Fundraising


Charities Fail to Capitalise on Online Fundraising - Report
25 January 2012 |

Charities need to work harder to improve their online donation rates, according to new research in the UK.

Icy Fundraising Proves Popular
20 January 2012 |

The South Pole is the place to be this January if you want to raise money for charity.

Musical to Raise Funds for Homeless Initiatives
18 January 2012 |

Homeless related organisations are being offered an opportunity to advance purchase discounted tickets for a new Australian musical production about a homeless “bag lady” to help raise funds for their organisation and homeless initiatives.

Fundraising on Ice - NFP Chair Skis to the South Pole
18 January 2012 |

What would you do to raise money for your charity? The Chair of a health promotion charity, FARE, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, has skied 150 kilometres with a 40 kilogram sled to the South Pole!

Dig Out Your Old Mobile Phones to Support Vinnies

17 January 2012 |

In the great tradition of ‘one person’s trash is another person’s treasure’, Vinnies Centres across Victoria are collecting old mobile telephones for recycling to raise funds for local welfare work.

Fundraising Predictions for 2012
06 January 2012 |

New Year is a time for predictions. US fundraising experts and researchers Convio outline what trends they believe will have the biggest impact on the Not for Profit sector in 2012.

Tap to Donate: Are Mobile Wallets the Next New Thing in Fundraising?
24 November 2011 |

The latest advance in mobile technology in the form of ‘mobile wallets’ has barely touched down in Australia, but experts suggest they will dramatically transform how consumers purchase goods and services and make instant donations.

Fashion for Good: The World’s Most Expensive T-Shirt
07 November 2011 |

A unique fundraising initiative where people purchase t-shirts which depict an item of aid that their purchase has paid for, hopes to deliver much needed relief to children caught in the worsening humanitarian disaster in Africa.

Charity Bashing Unfair Says FIA CEO
28 October 2011 |

Charities have been in the media this week, slammed over fundraising costs. Defending the sector, CEO of the Fundraising Institute of Australia, Rob Edwards says that without fundraising many charities would cease to exist.

A New Image for Fundraising Needs NFP Support
27 October 2011 |

Sponsored Article | Three Queensland entrepreneurs are hoping to bring CardConnect to Australia - a fundraising initiative aimed at giving organisations the opportunity to add a new revenue stream to their current suite of fundraising initiatives.

Aussie Fundraisers Win Global Awards
24 October 2011 |

Two Australians have been recognised on the global stage after being named the world’s most outstanding fundraiser and volunteer at an awards ceremony in the Netherlands.

Report Slams Australian Charities Over Fundraising
24 October 2011 |

Seven high-profile charities “spent more than 40 per cent of donations on the cost of fundraising”, according to a report in Brisbane's Courier Mail on Australian Not for Profit (NFP) organisations that spend large amounts of their donations on administration costs.

Australian Charities Underutilising Social Media for Fundraising
13 October 2011 |

Sponsored Article | The majority of Australian Not for Profit organisations use social media, but only one-third are using it to fundraise. Social-media specialist and founder of Social Mediology, Kate vanderVoort shares her tips on how Not for Profits can use social media to increase their fundraising efforts.

Marketing Guru to Head Up FIA
15 September 2011 |

The Fundraising Institute Australia has appointed marketing expert, Rob Edwards as the peak membership body’s new chief executive officer.

Charities Should Increase Focus on Non-Cash Gifts
21 July 2011 |

Charities could unlock untapped resources if they were more strategic about raising non-cash gifts including goods, services, skills, knowledge, access and influence, according to UK experts.

Not for Profits Urged to be ‘Clearer on Outcomes’
14 July 2011 |

Not for Profit organisations need to use a strong business case, rather than relying on emotional appeal, to attract philanthropic funding, according to charitable trust managers, Perpetual.

The Cost of Raising a Pound - Perception and Reality
14 July 2011 |

How much does it cost a charity to raise £1 from the public in the UK? Research by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in the UK reveals a huge disparity between public perceptions and the reality of how much charities spend to raise their funds.

UK Backflip on Plans to Scrap Cheques
14 July 2011 |

The UK Payments Council has done a backflip on the controversial move to abolish cheques and has cancelled its 2018 target to scrap the paper based-payment method after an enormous public and Not for Profit campaign.

Mobile Phone Giving - More Than Just a Text
07 July 2011 |

A new US report finds a growing trend toward Not for Profit adoption of mobile phone giving and other donor campaigns using smartphones and mobile devices - a trend that is going beyond the simple SMS text-to-give model.

NFPs Urge Importance of Cheques
16 June 2011 |

The Australian Not for Profit sector has revealed the importance of donations via cheques as part of their fundraising efforts, according to Pro Bono Australia’s online Snap Poll.