life Raffle
• Hotel Keys to Treasure Fundraiser
• Prize-Inside Fundraiser Campaigns
• Scratch Card Fundraiser
• Shopping Spree Fundraiser
• Specially-Labeled Packaging Fundraiser
• Sports Team Fundraiser

• Appreciated Securities
• Bargain Property Sale
• Business Interests
• Cash Gifts
• Deferred Gift Annuity
• Donor Advised Funds
• Gift Annuity
• Lead Trusts
• Life Insurance
• Life Insurance - “Life Settlements”
• Personal Property Gifts
• Real Estate Gifts
• Remainder Annuity Trust
• Remainder Unitrusts (FLIP Unitrusts)
• Retained Life Estates
• Retirement Plan Assets
• Special Partnership Interests
• Will or Revocable Trust Bequests

More Fundraisers that are NOT in the book:

• Cookie Dough Fundraiser
  

Supporting Resources in Book

Videos “Best of the Best”

• Calendar: 99 Naked Women for Autism
• It's Raining Cats and Dogs
• Walmart/Sam's Club Store Grants
• Keith McLane - Auctioneering at SF Bachelor Auction
• Baseball with the Stars Video
• Black Tie Event
• Domestic Violence Bowl-a-Thon
• Car Donations: What Can I Donate?
• Latin Dance Festival - London Style
• Example of a Political Casino Night with Silent Auctions
• Autographs on the Auction Block
• Celebrity Waiter Event for Charity
• How to have a successful garage sale
• Kearney Community Olympics Performance
• Hillside Community Olympics Promo Piece
• Cooking for a Cause
• Penny Drive Benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank
• eScrip
• Promo/Demo for MissionFish & eBay Giving
• How to Create a Facebook Community Page for Your Non-Profit
• How to Set-up a Cause in Facebook
• Marin Farmers’ Market
• Festival of Trees Example
• Taos Festival of Trees & Wreaths
• L2G 50/50 Raffle for Autism
• Charity Flea Market
• Golf Ball Drop
• How to Set Up Google AdSense on Your Website
• Haunted House for Charity
• Promo for Holiday Gift Wrapping
• Holiday Home Tour Preview
• Visiting a VERY Large Poinsettia Ranch
• Ivan Amodei Magic Act
• Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel Live Auction for Charity
• Macaroni & Cheese - Thomas Jefferson Style
• Mayor's Gala Ball – Ireland
• Microbrewery Tasting Event
  
• Maryland Renaissance Fair
• Kim Kardashian / eBay Giving Works Auction         
• Mobile Fundraising for Non-Profits (1-Hour Workshop)
• Siena College Naming Opportunities
• How to Create a PayPal Donate Button
• Los Altos Pet Parade
  
• Joe Hachem/Shane Warne Charity Poker Tournament
• Puppy Cause-Bands
• Monticello Rotary Club Rally for the Parks
• Space Hopper Relay Race
• The Great Pawcatuck Rubber Duck Regatta
• How to Buy & Sell Books Online – Introduction
• How to Create a Zazzle Logo Product
• How to Run a Silent Auction
• Charity Distinguished Speaker Events
• MS Challenge Walk Cape Cod        
• Wine Tasting: Detroit Uncorked
• Wine Tour of Napa Valley for Charity
• How to Build a Wishing Well for Charity
• Google & YouTube Grants          
• Children's Festival - Los Angeles 2010
• Battle of the Schools Event
• Clever Candy School Fundraiser
• Ocean View High School Fashion Show
• Free Community Car Wash
• Good Deeds – HERO
• How Many Candies are in the Jar?  Whew!
• How to Create and Print Online Greeting Cards
• Akron Haunted Schoolhouse
• Holiday Egg Hunt - Children's Miracle Network
• Ice Cream for a Good Cause
• It's Raining Cats and Dogs
• How to Play Leapfrog
• Inspiring Kids through Photography
• Selling Pizza by the Slice
• How to Have an Outdoor Summer Movie Party
• How to Be a Good Waiter/Waitress
• Dashing for Doughnuts! Krispy Kreme Event
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Talent Show
• Chicago Boys & Girls Club | Making Charity Boxes
• So You Wanna' Have a Bake Sale?!
• Suffield Academy Dance-a-Thon
• Charity House Party – Invisible Children
• Mega Jump-a-Thon
• Wachusett High School Mini Golf Fundraiser          
• Hillside Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser
• Lancaster Bible College Penny War
• Pumpkin Carving Ideas
• Bryan Clay Foundation Walk-a-thon School Fundraisers
• How to Make Custom Wristbands
• Free Gas for Life Lotto
• Mystery Prize Inside
• Charity Shopping Spree
• The Yoplait Pledge

• Example of Amazon aStore (link)
• For-Profit Example of Auto Fair (link)
• Major League Baseball Players Alumni (link)
• Charity Toll Booth
• Charity Valet Parking
• The Chinese Auction
• Dollar Book Store Example (link)
• Sketch/Dimensions of Donation Box
• High-Income Cause Book (link)
• Honor Box Examples (link)
• Non-Event Invitation Sample
• Hotel Treasure Chest
• Scratch Card Maker (link)
• Sports Team Raffle

• Appreciated Securities Illustration
• Bargain Property Sale Illustration
• Business Interest Illustration
• Cash Gift Illustration
• Deferred Gift Annuity Illustration
• Donor Advised Fund Illustration
• Gift Annuity Illustration
• Lead Trust Illustration
• Life Insurance Illustration
• Life Settlements Illustration
• Personal Property Gift Illustration
• Real Estate Gift Illustration
• Remainder Annuity Trust Illustration
• Remainder Unitrust Illustration
• Retained Life Estate Illustration
• Retirement Plan Assets Illustration
• Special Partnership Interest Illustration
• Will or Revocable Trust Bequest Illustration

• Supper Club Restaurant Tour