fundraising
Holiday Checklist to Help Homeless Pets
With the holidays just around the corner, take advantage of this season of giving to help homeless pets find their forever homes. Following are some ideas you can use to raise money for your animal shelter or rescue, find more homes for homeless animals, and involve kids in helping the pets in your community.
21Oct2009 | Continued
List Your Shelter or Rescue in Online Guides and Directories
Increase the chances of donors or potential pet owners finding your animal shelter or rescue group online. Get listed on as many animal rescue and animal shelter directories as possible. Also list your shelter or rescue in any breed specific guides if your group specializes in a specific type of rescue, such as a small dog rescue. Animal loving kids can help their local shelters get listed in these directories.
20Oct2009 | Continued
Increase Dollar Donations from Donor Requests
Are you maximizing your time and expense when you ask for donations to your animal shelter or rescue? Do you know why one donor request works better than another? Who donates the most?
Should your letters be long or short? Email or print? Analyze the results of letters or email you send to better understand what works and what doesn’t. Be flexible and willing to change what’s not working and do more of what does work. Following are some ideas to generate more cash.
7Oct2009 | Continued
Earn a Cash Grant for Your Animal Shelter or Rescue
You can help your animal shelter or rescue win cash grants just by voting in the Shelter Challenge sponsored by the Animal Rescue Site and Petfinder.com. This contest runs until December 20th. Continue reading for the details of the program and ways you can ask your community to vote.
6Oct2009 | Continued
Planned Giving for Animal Shelters and Rescue Groups
Your animal shelter can be the recipient of a legacy of love and financial support from animal lovers who remember homeless pets in their wills, estate plans, trusts, and retirement accounts. Often these gifts are substantial and give the financial boost needed to buy property for a new shelter, add on to your current building, buy a mobile adoption unit, etc. How can your shelter be remembered in the wills of animal lovers in your community? Following are some ways to encourage end of life giving.
24Sep2009 | Continued
Holiday Adoption and Fundraising Ideas for Homeless Pets
Animal shelters, animal rescues and animal lovers should start planning now the holiday rundraising and adoption activities for homeless pets. Following is a list of things you can do right now to get ready for holiday events. Think of ways to include families, kids and singles in establishing holiday traditions that can be repeated in years to come.
9Sep2009 | Continued
Fundraisers for Animal Shelters and Rescues: Finding More Small Donations
If the size of donations to your shelter or rescue has become smaller, try to think of fundraising ideas to increase the number of donors. Every donation, no matter what size, is very important to maintain routine services. Animal lovers, including kids, can help plan events like the ones listed below.
10Jul2009 | Continued
Fundraising with Food: Five Ideas to Help Homeless Pets
Animal lovers and animal shelters can help raise money by organizing food related fundraisers. Families, neighborhoods, church groups, or school groups can coordinate these activities to help homeless pets in their communities. Instead of asking attendees to pay to attend the events below, they could be asked to bring a specified amount of pet food (ask the local shelter for the brand and type of food they need). Could you organize one of the following activities for your community?
11Jun2009 | Continued
