100 FUNDRAISING IDEAS

1. T-Shirt sale: Purchase T-Shirts (

School/Group name

is Bringing Hope Home) and sell at your

school! Typically you can make around $4 per shirt by upping the sales cost.

2. Dress-down day: Charge faculty and administrators who wants to participate. Make certain

that you ask permission of Human Resources, first.

3. Band and choir concerts band to donate their time by performing a benefit

7. Raffles: Sell tickets and keep ticket stubs. On the date of the draw, have someone close his or

her eyes and pick a ticket stub from all the ones that were sold. Do this publicly. The winner

receives a prize.

8. Auction: Have individuals, groups and businesses donate goods and services and students bid

on the items they want.

9. Volunteer your skills: Rake leaves, shovel snow, take care of a pet. When offering your

service, ask the person who benefited from your actions for a donation toward BHH.

10. Sell candy, cards, etc.: Work with reputable businesses that provide merchandise you can

sell. Be sure at least half of the money raised goes to your cause.

Poker Games as that would violate Gambling Policies.

14. Battle of the Bands: Gather some bands from your local community. Book a venue and

advertise with posters, flyers, and radio announcements. Hold a mini concert in which the

audience chooses the winning band.

15. Pitch-a-thon: Rent a radar gun and measure how fast people can throw a baseball or kick a

soccer ball. Charge $1 per try and give a prize to the fastest individual.

16. Sell buttons or t-shirts displaying logo.

17. Puppet Show: Make puppets with socks, felt and other craft materials. Pick out or write a

story. Set a date, time, and location. Advertise with flyers and posters. Sell tickets in advance

21. Pledges: Gather pledges to have dance-a-thons, rock-a-thons, or any other type of endurance

contest you can think of.

22. Day of Community Service: Gather together a group of friends, and contact a number of

organizations for which you would be interested in volunteering. Then have people sponsor you

to do community service for 24 hours.

23. Photo Booth for a Cause: Set up a fun photo booth at lunch or at a large event, complete with

mustaches, hats, glasses, and BHH signs. Charge participants small fee to have their picture

taken.

24. Piñata Contest: Charge a fee to have each blindfolded person have one turn at trying to break

a candy-filled piñata.

29. Beat the Goalie: Pick the best hockey or soccer goalie you know and invite people to try to

score a goal for a prize. Every participant has to pay to play.

30. Bingo: Host a bingo night at a local hall, place of worship, or school.

31. Plant Sale: Organize a plant sale with plants donated by local nurseries.

32. Boat Race: Organize a model boat race on a body of water. Charge a participant/spectator

entrance fee. The winner of the race gets a prize.

33. Fruit Stand: Get permission to go to local farms and pick fruit to sell. Sell the produce in high-

traffic areas or at community festivals.

34. Book (used book) Sale: Ask all your friends, relatives, and teachers to donate their old books.

Advertise your book sale by means of posters and flyers. Set up a table and sell books. If there

are leftovers, you can always give them to a needy library, shelter, or school.

35. Bowling: Organize a bowling night or a competition. Charge everyone a small fee to enter or

have participants get bowl-a-thon pledges.

36. Pie-a-Guy: Both guys and girls can participate. People can donate to pie their friends.

37. Coupon Sale: Have coupon books donated by local businesses, and then sell them to students

charge admission to an international dinner.

39. Balloon Pop: Before filling a balloon with air or helium, put a note inside. Have a certain

number of the notes worth a prize. Have people buy balloons and pop them in the hope of

getting the prize. Be sure to pick up the broken balloons afterwards.

40. Scavenger Hunt: Set a route and make a list of items that the participants need to find in

order to win. Advertise your scavenger hunt well and charge everyone a small fee to

participate. The winning person/group gets a prize.

41. Car Wash: With a group of friends, set up a car wash in the parking lot of your school, church,

or public area. (Be sure to ask for permission and make sure that people are careful of moving

cars).

45. Classic Car Show: Organize a classic automobile show. Invite people to attend and to bring

their cars by placing ads in local newspapers, leaving flyers at local businesses, and charging

people to come and see the show.

46. Miniature Golf: Build a nine-hole miniature golf course at your school, featuring ramps, water

and sand traps, and other obstacles. Charge people to play a round during lunch.

47. Bench-a-thon: Have people bench press weights in the school gym and collect pledges for

every pound they lift. Make sure all participants have spotters.

48. Clearing Snow

a donation.

49. Monopoly Match: Have a group of students play a Monopoly tournament with the winner

receiving a prize.

50. Guess the age of your teacher: Organize an event in which students pay to guess the age of

your teacher. Obtain approval from your teacher first, however.

51. Hoopla: The competitor throws hoops over prizes. The person whose hoop completely lands

over the prize gets to keep the award. Make sure you do not spend too much money on prizes.

52. Pumpkin-decorating Contest: Around Halloween, hold a pumpkin-decorating contest among

55. Talent Auction: Auction off the talents of people. For instance, great singers offer to sing at a

wedding, party, or special event.

56. Duck Race: Sell numbered plastic ducks. Set all the ducks afloat in a race on a river. The

person who bought the duck that wins the race gets a prize.

57. Comedy Hour: Host a comedy skit during lunch at your school and charge people to attend.

58. Nacho Party: Plan a morning to make nachos and popcorn, which can be sold during lunch.

59. Eating Marathon: Have a pie eating, hot-dog eating, or ice cream-eating contest. You can

charge people to participate or to watch, or you can make all participants obtain pledges.

60. Ugly tie, worst hair-do, best mismatched outfit: Have the students come to an event,

dinner, or a sports game where the vote will take place. Provide a price to the winner.

for a prize. Ask volunteer experts to be judges and charge all participants and spectators a fee.

62. Calendar Sale: Create a calendar highlighting the projects and members of your organization,

and sell it to students and their family members.

63. Sports Tournament/Fitness Competition: Organize a sports tournament or fitness

competition. Advertise well and charge spectators to come and watch groups compete. You

may need to have medical personnel on hand.

64. Art Sale: Have local artists donate some of their works, which will be displayed and then sold

to the public.

65. Game Show: Recreate one or more of your favorite game shows and charge contestants a

small entrance fee. Sell tickets to the audience.

66. Gardening: Tend the garden of a neighbor, a local store, or community park for a donation.

67. Karaoke: Rent a karaoke machine, sell tickets or charge an admission fee, and sing all night.

68. Canning: Hit the streets with signs and cans, collecting money while cars are stopped at red

lights.

69. Kilometers of Coins: Gather donations of coins (pennies, dimes, or quarters) and lay them

side-by-side until they stretch out to be a kilometer long. Alternatively, surround your gym,

72. Walk Dogs: Love pets? Try walking dogs every day for a fee.

73. Toy Sale: Hold a toy sale. The best season for this is just prior to Christmas.

74. Triathlon: Set a course of running, cycling, and swimming. Have participants get pledges to

compete to win prizes.

75. Lemonade Stand: Make lemonade, post signs, and sell it on a hot day.

76. February: Sell re

77. May

78. June

79. September: Back-to-School supplies sale.

84. Babysitting during PTA meetings, Open House, Meet the Teacher Night (contact the local

secondary schools to arrange this service).

85. Garage Sale.

86. Concession Stand: Purchase pro

high demand spot. Perhaps at a major event!

87. Raffle: Could be a quilt or a special item like jewelry.

88. Pancake Breakfast: Some companies will offer the equipment for free; others will give you

the product necessary to make the pancakes. Hold first day of hunting season or cold winter

day!

89. Breakfast in Bed: Groups provide breakfast in bed for participants.

90. Cake Walk: Auction off cakes.

91. Gourmet Cooking School: Hold a cooking class and charge an entrance fee.

92. Submarine Sandwich Sale.

98. During finals give massages for a small fee.

99. Seek sponsorships for your event!