Often times, the best free resource is the knowledge a fundraising professional can offer. Please allow a Beleive representative a moment to discuss with you any questions or concerns you may have. Please call toll free 1-877-7-BELIEVE (1-877-723-5438) and talk to one of our friendly Fundraising Specialists. Visit BelieveKids.com for more info.
FUNDRAISING RESOURCES,
IDEAS AND DIRECTORY |
This directory is open source. There are a number of quality fundraisers listed and it is hosted by Google so you know it's current and not a bunch of dead links:
Google Directory: Wholesale Products > Fundraisers
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The 1200+ independent fund-raising companies in this directory can provide traditional, unique, and even bizarre fundraising products and ideas for your next fundraiser.
1200+ Fundraising Directory |
The Staff at A to Z has built one of the largest FREE Online Fundraising Directories on the internet. They have included many qualified fundraising companies, from all over the world, to our Directory and will be adding many more.
A-Z Fundraising Directory |
| A Complimentary Resource
for Educational Fundraising: Recommendations and fundraising ideas in order to benefit you in your search for the perfect fundraiser.
Fundraising
Ideas |
PTO Today Magazine is an informative magazine that provides this directory free of charge with their advertisers included as well as a number of other companies.
PTO Today Fundraiser Yellowpages |
Need help on how to increase participation in your school's fundraiser? Want to know how to avoid volunteer burnout? Just visit the information depository known as the Fundraising Edge (a website provided by AFRDS)
Fundraising Edge |
The Mission of the PTA is to be: A powerful voice for all children,
A relevant resource for families and communities, and
A strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child.
OFFICIAL PTA WEBSITE |
Visit PTO Central, a central information resource for PTO groups, PTA groups and other school related parent teacher organizations.
Visit PTO Central |
School Safety, Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety Information and much more courtesy of FEMA.
FEMA for Kids |
Fundrisingdiretory.com has searched the internet to find some of the best fundraising resources. These resources vary from letter writing to internet magazines.
Fundraising Directories Additional Resources |
Additional Resources:
This very long link list is intended for those of whom would like to know more about fundraising and foundations from an academic (college of university) point of view.
Here is an article that we thought was cool. It's from thefundraisingdirectory.com and is titled 6 ways to motivate your fundraising group.
Follow Tax Laws - The fundraising industry raises an estimated 2 Billion every year! The multistate Tax Commission and AFRDS teamed up to sponsor a website that provides important tax information by state in order to determine if they have any tax liabilities. Visit fundraisetaxlaw.org for more.
Search Google for additional resources:
This search on Amazon.com returned a lot of books on fundraising - note that we are not an affiliate of Amazon.com but rather want you to improve any way you can - even if that means the conventional pick-up-a-book method.
Did You Know? All parcipants in Believe fundraisers can use our Believe Tag promotion to increase student participation? We produced 6 tags last year and another 6 this year - Dog tags with cool designs that the students LOVE! Find out more at BelieveKids.com
We can't go any further than to mention craigslist.org. This is not a fundraising site. Many of you already have heard of it. This site gets an estimated 11 million visits per day. If there is a connection to be made, craigslist will likely accomplish it. Why do we mention it? We have purchased, bartered and sold numerous items on there as well as hired employees. They don't pay us but we love them for a number of reasons anyway.
As far as we can tell, every state has a PTA website. The national site pta.org requires membership in order to view important documents. On the flip-side, individual state pta websites seem to offer a ton of free and valuable info. california Georgia Texas
Check out your own state by searching for state and pta at google.com
Take a moment to view the 20 biggest fundraising mistakes from Guidestar.org. These tips, although not necessarily relevant to all fundraising groups, does bring up some very interesting points. View the Click to view the 20 Biggest Fundraising Mistakes
