Fundraising

US Red Cross Collaboration To Find Long Term Donors

07 February 2012 | The American Red Cross and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School are undertaking a major study of 500,000 people in an effort to turn one-time donors into long term supporters.

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.