Charter School Fundraising Ideas

 

Fundraising, it’s a cornerstone for non-profits looking to raise some mula, and it can be quite a successful tactic at that if done right. We know there are lots of ways to run a fundraiser, but in this article, our team here at Charter School Property Solutions really wanted to dive in and find some of the best and most successful fundraising options out there to pass along to you. So, that’s exactly what we’ve done! Below you’ll find breakdowns as well as links to 2 different awesome fundraising options available for your charter school to utilize next time you’re looking for some cash to fund an exciting school project!

 

ShopWithScrip

ShopWithScrip  is a really cool company based out of Kentwood Michigan. Their strategy on fundraising is fairly simple and straightforward, but like one of my favorite quotes by Bruce Lee states, ‘the height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.” ShopWithScrip offers gift cards to companies like Apple Store & iTunes, The Home Depot, Barns & Noble, Target, Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, and literally hundreds of other retailers around the country.  We think this is an awesome way to raise money without having to devote a ton of time to selling products, asking for donations, or planning elaborate events. Instead, family members and friends of your students and staff can earn money for your school every day on the purchases they are already making just by paying with a gift card they ordered from ShopWithScrip.

The way it works is when a family purchases a gift card through ShopWithScrip, a percentage of each gift card goes directly to your school or organization in the form of a rebate, and the rebates can have a nice little percentage to them. From what we saw on their website, retailers are offering anywhere from 1%-16%, which may not seem like a lot at first glance, but when you think about how that can add up in the course of 3, 6, 9 or 12 months of daily shopping, that can amount to a tidy sum of money for your next school project!

 

Snap! Raise

Based out of my hometown of Seattle Washington, Snap! Raise is a company offering a 21st-century approach to fundraising through digital donations. They empower schools, groups, and organizations with the tools needed to fundraise for their cause of choice. Whether you’re looking to buy some new swanky uniforms for your football team or wanting to expand your art program and need to upgrade your school’s art supplies, Snap! Raise can help you achieve your goals. A group fundraising platform designed to support educational program leaders, Snap! Raise collects mobile donations with ease and utilizes online donation tools that are effective and simple.

From what we can tell from Snap’s website, is a member of their company will meet with your school, find out what your fundraising goals are, and then set up a strategy to help you achieve those goals. Through their revolutionary platform – they launch safe, easy, and effective campaigns. Campaigns that allow your coaches more time to coach, your instructors more time to teach, and your kids more time to participate. All by providing your community with a simple, effective, 21st century way to support your cause.

Snap! Raise helps you set up an online webpage that has videos of your students explaining what it is you are wanting to fundraise for, recognition of supporters that have already donated, and an easy and convent way for people wanting to support your cause to donate insatiately.

Snap! Raise also utilizes various social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to get the word out there about your fundraiser as well as e-mails and text messages students and staff provide. Also, donors are immediately emailed a tax-deductible receipt for their contribution and receive a second receipt during tax season, and bonus, there are no upfront costs to use their services. Snap! Raise covers their operational costs of building, maintaining, and supporting their software platform by charging a percentage fee of your overall funds raised.

With over 10,000 groups served in 17 states, Snap! Raise has a proven process that their users claim to be the easiest and most lucrative process for fundraising they’ve ever tried.

There you have it, two new awesome ways to fundraise, 21st-century style! Maybe you like one more than the other. Maybe you like them both. We think they’re both awesome choices and could possibly be used simultaneously or alternatively throughout the year to help raise the most funds possible for your school.