Individual Fundraising Ideas

Individual Fundraising Ideas

Crowdfunding 

By far the most popular way to fundraise. Crowdfunding is all about asking your community to support you. You can do this by:

• Post on your socials (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok) asking for support

• Letters (writing letters to your friends and family for support) 

• Email Campaign (sending out emails with an easy way to donate for your friends to support) 

"In Lieu of" Fundraising 

In Lieu of fundraisers are asking your friends and family to donate to a specific cause rather than giving you a gift. Many times you will see this on Facebook as a birthday fundraiser. 

• Birthday fundraising

Sales/Extra Cash

Time to clean out your house and get rid of stuff you don’t need! 

• Hold a rummage sale

• Walk dogs

• Babysit

• Host a bake sale

• Host a car wash 

• Anything extra (video games, clothes etc.) 

Utilize  your skills

• Photography services

• Use Etsy to sell homemade crafts

• Jewelry 

Challenges

Create a peer to peer challenge by doing something and challenging your friends and family to donate when you achieve milestones. 

• Walk-a-thons (ex. Relay for Life) 

• A fitness challenge 

• Your creativity! 

Your Local Community 

Your local community can be a great source of support to. Look to see what they might be providing for individuals. 

• Reach out to your local areas for scholarships: lions clubs, local churches, community foundations 

• Restaurant partnerships (host an event on a certain night where a certain percentage of the proceeds goes towards the fundraiser). 

Meal Fundraising, or Bunco Parties

Host a spaghetti dinner, pancake brunch,  or something along that path and invite the community to attend. It is a lot of work, you will need volunteers, but the payoff should be more than worth it!

Pizza Fundraising

Sign up for a pizza kit. Sell a certain amount of pizzas and the company will donate a certain amount towards your funds. 

Sports Events

 Sign up for a college concession stand and work there for several days/nights depending on their schedule and earn a certain percent of their sales. Set up a KODA group in your city and sign up for local concession stands.  It required a team of one or two persons to fully commit to attend every game to ensure consistency to work with the lead person.  It is worth a try.  How about major sport events?  It is fun and intense (not to mention for a great cause, your kids)!